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Nikolay Bukhalov

1967 - Today

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Nikolay Petkov Bukhalov (Bulgarian: Николай Петков Бухалов, born 20 March 1967 in Karlovo) is Bulgaria's most successful ever sprint canoeist. He competed mostly in the Canadian canoe C-1 event though he did win world championship medals in the C-4 events. Competing in four Summer Olympics, he won three medals, including double gold at Barcelona in 1992. In addition, he won thirteen medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with five golds (C-1 200 m: 1994, 1995; C-1 500 m: 1993, 1994, 1995), three silvers (C-1 500 m: 1991, C-1 1000 m: 1991, 1994), and five bronzes (C-1 500 m: 1986, C-4 500 m: 1990, C-4 1000 m: 1989, 1990, 1991). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2024). Nikolay Bukhalov is the 3,520th most popular athlete (up from 3,600th in 2024), the 365th most popular biography from Bulgaria (up from 371st in 2019) and the 37th most popular Bulgarian Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Nikolay Bukhalov ranks 3,520 out of 6,025. Before him are Bryan Clay, Bahman Golbarnezhad, Joshua Green, Peter Holmberg, Stefan Botev, and Katerina Stefanidi. After him are Virginia Ramírez, Michael Möllenbeck, Lyudmila Rogachova, Karine Ruby, Svetlana Shkolina, and Malik Beyleroğlu.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1967, Nikolay Bukhalov ranks 862. Before him are Makoto Atsuta, Gundars Vētra, Remigija Nazarovienė, Jan Behrendt, Mounir Boukadida, and Dara Torres. After him are Carolyn Lawrence, Laima Zilporytė, Hanna Tetteh, Heavy D, Andreas Heraf, and Liu Ailing.

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In Bulgaria

Among people born in Bulgaria, Nikolay Bukhalov ranks 365 out of 415. Before him are Stanislav Manolev (1985), Preslava (1984), Stanka Zlateva (1983), Emil Kremenliev (1969), Konstantina Kouneva (1964), and Stefan Botev (1968). After him are Tsanko Tsvetanov (1970), Marian Hristov (1973), Sunay Erdem (1971), Elena Pampoulova (1972), Radostin Kishishev (1974), and Adriana Dunavska (1969).

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Among ATHLETES In Bulgaria

Among athletes born in Bulgaria, Nikolay Bukhalov ranks 37. Before him are Tanyu Kiryakov (1963), Nikolay Antonov (1968), Luis Álvarez (null), Ognyana Petrova (1964), Rumyana Neykova (1973), and Stefan Botev (1968). After him are Tereza Marinova (1977), Sevdalin Marinov (1968), Svetla Dimitrova (1970), Borislav Gidikov (1965), Venelina Veneva-Mateeva (1974), and Magdalena Georgieva (1962).

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