Bulgaria at the 2010 Winter Olympics

Bulgaria at the Olympic Games
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At the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver
Competitors	19 in 6 sports
Flag bearer	Aleksandra Zhekova
Medals	Gold 0	Silver 0	Bronze 0	Total 0
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Bulgaria participated at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. The Bulgarian team consisted of 19 athletes in 6 sports.

File:2010 Opening Ceremony - Bulgaria entering.jpg

The athletes entering the stadium during the opening ceremonies.

Alpine skiing

Main article: Alpine skiing at the 2010 Winter Olympics

Bulgaria qualified three alpine skiers.

Men

Athlete	Event	Run 1	Run 2	Total	Rank
Kilian Albrecht	Men's slalom	50.08	52.28	1:42.36	20
	Men's giant slalom	DNS
Stefan Georgiev	Men's slalom	50.86	53.06	1:43.92	25
	Men's super-G			1:36.32	41
	Men's downhill			DNF
	Men's combined	2:02.77	54.64	2:57.41	34
	Men's giant slalom	1:23.82	1:25.09	2:48.91	48

Women

Athlete	Event	Run 1	Run 2	Total	Rank
Maria Kirkova	Women's slalom	DNF
	Women's super-G			DNF
	Women's downhill			1:56.80	33
	Women's giant slalom	DNF

Biathlon

Main article: Biathlon at the 2010 Winter Olympics

Bulgaria qualified six biathletes (five male and one female).

Athlete	Event	Final
		Time	Misses	Rank
Krasimir Anev	Men's individual	52:09.2	2	25
	Men's sprint	26:09.1	0	25
	Men's pursuit	37:24.2	3	45
Martin Bogdanov	Men's individual	58:29.6	4	84
Vladimir Iliev	Men's individual	57:37.8	5	79
	Men's sprint	28:45.0	3	83
Miroslav Kenanov	Men's sprint	28:40.2	1	82
Michail Kletcherov	Men's individual	54:54.6	3	63
	Men's sprint	27:23.1	0	59
	Men's pursuit	37:08.1	0	44
Krasimir Anev Miroslav Kenanov Michail Kletcherov Vladimir Iliev	Men's relay	1:29:39.7	3+6	16
Nina Klenovska	Women's individual	45:49.8	3	48
	Women's sprint	22:32.4	3	62

Cross-country skiing

Main article: Cross-country skiing at the 2010 Winter Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Final
		Time	Rank
Veselin Tsinzov	15 km freestyle	36:11.7	50
	30 km pursuit	DNF

Women

Athlete	Event	Final
		Time	Rank
Teodora Malcheva	10 km freestyle	29:52.4	66
Antonia Grigorova	10 km freestyle	28:27.7	60
	15 km pursuit	49:31.5	62

Luge

Main article: Luge at the 2010 Winter Olympics

Athlete(s)	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Run 4		Total
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Peter Iliev	Men's singles	50.348	34	50.701	35	50.921	34	50.427	35	3:22.398	35
Ivan Papukchiev	Men's singles	50.932	37	50.909	36	51.105	37	50.386	34	3:23.332	37

Short track speed skating

Main article: Short track speed skating at the 2010 Winter Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Asen Pandov	1000 m	1:28.580	4	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Marina Georgieva-Nikolova	500 m	DSQ	Did not advance
	1500 m	2:28.732	3 Q			2:25.604	7	Did not advance
Evgenia Radanova	500 m	45.125	1 Q	44.047	3	Did not advance
	1000 m	1:32.829	4	Did not advance
	1500 m	2:23.698	3 Q			2:24.376	2	2:19.411	7

Snowboarding

Main article: Snowboarding at the 2010 Winter Olympics

Parallel GS

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Finals
		Time	Rank	Opposition time	Opposition time	Opposition time	Opposition time	Rank
Ivan Ranchev	Men's parallel giant slalom	1:22.83	26	Did not advance				26
Aleksandra Zhekova	Women's parallel giant slalom	Did not start

Snowboard cross

Athlete	Event	Qualifying		1/8 finals	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Finals
		Time	Rank	Position	Position	Position	Position	Rank
Aleksandra Zhekova	Women's snowboard cross	DNF	DNF		Did not advance			DNF

See also

• Bulgaria at the 2010 Winter Paralympics