Sport heroes from Bulgaria

Ivet Lalova - sprinter

Ivet Lalova is the fastest white woman on the planet. She was on 18 May 1984.

Ivet Lalova has won 50 medals, 30 gold ones and 10 silvers, all of them are on

60 ,100 , and 200 m individual sprints.

Stefka Kostadinova - athlete high jumper

She was born 25 March 1965. She has jumped over the

psychological line of 2.00 m 197 times in her career, which is

the best female achievement of all time.

In 1987 she made a world record in woman's high jump- 2.09 m.This high jump record is not yet broken .

Hristo Stoichkov - football player

Hristo Stoichkov is the most successful Bulgarian football player.

As a young player he was spotted by European giant FC Barcelona. Stoichkov earned

global acclaim after winning the Spanish Primera Division four consultive times and taking his club to Champions Leauge glory in 1992. He also won

the golden boot as the top goal scorer .

Yourdan Yovchev - gymnast

Yourdan Yovchev is one of the finest men gymnast alive .

Yordan Yovchev was born on 24 February 1973. In his

collection he has four gold medals from world gymnastics European

champion ship, four Olympic medals (one silver and three bronze), three gold medals from European Championship and many many others. In 2006 Yordan Yovchev was officially announced as one the greatest gymnast in the history of the sport by International Federation.