Pavel Pavlov (sprinter)

Pavel Georgiev Pavlov (Bulgarian: Павел Георгиев Павлов, 8 March 1952 – 3 December 2004) was a Bulgarian sprinter who specialized in the 200 meters.

He was born in Plovdiv, and represented the clubs Akademik Sofia, CSKA and Botev Vratsa.[1] He competed in 400 metres at the 1978 European Indoor Championships.[2] At the 1980 Olympics he reached the quarter-final of the 200 metres,[1] and in the 4 x 100 metres relay the Bulgarian team (Pavlov, Vladimir Ivanov, Ivaylo Karanyotov and Petar Petrov) finished sixth.[3]

He became Bulgarian 200 metres champion in 1975 and 1978.[4] His personal best times were 10.3 seconds in the 100 metres, achieved in 1976; and 20.87 seconds in the 200 metres, achieved in 1979.[1]

Following his death in 2004, an annual competition in Sofia was created in his honour.[5]

References
  1. "Pavel Pavlov". Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 7 January 2011.
  2. "1978 European Indoor Championships, men's 400 metres heats". Die Leichtatletik-Statistik-Seite. Retrieved 7 January 2011.
  3. "Bulgaria Athletics at the 1980 Moskva Summer Games". Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 7 January 2011.
  4. "Bulgarian Championships". GBR Athletics. Athletics Weekly. Retrieved 7 January 2011.
  5. Karailiev and Pishchalnikova the stars in Sofia. European Athletics (2011-06-24). Retrieved on 2011-06-24.



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