BUL Europe
Bulgaria
- international medals
- 2,632
- of them gold
- 834
- national titles
- 3,271
About
BFLA
Bulgarian Athletics Federation
Affiliation
World Athletics (1926)
European Athletics
Foundation: 1924
National CH start: 1926
Olympics debut: 1924
Official Web site
www.bfla.org
Medals
28 championships · senior, age-group, multi-sport and roadInternational · all levels
G 834
S 908
B 890
By level Bar length is total medals (square-root scale). Pick a level to filter the table.
National titles 3,271
ChampionshipGSBTotal
Global 61 · 49 · 65
Olympic Games 5 8 6 19World Championships 5 3 8 16World Indoor Championships 9 6 8 23World U20 CH 14 6 7 27World U18 CH 1 1 3 5Universiade 20 16 19 55Youth Olympics 1 1 1 3Goodwill Games 3 2 4 9International Universities Champs 3 5 9 17Ultimate Championships – 1 – 1Continental 78 · 114 · 121
European Championships 12 16 14 42European Indoor 29 33 35 97European XC – 3 – 3European Cup Finals 11 15 20 46European Cup Throwing – 2 1 3European Cup Combined Events – – 4 4European U23 Athletics Championships 3 5 2 10European U20 Athletics Championships 16 30 31 77European U18 Athletics Championships 3 3 4 10European Youth Olympics (EYOF) 4 7 10 21Regional & multi-sport 695 · 744 · 699
Balkan Athletics Championships 566 543 495 1,604Balkan Indoor Champs 86 108 93 287Balkan XC 39 89 108 236Balkan Race Walking Champs 2 3 3 8Spartakiad USSR 2 1 – 3Road races 0 · 1 · 5
Amsterdam Marathon – – 2 2Istanbul Marathon – 1 3 4National 3,271 · 0 · 0
Bulgarian Athletics Championships 3,271 – – 3,271Most decorated
International medals- 1
Stefka Kostadinova Women · High jump Gold 18 Silver 4 Bronze 0 - 2
Mikhail Bachvarov Men · 100m, 200m +1 Gold 15 Silver 4 Bronze 5 - 3
Lilyana Panayotova Women · 100m, 200m +3 Gold 13 Silver 8 Bronze 1 - 4
Ivanka Khristova Women · Shot put Gold 12 Silver 7 Bronze 4 - 5
Radoslava Mavrodieva Women · Shot put Gold 12 Silver 7 Bronze 2 - 6 Tereza Marinova Women · Long jump, Triple jump Gold 12 Silver 4 Bronze 3
- 7
Ivet Lalova-Collio Women · 60m, 100m +2 Gold 12 Silver 2 Bronze 1 - 8
Nikolina Shtereva Women · 400m, 800m +4 Gold 11 Silver 7 Bronze 8 - 9
Mitko Tsenov Men · 1500m, 3000m +5 Gold 11 Silver 7 Bronze 4 - 10
Petar Petrov Men · 60m, 100m +2 Gold 11 Silver 6 Bronze 4 - 11 Nadezhda Georgieva Women · 100m, 200m +1 Gold 11 Silver 6 Bronze 2
- 12
Anelia Nuneva Women · 60m, 100m +2 Gold 10 Silver 14 Bronze 4
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28 Jul 2026 Shtereva’s long-lasting legacy Bulgarian Athletics honoured one of the nation’s athletics icons, Nikolina Shtereva.
21 Feb 2026 Youngster duo reminded golden times Bulgarian duo Iliev and Saraboyukov broke championship records at the Balkan Indoors.
12 Nov 2023 Balabanov takes it at home Ivo Balabanov became first Bulgarian to win senior men's title in 34 years.