Additional Information
Highlights
| Best performance per season in World Cup events from 2010/2011 |
| Season | 10km SP | 4x7.5km RL | Mixed RL |
|---|
| 2013/2014 | 1 x 72nd | 1 x 11th | - |
| 2012/2013 | 1 x 71st | - | 1 x 24th |
| 2011/2012 | 1 x 86th | - | - |
| 2010/2011 | 1 x 91st | 1 x 21st | - |
| Rank | Event | Year | Location | Result |
|---|
| Ten best World Cup performances in current season |
| 11 | 4x7.5km Relay | 2013/2014 | Anterselva, ITA | 1:19:29.9 |
| 16 | 4x7.5km Relay | 2013/2014 | Hochfilzen, AUT | 1:23:47.3 |
| 17 | 4x7.5km Relay | 2013/2014 | Ruhpolding, GER | 1:21:50.0 |
| 17 | 4x7.5km Relay | 2013/2014 | Annecy, FRA | 1:19:43.9 |
| 72 | 10km Sprint | 2013/2014 | Annecy, FRA | 24:46.4 |
| 76 | 10km Sprint | 2013/2014 | Anterselva, ITA | 27:39.7 |
LegendIN-Individual, SP-Sprint, PU-Pursuit, MS-Mass Start, RL-Relay, DNS-Did not start, DNF-Did not finish, DSQ-Disqualified
- Hobbies: Wood carving. (NOC, 21 Jan 2014)
- Education: National Sports Academy, Sofia, BUL
- Coach: Georgi Fartunov [national], BUL; Georgi Dzholev [club]. (NOC, 21 Jan 2014)
- Sporting Relatives: His father competed for Bulgaria in alpine skiing. (biathlonbg.in, 03 Dec 2013)
- Occupation: Athlete
- Languages Spoken: Bulgarian
- Hand: Right (biathlonbg.blogspot.co.uk, 30 Nov 2013)
- Debut: 2011 for Bulgaria, World Cup (Oberhof) (biathlonworld.com, 2013)
Additional Information
Start of sporting career
He took up biathlon in 2002 in Bansko, Bulgaria. (biathlonbg.in, 03 Dec 2013 NOC, 21 Jan 2014)
Reason for taking up this sport
His love of winter sports stems from the fact that his father was an alpine skier. He was inspired to try biathlon when Bulgaria's Irina Nikulchina won a bronze medal in the women's 10km pursuit event at the 2002 Olympic Winter Games in Salt Lake City. (biathlonbg.in, 03 Dec 2013)
Ambitions
To finish in the top eight in the men's relay at the 2014 Olympic Winter Games in Sochi. (biathlonbg.in, 03 Dec 2013)
Training
His typical day involves waking at 07:00 for a morning training session between 09:00-12:30. He then recovers for an afternoon training session at 16:00, before going to bed at 22:30. (biathlonbg.in, 03 Dec 2013)
Hero
Norwegian biathlete Ole Einar Bjorndalen. (biathlonbg.in, 03 Dec 2013)