Petar Bogdanov
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Petar Bogdanov is a retired Bulgaria
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. He finished eighteenth at the 1971 European Indoor Championships, twelfth at the 1972 European Indoor Championships, and eleventh at the 1973 European Indoor Championships, He competed at the 1972 Olympic Games
without reaching the final.
He became Bulgarian champion in 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972 and 1973. His championship record of 2.12 metres set in 1970 was not improved until 1980 by Atanas Mladenov
. He also became Bulgarian indoor champion in 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975 and 1976. He held the championship record here as well, with 2.16 metres from 1973 to 1981. Bogdanov's personal best jump was 2.17 metres.
Bulgaria
Bulgaria , officially the Republic of Bulgaria , is a parliamentary democracy within a unitary constitutional republic in Southeast Europe. The country borders Romania to the north, Serbia and Macedonia to the west, Greece and Turkey to the south, as well as the Black Sea to the east...
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High jump
The high jump is a track and field athletics event in which competitors must jump over a horizontal bar placed at measured heights without the aid of certain devices in its modern most practiced format; auxiliary weights and mounds have been used for assistance; rules have changed over the years....
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Career
He was born in PazardzhikPazardzhik
Pazardzhik is a city situated along the banks of the Maritsa river, Southern Bulgaria. It is the capital of Pazardzhik Province and centre for the homonymous Pazardzhik Municipality...
. He finished eighteenth at the 1971 European Indoor Championships, twelfth at the 1972 European Indoor Championships, and eleventh at the 1973 European Indoor Championships, He competed at the 1972 Olympic Games
Athletics at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Men's high jump
The men's high jump field event at the 1972 Olympic Games took place on September 9 & 10. The top jumper of the previous year, world record holder and winner of the Pan American Games, was Pat Matzdorf from the United States. But in a surprise, he failed to make the US team, leaving the field...
without reaching the final.
He became Bulgarian champion in 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972 and 1973. His championship record of 2.12 metres set in 1970 was not improved until 1980 by Atanas Mladenov
Atanas Mladenov
-Career:He was born in Plovdiv and represented the club Trakia Plovdiv. He competed at the 1980 Olympic Games without reaching the final. He became Bulgarian champion in 1980 and 1981. His championship record of 2.15 metres set in 1980 was improved already in 1981 by Georgi Gadzhev. He also became...
. He also became Bulgarian indoor champion in 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975 and 1976. He held the championship record here as well, with 2.16 metres from 1973 to 1981. Bogdanov's personal best jump was 2.17 metres.