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Nikolay Bukhalov

Summary

Nikolay Petkov Bukhalov (Bulgarian: Николай Петков Бухалов, born 20 March 1967 in Karlovo)[1] is Bulgaria's most successful ever sprint canoeist. He competed mostly in the Canadian canoe C-1 event though he did win world championship medals in the C-4 events.

Nikolay Bukhalov
Medal record
Men's canoe sprint
Representing  Bulgaria
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 1992 Barcelona C-1 500 m
Gold medal – first place 1992 Barcelona C-1 1000 m
Bronze medal – third place 1988 Seoul C-1 1000 m
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 1993 Copenhagen C-1 500 m
Gold medal – first place 1994 Mexico City C-1 200 m
Gold medal – first place 1994 Mexico City C-1 500 m
Gold medal – first place 1995 Duisburg C-1 200 m
Gold medal – first place 1995 Duisburg C-1 500 m
Silver medal – second place 1991 Paris C-1 500 m
Silver medal – second place 1991 Paris C-1 1000 m
Silver medal – second place 1994 Mexico City C-1 1000 m
Bronze medal – third place 1986 Montreal C-1 500 m
Bronze medal – third place 1989 Plovdiv C-4 1000 m
Bronze medal – third place 1990 Poznań C-4 500 m
Bronze medal – third place 1990 Poznań C-4 1000 m
Bronze medal – third place 1991 Paris C-4 1000 m

Competing in four Summer Olympics, he won three medals, including double gold at Barcelona in 1992. In addition, he won thirteen medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with five golds (C-1 200 m: 1994, 1995; C-1 500 m: 1993, 1994, 1995), three silvers (C-1 500 m: 1991, C-1 1000 m: 1991, 1994), and five bronzes (C-1 500 m: 1986, C-4 500 m: 1990, C-4 1000 m: 1989, 1990, 1991).[1]

The final gold medal of his career came at the 1997 European Championships, held on his home course in Plovdiv, where he won the C-1 500 m title.[1]

Bukhalov was a member of the Trakia club in Plovdiv and was coached by Georgi Uchkunov.[citation needed] He is 187 cm (6'2") tall and raced at 83 kg (183 lbs).[1]

References edit

  • "Nikolay Bukhalov". databaseOlympics.com. Archived from the original on 10 March 2007.
  • Kamber, Raymond, ed. (2008). Medal Winners – Olympic Games and World Championships (1936–2007) – Part 1: flatwater (now sprint). CanoeICF.com. International Canoe Federation. pp. 1–41 at the Wayback Machine (archived 5 January 2010). Additional archives: 13 January 2016.
  • Kamber, Raymond, ed. (2008). Medal Winners – Olympic Games and World Championships (1936–2007) – Part 2: rest of flatwater (now sprint) and remaining canoeing disciplines. CanoeICF.com. International Canoe Federation. pp. 42–83 at WebCite (archived 9 November 2009). Additional archives: 11 March 2016.
  • Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Nikolay Bukhalov". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 3 December 2016.
  1. ^ a b c d "sportal.bg" (in Bulgarian). Retrieved 16 August 2007.[dead link]

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