The Most Famous

SWIMMERS from Bulgaria

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This page contains a list of the greatest Bulgarian Swimmers. The pantheon dataset contains 709 Swimmers, 1 of which were born in Bulgaria. This makes Bulgaria the birth place of the 52nd most number of Swimmers behind French Guiana, and Faroe Islands.

Top 4

The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Bulgarian Swimmers of all time. This list of famous Bulgarian Swimmers is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography’s online popularity.

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1. Kristian Golomeev (b. 1993)

With an HPI of 18.95, Kristian Golomeev is the most famous Bulgarian Swimmer.  His biography has been translated into 16 different languages on wikipedia.

Kristian Tsvetanov Gkolomeev (Bulgarian: Кристиан Цветанов Голомеев, Greek: Κριστιάν Τσβετάνοφ Γκολομέεφ, born 4 July 1993) is a Greek swimmer. He specializes in sprint freestyle and butterfly events. At the 2012 Summer Olympics, he competed in the Men's 100 metre freestyle, finishing in 31st place (50.08) overall in the heats, failing to qualify for the semifinals. At the 2016 Summer Olympics, he competed in the men's 50 metre freestyle, finishing 10th in the heats with a time of 21.93 seconds. He qualified for the semifinals where he finished 13th with a time of 21.98 seconds and did not qualify for the final. He also competed in the men's 100 metre freestyle, finishing in 20th place with a time of 48.68 seconds which was a new national record. He did not qualify for the semifinals. Gkolomeev was also part of the men's 4 × 100 m freestyle relay team which finished 10th in the heats and did not advance to the final and the men's 4 × 100 m medley relay team which finished 15th in the heats and did not advance to the final. Gkolomeev earned Greece's second ever World Championship medal in swimming, as he finished second at the 50 meters freestyle final at the 2019 FINA World Aquatics Championships in South Korea. The Greek champion was joint second with Brazil's Bruno Fratus, clocking 21.45 seconds, behind American Caeleb Dressel.

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2. Antani Ivanov (b. 1999)

With an HPI of 0.00, Antani Ivanov is the 2nd most famous Bulgarian Swimmer.  His biography has been translated into different languages.

Antani Ivanov (Bulgarian: Антъни Иванов, born 17 July 1999) is a Bulgarian swimmer. He competed in the men's 50 metre butterfly, men's 100 metre butterfly and men's 200 metre butterfly events at the 2017 World Aquatics Championships. He finished 38th in the 50 metre butterfly, 41st in the 100 metre butterfly and 8th in the 200 metre butterfly, setting a national record of 1:55.55 in the heats. His final in the 200 metre was the first for a Bulgarian swimmer since Mihail Alexandrov's 6th place at the 2007 World Aquatics Championships men's 100 metre breaststroke. He has qualified to represent Bulgaria at the 2020 Summer Olympics in the men's 200 metre butterfly event.

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3. Lyubomir Epitropov (b. 1999)

With an HPI of 0.00, Lyubomir Epitropov is the 3rd most famous Bulgarian Swimmer.  His biography has been translated into different languages.

Lyubomir Epitropov (Bulgarian: Любомир Епитропов; born 27 April 1999) is a Bulgarian swimmer. He competed in the men's 100 metre breaststroke event at the 2018 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m), in Hangzhou, China. At the 2024 European Aquatics Championships in Belgrade Epitropov took part in the 200m Breaststroke and broke the Bulgarian national record to win Gold with the time 2:09.45, tying for first place with Swedish swimmer Erik Persson.

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4. Diana Petkova (b. 2000)

With an HPI of 0.00, Diana Petkova is the 4th most famous Bulgarian Swimmer.  Her biography has been translated into different languages.

Diana Petkova (Bulgarian: Диана Петкова; born 10 June 2000) is a Bulgarian swimmer. She competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics, in Women's 100 m breaststroke, and Women's 200 m individual medley.

People

Pantheon has 4 people classified as Bulgarian swimmers born between 1993 and 2000. Of these 4, 4 (100.00%) of them are still alive today. The most famous living Bulgarian swimmers include Kristian Golomeev, Antani Ivanov, and Lyubomir Epitropov. As of April 2024, 3 new Bulgarian swimmers have been added to Pantheon including Antani Ivanov, Lyubomir Epitropov, and Diana Petkova.

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