Ivan Sirakov

Ivan Sirakov (born January 2, 1988) is a Bulgarian orienteering competitor from Veliko Tarnovo, who has competed for Bulgaria at two World Orienteering Championships, in 2007 and in 2008. He obtained a bronze medal at the Junior World Orienteering Championships.

Junior career

Sirakov competed at the 2007 Junior World Orienteering Championships in Dubbo, where he received a bronze medal in "sprint", finishing 24 seconds behind the winner. [http://www.orienteering.org/i3/index.php?/iof2006/results/foot_orienteering/junior_world_orienteering_championships/jwoc_2007_aus JWOC 2007 AUS – Dubbo, Australia, 8-13 July 2007] – "International Orienteering Federation" (Retrieved on July 15, 2008)] [http://runners.worldofo.com/ivansirakov.html "Profile: Ivan Sirakov"] – World of O Runners (Retrieved on July 15, 2008)] bg icon [http://sportni.bg/?tid=40&oid=1073040 Сираков: Световна сила сме!] – "Sportni.bg" (Retrieved on July 15, 2008)] This was the first medal for Bulgaria in the history of junior world orienteering championships. [http://jwoc2007.orienteering.asn.au/News/?ItemID=1799 Kral, Svensson take first honours at JWOC] – "Orienteering Australia" (Retrieved on July 15, 2008)] [http://www.i-ol.nl/index.php?s=sirakov JWOC 2007 – Sprint distance] – "I-OL.nl" (Retrieved on July 15, 2008)]

He finished 7th in the "relay" with the Bulgarian team.

enior career

He represented Bulgaria at the World Orienteering Championships in Kiev in 2007, where the Bulgarian relay team finished 18th. [http://www.orienteering.org/i3/index.php?/iof2006/results/foot_orienteering/world_orienteering_championships/woc_2007_ukr WOC 2007 UKR – Kiev, Ukraine, 18-26 August 2007] – "International Orienteering Federation" (Retrieved on July 15, 2008)]

While still being a junior, he competed at the senior world championships in Olomouc in 2008, where he missed the sprint final by only one second in the qualifications. [http://www.woc2008.cz/en/results-sprint-qualification-men.html#SprintQ Results – Sprint Qualification (men)] – "WOC 2008 by Cez group Olomouc/10-20 July – Czech Republic" (Retrieved on July 15, 2008)]

Awards

Sirakov was voted Veliko Tarnovo's sportsperson of the year 2007.bg icon [http://dariknews.bg/view_article.php?article_id=209831 Иван Сираков е спортист №1 на В. Търново] – "Darik News" (Retrieved on July 15, 2008)]

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