Nikolay Antonov

Nikolay Antonov (Bulgarian: Николай Антонов, born August 17, 1968 in Razgrad) is a retired Bulgarian athlete. He started as a 200 metres sprinter, and won the 1991 World Indoor Championships. In 1993 he switched to long jump.

His personal best time was 20.20 seconds, achieved at the 1991 World Championships. This is the Bulgarian record.^[1] His personal best long jump was 8.21 metres, achieved in July 1994 in Plovdiv. This ranks him fifth among Bulgarian long jumpers, behind Ivaylo Mladenov, Atanas Atanasov, Nikolay Atanasov and Petar Dachev.^[1]

Achievements

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Notes
Representing  Bulgaria
1988	European Indoor Championships	Budapest, Hungary	2nd	200 m
1990	European Indoor Championships	Glasgow, Scotland	2nd	200 m
	European Championships	Split, Yugoslavia	5th	200 m
1991	World Indoor Championships	Seville, Spain	1st	200 m
	World Championships	Tokyo, Japan	7th	200 m
1992	European Indoor Championships	Genoa, Italy	1st	200 m
1993	World Indoor Championships	Toronto, Canada	5th	200 m
	World Championships	Stuttgart, Germany	6th	Long jump

References

• IAAF profile for Nikolay Antonov

1. ^ ^{a b} All time best Balkan athletes - The Athletics Site (Internet Archive)

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Name	Antonov, Nikolay
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Date of birth	August 17, 1968
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