- Ivo Yanchev
Ivo Yanchev (born
5 September 1960 ) is a retiredBulgaria npole vault er.He finished eleventh at the 1978 European Indoor Championships, [ [http://www.maik-richter.de/results/indoor/europe/1978/m78_08.html 1978 European Indoor Championships, men's high jump final] - Die Leichtatletik-Statistik-Seite] thirteenth at the 1981 European Indoor Championships [ [http://www.maik-richter.de/results/indoor/europe/1981/m81_08.html 1981 European Indoor Championships, men's high jump final] - Die Leichtatletik-Statistik-Seite] and twelfth at the 1983 European Indoor Championships [ [http://www.maik-richter.de/results/indoor/europe/1983/m83_09.html 1983 European Indoor Championships, men's high jump final] - Die Leichtatletik-Statistik-Seite] He also won gold medals at the 1981 and 1984 Balkan Games. [ [http://www.gbrathletics.com/ic/bg.htm Balkan Games/Championships] - GBR Athletics] He also competed at the 1983 World Championships without reaching the final.
His personal best jump was 5.65 metres, achieved in July 1983 in
Sofia . This ranks him seventh among Bulgarian pole vaulters, behindSpas Bukhalov ,Atanas Tarev , Nikolay Nikolov,Stanimir Penchev ,Delko Lesov andIlian Efremov , and joint withValentin Videv andGalin Nikov . [ [http://www.athletix.org/statistics/Balkan_alltime.html All time best Balkan athletes] - The Athletics Site]References
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