Dimitar Panayotov Khlebarov (; 3 September 1934 – 28 October 2009) was

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er from

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. He set his personal best (4.96 metres) on 26 September 1965 at a meet in

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. He was born in

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1934 births 2009 deaths Bulgarian male pole vaulters Athletes (track and field) at the 1960 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1964 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for Bulgaria Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field) Sportspeople from Yambol FISU World University Games gold medalists for Bulgaria Medalists at the 1961 Summer Universiade 21st-century Bulgarian people Bulgarian Athletics Championships winners 20th-century Bulgarian sportsmen {{Bulgaria-athletics-bio-stub