Galin Georgiev (; born 23 March 1970) is a retired

Bulgaria Bulgaria, officially the Republic of Bulgaria, is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated on the eastern portion of the Balkans directly south of the Danube river and west of the Black Sea. Bulgaria is bordered by Greece and Turkey t ...

triple jump The triple jump, sometimes referred to as the hop, step and jump or the hop, skip and jump, is a track and field event, similar to long jump. As a group, the two events are referred to as the "horizontal jumps". The competitor runs down the tr ...

er, best known for placing seventh at the

1996 Summer Olympics The 1996 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXVI Olympiad, also known as Atlanta 1996 and commonly referred to as the Centennial Olympic Games) were an international multi-sport event held from July 19 to August 4, 1996, in Atlanta, ...

. His personal best triple jump was 17.14 metres, achieved in May 1998 in

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. This ranks him fifth among Bulgarian triple jumpers, behind

Khristo Markov Khristo Ganchev Markov (; born 27 January 1965, in Dimitrovgrad) is a former triple jumper from Bulgaria, best known for becoming Olympic champion in 1988. He also won the European and world championships. Markov was also the coach of compatriot ...

, Rostislav Dimitrov,

Momchil Karailiev Momchil Karailiev () (born 21 May 1982) is a Bulgarian triple jumper. He represented his country at the 2004 and 2008 Olympic Games as well as three outdoor and four indoor World Championships. His personal best jump is 17.41 metres, achieved in J ...

and Nikolay Raev. - The Athletics Site His personal best long jump was 8.20 metres, achieved in June 1992 in

. This ranks him sixth among Bulgarian long jumpers, behind Ivaylo Mladenov, Atanas Atanasov, Nikolay Atanasov, Petar Dachev and

Nikolay Antonov Nikolay Antonov (, born 17 August 1968 in Razgrad) is a retired Bulgarian athlete. He started as a 200 metres sprinter, and won the 1991 World Indoor Championships and 1992 European Athletics Indoor Championships. In 1993 he switched to long jum ...

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* 1969 births Living people Bulgarian male triple jumpers Bulgarian male long jumpers Athletes (track and field) at the 1992 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1996 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for Bulgaria Bulgarian Athletics Championships winners 20th-century Bulgarian sportsmen {{Bulgaria-athletics-bio-stub