Khristo Ganchev Markov (; born 27 January 1965, in Dimitrovgrad) is a former

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 from

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, best known for becoming Olympic champion in 1988. He also won the European and world championships. Markov was also the coach of compatriot Tereza Marinova (between 1997 and 2008), who won gold in the same discipline at the 2000 Olympics.

Personal bests

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 ...

- 17.92 (1987) *

Long jump The long jump is a track and field event in which athletes combine speed, strength and agility in an attempt to leap as far as possible from a takeoff point. Along with the triple jump, the two events that measure jumping for distance as a gr ...

- 8.23 *

Pole vault Pole vaulting, also known as pole jumping, is a track and field event in which an athlete uses a long and flexible pole, usually made from fiberglass or carbon fiber, as an aid to jump over a #bar, bar. Pole jumping was already practiced by the ...

- 5.40 (1994)

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* * * * 1965 births Living people Bulgarian male triple jumpers Athletes (track and field) at the 1988 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1992 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for Bulgaria Olympic gold medalists for Bulgaria Sportspeople from Dimitrovgrad, Bulgaria World Athletics Championships athletes for Bulgaria World Athletics Championships medalists European Athletics Championships medalists Medalists at the 1988 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists in athletics (track and field) Goodwill Games medalists in athletics Bulgarian expatriates in Qatar Members of the National Assembly (Bulgaria) World Athletics Indoor Championships winners World Athletics Championships winners Competitors at the 1986 Goodwill Games Friendship Games medalists in athletics Bulgarian Athletics Championships winners 20th-century Bulgarian sportsmen {{Bulgaria-Olympic-medalist-stub