Nikolay Yordanov (sometimes shown as Nikolay Jordanov (), born October 18, 1969) is a

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 ...

sprint canoer Canoe sprint is a water sport in which athletes race in specially designed sprint canoes or sprint kayaks on calm water over a short distance. Prior to November 2008, canoe sprint was known as flatwater racing. The term is still in use today ...

who competed from the late 1980s to the mid-1990s. He won a bronze medal in the K-4 500 m event at the

1989 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships The 1989 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships were held in Plovdiv, Bulgaria. The men's competition consisted of eight Canadian (single paddle, open boat) and nine kayak ] A kayak is a small, narrow human-powered watercraft typically prope ...

Plovdiv Plovdiv (, ) is the List of cities and towns in Bulgaria, second-largest city in Bulgaria, 144 km (93 miles) southeast of the capital Sofia. It had a population of 490,983 and 675,000 in the greater metropolitan area. Plovdiv is a cultural hub ...

. Yordanov also competed in three

Summer Olympics The Summer Olympic Games, also known as the Summer Olympics or the Games of the Olympiad, is a major international multi-sport event normally held once every four years. The inaugural Games took place in 1896 in Athens, then part of the King ...

, earning his best finish of eighth twice in the K-4 1000 m event (

1992 1992 was designated as International Space Year by the United Nations. Events January * January 1 – Boutros Boutros-Ghali of Egypt replaces Javier Pérez de Cuéllar of Peru as United Nations Secretary-General. * January 6 ** The Republ ...

1996 1996 was designated as: * International Year for the Eradication of Poverty Events January * January 8 – A Zairean cargo plane crashes into a crowded market in the center of the capital city of the Democratic Republic of the Congo ...

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1969 births Bulgarian male canoeists Canoeists at the 1988 Summer Olympics Canoeists at the 1992 Summer Olympics Canoeists at the 1996 Summer Olympics Living people Olympic canoeists for Bulgaria ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships medalists in kayak 20th-century Bulgarian sportsmen {{Bulgaria-canoe-bio-stub