Petar Dachev (, born 15 June 1979,

Troyan Troyan ( ) is a town remembering the name of Roman Emperor Trajan, in Lovech Province in central Bulgaria . It is the administrative centre of the homonymous Troyan Municipality. The town is about away from the country capital Sofia. The river ...

) is a retired

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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 ...

er, best known for his gold medal at the 2000 European Indoor Championships. His personal best was 8.30 metres, achieved in June 2000 in

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. This ranks him fourth among Bulgarian long jumpers, behind Ivaylo Mladenov, Atanas Atanasov and Nikolay Atanasov. - The Athletics Site

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1979 births Living people Bulgarian male long jumpers Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for Bulgaria European Athletics Championships medalists People from Troyan Sportspeople from Lovech Province 20th-century Bulgarian people Bulgarian Athletics Championships winners 21st-century Bulgarian sportsmen {{Bulgaria-athletics-bio-stub