Boxer Stanimira Petrova and swimmer Petar Mitsin will be the flag bearers at the
Opening Ceremony.

The General Assembly of the Bulgarian Olympic Committee (BOC) today approved the Bulgarian delegation for the XXXIII
Summer Olympic Games in Paris, which begin on July 26. The delegates
decided that Bulgaria would be represented in the most prestigious competition on the planet
by 45 athletes in 16 sports. At the same time, the chairman of the
BOC, Stefka Kostadinova, announced that the flag bearers of the Bulgarian delegation in the
parade of nations during the opening of the Olympics will be
boxer Stanimira Petrova and swimmer Petar Mitsin.

"First of all, I want to congratulate everyone who, in the last few
years, helped in securing the Bulgarian Olympic quotas for
Paris 2024. I thank the athletes, coaches, the staff of the
national teams, medical personnel, employees and leaders of the
sports federations. All of them fought hard and earned their participation in
Paris after extremely tough qualifications, some even with results and
competition like at world championships and Olympics. I have always
emphasized that it is not the quantity that matters, but the quality. You saw what happened
in Tokyo and how – contrary to the pessimistic predictions and remarks
upon departure – we recorded one of our strongest participations in history
with 6 medals, three of which were gold," Kostadinova recalled.

The President of the Bulgarian Olympic Committee thanked for the assistance from the Bulgarian state
and appealed to all compatriots to support our Olympians
and together give this powerful impetus for the success and good performance of
our entire delegation.

"I sincerely wish each of our athletes to have their big day during the Olympics.
May they be healthy and strong, and wear the Bulgarian uniforms with honor and pride,
as they are the brightest ambassadors of Bulgarian identity.
I strongly wish and believe that in Paris we will once again hear our national anthem at least a few
times," added the current world record holder in high jump,
global celebrity and icon of Bulgarian sport, Stefka Kostadinova.

At the previous Olympics in Tokyo, Bulgaria participated with 42 competitors in 14
sports and won six medals, three of which were gold. Titles were won by Ivet
Goranova in the Olympic debut of karate, Stoyka Krasteva in boxing, and
the rhythmic gymnastics ensemble consisting of Simona Dyankova, Laura
Traats, Madlen Radukanova, Stefani Kiryakova, and Erika Zafirova. Silver
went to Antoaneta Kostadinova in sport shooting, and the two bronzes were in
wrestling - for Taybe Yusein and Evelina Nikolova.

Due to his position as interim Minister of Youth and Sports and
to prevent a conflict of interest, the President of the Bulgarian Basketball Federation, Georgi Glushkov, was
released from the Executive Committee of the BOC, and in his place
was elected president of the BFU Georgi Ivanov.

Today's General Assembly of the BOC accepted Krasimir as individual members
Ininski and Todor Gergov, the Bulgarian Lacrosse Federation and the Bulgarian Kickboxing and Muaythai Confederation were approved as BOC members.
The delegates honored the memory of Pyuzant Kasabian with a minute of silence.

Here is the full list of the Bulgarian Olympic delegation for Paris:

Approved by the General Assembly of the BOC, held on June 26, 2024.

Athletes - 45

Badminton - 3

Kaloiana Nalbantova singles
Gabriela Stoeva doubles
Stefani Stoeva doubles
Boxing - 5

Stanimira Petrova 54 kg
Svetlana Staneva 57 kg
Javier Ibáñez Díaz 57 kg
Radoslav Rosenov 63.5 kg
Rami Kiwan 71 kg
Wrestling - 5

Bilyana Dudova 62 kg
Биляна Дудова           62 кг
Yuliana Yaneva 76 kg
Aik Mnatsakanian 77 kg Greco-Roman style
Semen Novikov 87 kg Greco-Roman style
Magomed Ramazanov 86 kg freestyle

Weightlifting - 3
Ivan Dimov 61 kg
Bozhidar Andreev 73 kg
Carlos Nassar 89 kg

Rowing - 2
Kristiyan Vasilev single scull
Desislava Angelova single scull

Judo - 2
Ivaylo Ivanov 90 kg
Mark Hristov 73 kg

Canoe Kayak - 1
Pamela Ivanova single kayak (K1)

Athletics - 5
Mirela Demireva high jump
Tihomir Ivanov high jump
Bozhidar Saraboyukov long jump
Plamena Mitkova long jump
Gabriela Petrova triple jump

Modern Pentathlon - 1
Todor Mihalev individual

Swimming - 4
Gabriela Georgieva 100 and 200 m backstroke
Petar Mitsin 400 m freestyle; 200m butterfly

Yosif Miladinov 100 m butterfly
Lyubomir Epitropov 100 and 200 m breaststroke

Artistic Gymnastics - 2
Kevin Penev individual
Valentina Georgieva individual

Sport Shooting - 2
Antoaneta Kostadinova 25 m sport pistol
Kiril Kirov 10 m air pistol

Taekwondo - 1
Kimia Alizadeh 57 kg
Tristan Scutaru sparring partner

Tennis - 1
Viktoriya Tomova singles

Fencing - 1
Yoana Ilieva saber

Rhythmic Gymnastics - 7 (individual - 2; group - 5)
Stiliana Nikolova individual
Boryana Kaleyn individual
Elvira Krasnobaeva individual (reserve)
Sofia Ivanova group
Kameliya Petrova group
Rachel Stoyanov group
Margarita Vasileva group
Magdalina Minevska group

Coaches - 40
Petya Nedelcheva badminton women's doubles
Stiliyan Makarski badminton singles
Joel Soler Arrate boxing head coach men
Valentin Poptolyov boxing assistant coach men
Aleksandar Aleksandrov boxing assistant coach men
Borislav Georgiev boxing head coach women
Roman Tsvetkov boxing assistant coach women
Seraphim Barzakov wrestling women
Simeon Shterev women's wrestling
Soslan Farniev Greco-Roman wrestling
Emil Budinov Greco-Roman wrestling
Valentin Angelov freestyle wrestling
Ivan Ivanov weightlifting
Plamen Bratoychev weightlifting
Nikola Kolev weightlifting
Petko Argirov rowing
Andrean Angelov rowing
Gancho Doykov judo
Krasimir Hristov judo
Tsvetan Tsvetanov canoe kayak
Marinus van Leeuwen athletics high jump
Ivaylo Rusenov athletics long jump
Dimitar Karamfilmov athletics long jump

Alexandros Pantazidis modern pentathlon
Kristiyan Minkovski swimming
Nikolay Vakareev swimming
Milko Tankushev men's artistic gymnastics
Filip Yanev women's artistic gymnastics
Hristo Hristov sport shooting
Rumyana Apostolova sport shooting
Davoud Etminani taekwondo
Farzad Zolghadri taekwondo (head coach)
Konstantin Tomov tennis
Nikolay Shopov tennis conditioning coach
Ivaylo Vodenov fencing
Valentina Ivanova rhythmic gymnastics individual
Mariana Pamukova rhythmic gymnastics individual
Vesela Dimitrova rhythmic gymnastics group
Yasеna Stoyneva rhythmic gymnastics group
Branimira Markova rhythmic gymnastics (head coach)

Team Leaders and Federation Presidents 8
Iliana Sirakova rhythmic gymnastics
Velina Tsekova athletics
Krasimir Ininski boxing
Anton Kodzhabashev weightlifting
Rumen Stoilov judo
Georgi Avramchev swimming
Slavi Binev taekwondo
Ivan Kolev athletics

Medical staff - 13
Stefan Strugarov chief physician
Ivan Ivanov physician
Marian Dobrev physician
Tatyana Yancheva psychologist
Lyubomir Panev physiotherapist
Georgi Ivanov physiotherapist
Daniel Dragomirov physiotherapist
Georgi Ryahov kinesiotherapist
Yasios Petusis kinesiotherapist
Yanislav Petkov kinesiotherapist
Dimitar Kalachev masseur
Mariy Ivanov kinesiotherapist
Steliyana Yankova neurotherapist

Management - 4
Stefka Kostadinova President of the Bulgarian Olympic Committee, Head of Mission
Belcho Goranov Secretary General, Deputy Head of Mission
Lyubomir Ganev Olympic Attaché
Kamelia Ignatova Chef de Mission

Operational Management - 5
Denitsa Pancheva International Activities and Protocol
Lilia Pandurova Administration and Delegation Office
Hristiyan Yankov Protocol, Transport
Todor Shabanski Press Attaché
Yordan Petkov Official Photographer