Petar Dachev

Petar Dachev (Bulgarian: Петър Дачев, born 15 June 1979, Troyan) is a retired Bulgarian long jumper, best known for his gold medal at the 2000 European Indoor Championships.

His personal best was 8.30 metres, achieved in June 2000 in Nicosia. This ranks him fourth among Bulgarian long jumpers, behind Ivaylo Mladenov, Atanas Atanasov and Nikolay Atanasov.[1]

Achievements
Year Competition Venue Position Notes
Representing  Bulgaria
1998 European Championships Budapest, Hungary 3rd 8.06 m
World Junior Championships Annecy, France 1st 8.14 m (wind: +0.3 m/s)
2000 European Indoor Championships Ghent, Belgium 1st 8.26 m
Olympic Games Sydney, Australia 11th 7.80 m
2001 World Indoor Championships Lisbon, Portugal 12th 7.45 m
2002 European Indoor Championships Vienna, Austria 3rd 8.17 m
2003 World Indoor Championships Birmingham, England 6th 7.79 m
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References

Petar Dachev at World Athletics

  1. All time best Balkan athletes Archived 2014-01-15 at the Wayback Machine - The Athletics Site



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