Petar Kovachev

Petar Kovachev (Bulgarian: Петър Ковачев, born July 10, 1922) was a Bulgarian cross country skier who competed in the 1950s. He competed at the 1952 Winter Olympics in Oslo in the 4 x 10 km relay, but one of his teammates did not finish. He also finished 60th in the 18 km event.[1] He competed for Ski Club Slavia Sofia.[2] From 1958 he was a member of the Central Ski-Section, which was transformed to Bulgarian Ski Federation in 1961. From 1967 he was the first chairman of the Committee for ski jumping and northern combined at the federation for a period of 10 years, and from 1968 he was a member of the Committee for cross country.[3]

References

  1. Petar Kovachev at Olympedia
  2. "Повече от 100 години спортни традиции в Ски клуб „Славия". БЕЛИТЕ ДИКТУВАТ МОДАТА В БЕЛИЯ СПОРТ". www.slaviaski.com (in Bulgarian). slaviaski.com. Retrieved 4 July 2015.
  3. "ИСТОРИЯ". www.bfski.com (in Bulgarian). Bulgarian Ski Federation. Retrieved 4 July 2015.
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