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Bulgarian Figure Skating Championships

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Bulgarian Figure Skating Championships
Logo of the Bulgarian Skating Federation
StatusActive
GenreNational championships
FrequencyAnnual
VenueWinter Sports Palace
Location(s)Sofia
CountryBulgaria Bulgaria
Inaugurated1954
Organized byBulgarian Skating Federation

The Bulgarian Figure Skating Championships are a competition held annually to determine the national champions of Bulgaria. Skaters compete in men's singles, women's singles, pair skating, and ice dance at the senior, junior, and novice levels, although not every discipline is held every year due to a lack of participants. The event is organized by the Bulgarian Skating Federation, the sport's governing body.

Ivan Dinev currently holds the record for winning the most Bulgarian Championship titles in men's singles (with fifteen), while Evgenia Nikolova holds the record in women's singles (with ten). Two teams are tied for winning the most titles in pair skating: Elizaveta Makarova and Leri Kenchadze hold the record in pair skating (with four), although Kenchadze won an additional title with a different partner. Albena Denkova and Maxim Staviski hold the record in ice dance (with eleven).

History

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Bulgaria's national governing body was established on 16 September 1949 and initially included ice hockey.[1] The first Bulgarian figure skaters to compete internationally were Aleksandr Penchev,at the 1966 Winter Universiade and Emil Dimitrov, at the 1966 Prague Skate.[2] Bulgaria joined the International Skating Union in 1967.[3]

Evelina Panova competed at the inaugural World Junior Championships (1976).[1] Over the next seven years, Bulgaria debuted at the European Championships in three disciplines — Margarita Dimitrova in women's singles (1979), Boyko Aleksiev in men's singles (1980), and Hristina Boyanova and Yavor Ivanov in ice dance (1983). In 1984, Boyanova and Ivanov became the first figure skaters to represent Bulgaria at the Olympics. A year later, figure skating and ice hockey were split into separate federations.[2]

Senior medalists

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Alexandra Feigin at the 2024 World Championships
Larry Loupolover at the 2014 World Junior Championships
Albena Denkova and Maxim Staviski at the 2007 European Championships
From left to right: Alexandra Feigin, six-time Bulgarian champion in women's singles; Larry Loupolover, four-time Bulgarian champion in men's singles; and Albena Denkova and Maxim Staviski, eleven-time Bulgarian champions in ice dance

Men's singles

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Men's event medalists
Year Gold Silver Bronze Ref.
1954 Ivan Hristov
1955
1956
1957
1958
1959
1960 Ivan Hristov
1961 Todor Barzov
1962 Borislav Vandov
1963 Dimitar Stefanov
1964 Borislav Vandov
1965 Alexander Penchev
1966
1967 Emil Dimitrov
1968 Alexander Penchev
1969 Nikolai Ianev
1970 Volodya Kanev
1971 Nikolai Ianev
1972 Volodya Kanev
1973
1974
1975
1976
1977
1978
1979 Boyko Aleksiev
1980
1981
1982 Atanas Ognyanov
1983
1984 Boyko Aleksiev
1985
1986
1987
1988 Alexander Mladenov
1989
1990
1991 Hristo Turlakov Ivan Dinev
1992 Ivan Dinev[4] Hristo Turlakov
1993
1994
1995
1996
1997
1998 Naiden Borichev
1999
2000
2001 [5]
2002
2003 [6]
2004 Naiden Borichev Hristo Turlakov [7]
2005 Georgi Kenchadze [8]
2006 Georgi Kenchadze Ivan Dimitrov [9]
2007 Naiden Borichev No other competitors
2008 No other competitors [10]
2009 Georgi Kenchadze [11]
2010 [12]
2011 Unknown
2012 Manol Atanassov No other competitors [13]
2013 [14]
2014 Iassen Petkov Pavel Savinov No other competitors [15]
2015 Ivo Gatovski Daniel Nikolov [16]
2016 Iassen Petkov No other competitors [17]
2017 Nicky Obreykov Ivo Gatovski No other competitors [18]
2018 Aleksander Zlatkov [19]
2019 [20]
2020 Larry Loupolover Nicky Obreykov Radoslav Marinov [21]
2021 Competition cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic [22]
2022 Larry Loupolover Radoslav Marinov Aleksander Zlatkov [23]
2023 Beat Schümperli Filip Kaymakchiev [24]
2024 Aleksander Zlatkov [25]
2025 [26]

Women's singles

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Women's event medalists
Year Gold Silver Bronze Ref.
1954 Maria Stolarova
1955
1956
1957
1958
1959
1960 Lyubka Tomova
1961
1962 Evgenia Nikolova
1963
1964
1965
1966
1967
1968
1969
1970
1971
1972 Eva Drumeva
1973
1974 Ludmila Plaharova
1975
1976
1977 Tsvetanka Alexandrova
1978 Margarita Dimitrova
1979 Elizabeth Levy
1980 Margarita Dimitrova
1981 Tatiana Yordanova
1982 Tsvetanka Alexandrova
1983
1984 Svetla Staneva
1985 Petya Gavazova
1986 Biliana Vladimirova
1987 Svetla Staneva
1988 Asia Aleksieva
1989 Tsvetelina Yankova
1990 Milena Marinovich
1991 Viktoria Dimitrova
1992
1993
1994 Tsvetelina Yankova
1995 Sofia Penkova
1996
1997
1998
1999 Anna Dimova Sonia Radeva
2000 Hristina Vassileva
2001 Sonia Radeva Nina Ivanova [5]
2002 Sonia Radeva
2003 Sonia Radeva Nina Ivanova [6]
2004 Sonia Radeva Hristina Vassileva Lilia Dimitrova [7]
2005 Nina Ivanova [8]
2006 Manuela Stanukova [9]
2007 No other competitors
2008 Nina Ivanova [10]
2009 Manuela Stanukova [11]
2010 Daniela Paskaleva Hristina Vassileva [12]
2011 Unknown
2012 Daniela Stoeva No other competitors [13]
2013 Anna Afonkina Daniela Stoeva No other competitors [14]
2014 [15]
2015 Daniela Stoeva No other competitors [16]
2016 Hristina Vassileva Daniela Stoeva Elizaveta Makarova [17]
2017 Alexandra Feigin Teodora Markova Monika Yordanova [18]
2018 Presiyana Dimitrova Simona Georgieva Svetoslava Ryadkova [19]
2019 Alexandra Feigin Kristina Grigorova [20]
2020 Simona Georgieva [21]
2021 Competition cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic [22]
2022 Kristina Grigorova Ivelina Baycheva Simona Georgieva [23]
2023 Alexandra Feigin Kristina Grigorova [24]
2024 Daniela Nikolova [25]
2025 Galena Todorova [26]

Pairs

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Pairs event medalists
Year Gold Silver Bronze Ref.
1990
1991
1992
1993
1994
1995
1996
1997 N. Vlahova / A. Korchuchanov
1998
1999
2000
2001 No pairs competitors [5]
2002 Unknown
2003 No pairs competitors
2004
No other competitors [7]
2005 [8]
2006 [9]
2007
2008 No pairs competitors [10]
2009
No other competitors [11]
2010
No other competitors [12]
2011 Unknown
2012 No other competitors [13]
2013 [14]
2014 [15]
2015 [16]
2016–25 No pairs competitors since 2015

Ice dance

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Ice dance event medalists
Year Gold Silver Bronze Ref.
1954
1955
1956
1957
1958
1959
1960
1961
1962
1963
1964
1965
1966
1967
1968 E. Nikolova / G. Velchev
1969 E. Nikolova / G. Velchev
1970
1971
1972
1973
1974
1975
1976
1977
1978
1979
1980 Hristina Boyanova / Yavor Ivanov
1981
1982
1983 Hristina Boyanova / Yavor Ivanov
1984
1985 Hristina Boyanova / Yavor Ivanov
1986
1987
1988 A. Raykova / P. Dimitrov
1989 Petya Gavazova / Nikolay Tonev
1990
1991 Maria Hadjiiska / Hristo Nikolov
1992 Albena Denkova / Hristo Nikolov
1993
1994
1995 D. Aleksandrova / R. Yordanov
1996 D. Ivanova / R. Yordanov
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001 No other competitors [5]
2002
  • Ina Demireva
  • Tsvetan Georgiev
 No other competitors
2003 [6]
2004 No other competitors [7]
2005 [8]
2006
  • Lora Semova
  • Dimitar Lichev
 [9]
2007 No other competitors
2008
[10]
2009 [11]
2010 No ice dance competitors [12]
2011 Unknown
2012
  • Alexandra Chistyakova
  • Dimitar Lichev
 No other competitors [13]
2013
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2014 No ice dance competitors [15]
2015 No other competitors [16]
2016–19 No ice dance competitors
2020 No other competitors [21]
2021–25 No ice dance competitors since 2021

Junior medalists

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Men's singles

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Junior men's event medalists
Year Gold Silver Bronze Ref.
2014–15 No junior men's competitors
2016 Nikola Zlatanov No other competitors [17]
2017 Alexander Zlatkov Nikola Zlatanov No other competitors [18]
2018 Radoslav Marinov Vassil Dimitrov Nikola Zlatanov [19]
2019 Tobija Harms No other competitors [20]
2020 Vassil Dimitrov Filip Kaymakchiev No other competitors [21]
2021 Competition cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic [22]
2022 Filip Kaymakchiev Aleksandar Kachamakov Rosen Peev [23]
2023 Rosen Peev No other competitors [24]
2024 Deyan Mihaylov Ioanis Apostolu Aleksandar Kachamakov [25]
2025 Rosen Peev Kaloyan Nalbantov [26]

Women's singles

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Junior women's event medalists
Year Gold Silver Bronze Ref.
2014 Alexandra Feigin Paolina Popova Monika Yordanova [27]
2015 Teodora Markova Simona Arnaudova [28]
2016 Simona Gospodinova Monika Yordanova [17]
2017 Kristina Grigorova Preslyana Dimitrova Svetoslava Ryadkova [18]
2018 Alexandra Feigin Kristina Grigorova Eliza Pancheva [19]
2019 Maria Levushkina Ivelina Baycheva Thea Boeva [20]
2020 Maria Ilinova [21]
2021 Competition cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic [22]
2022 Chiara Hristova Daniela Stanimirova Daniela Nikolova [23]
2023 Krista Georgieva Marina Nikolova [24]
2024 Leilah Patten Lia Lyubenova [25]
2025 Lia Lyubenova Chiara Hristova Krista Georgieva [26]

Records

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Records
Discipline Most championship titles
Skater(s) No. Years Ref.
Men's singles 15 1992–2006 [29]
Women's singles 10 1962–71
Pairs 4 2012–15 [30][31]
[a] 5 2007;
2012–15
Ice dance 11 1997–2007 [32][33]
  1. ^ Leri Kenchadze won one championship title while partnered with Nina Ivanova (2007) and four with Elizaveta Makarova (2012–15).

References

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