Famous or notable Bulgarian sportspeople include:

Athletics

Yordanka Blagoeva - Olympic silver and bronze medalist

Rostislav Dimitrov

Svetla Dimitrova

Yordanka Donkova - Olympic gold and bronze medalist

Ivanka Khristova - Olympic gold and bronze medalist

Tsvetanka Khristova - Olympic silver and bronze medalist

Stefka Kostadinova - Olympic gold and bronze medalist

Ivet Lalova - European Champion

Tereza Marinova - Olympic gold medalist

Khristo Markov - Olympic gold medalist

Svetla Mitkova

Petya Pendareva

Mariya Petkova - Double Olympic silver medalist

Petar Petrov - Olympic bronze medalist

Iva Prandzheva

Nikolina Shtereva - Olympic silver medalist

Vasilka Stoeva - Olympic bronze medalist

Atanas Tarev

Daniela Yordanova

Diana Yorgova - Olympic silver medalist

Ginka Zagorcheva

Badminton

Petya Nedelcheva

Linda Zechiri

Basketball

Denis Agre

Krasimira Bogdanova

Diana Braynova-Dilova

Vanya Dermendzhieva

Silviya Germanova

Nadka Golcheva

Krasimira Gyurova

Kosta Iliev

Petkana Makaveeva

Penka Metodieva

Angelina Mikhaylova

Snezhana Mikhaylova

Kostadinka Radkova

Margarita Shtarkelova

Gergina Skerlatova

Evladiya Slavcheva-Stefanova

Mariya Stoyanova

Penka Stoyanova

Todorka Yordanova

Biathlon

Krasimir Anev

Ekaterina Dafovska - Olympic gold medalist

Pavlina Filipova

Vladimir Iliev

Irina Nikulchina - Olympic bronze medalist

Boxing

Angel Angelov - Olympic silver medalist

Boris Georgiev - Olympic bronze medalist

Aleksandar Khristov - Olympic silver medalist

Vladimir Kolev - Olympic bronze medalist

Georgi Kostadinov - Olympic gold medalist

Petar Lesov - Olympic gold medalist

Ivailo Marinov - Olympic gold and bronze medalist

Ivan Mihailov - Olympic bronze medalist

Alexander Nikolov - Olympic bronze medalist

Boris Nikolov - Olympic bronze medalist

Daniel Petrov - Olympic gold and silver medalist

Tervel Pulev - Olympic bronze medalist

Svilen Rusinov - Olympic bronze medalist

Georgi Stankov - Olympic bronze medalist

Serafim Todorov - Olympic silver medalist

Tontcho Tontchev - Olympic silver medalist

Canoeing

Borislav Ananiev - Olympic bronze medalist

Borislav Borisov - Olympic bronze medalist

Nikolay Bukhalov - Double Olympic gold medalist

Ivan Burtchin - Olympic bronze medalist

Fedia Damianov - Olympic bronze medalist

Andrian Dushev - Olympic bronze medalist

Vanja Gesheva-Tsvetkova - Olympic gold, double silver and bronze medalist

Nikolai Ilkov - Olympic bronze medalist

Borislava Ivanova - Olympic bronze medalist

Milko Kazanov - Olympic bronze medalist

Lazar Khristov - Olympic bronze medalist

Lyubomir Lyubenov - Olympic gold and silver medalist

Ivan Manev - Olympic bronze medalist

Martin Marinov - Double Olympic bronze medalist

Petar Merkov - Double Olympic silver medalist

Bozhidar Milenkov - Olympic bronze medalist

Diana Paliiska - Olympic silver and bronze medalist

Ognyana Petrova - Olympic bronze medalist

Blagovest Stoyanov - Olympic bronze medalist

Cross-country skiing

Ivan Lebanov - Olympic bronze medalist

Equestrian

Petar Mandajiev - Olympic silver medalist

Fencing

Vasil Etropolski - World Champion

Figure skating

Albena Denkova

Maxim Staviski

Football

Dimitar Berbatov

Boris Boyanchev

Lachezar Dafkov

Georgi Danov

Zdravko Dermenov

Stanimir Dimitrov

Emil Donchev

Nikolay Godzhev

Georgi Gradev

Stoyan Grigorov

Stefani Iotova

Krastina Ivanova

Milan Karatantchev

Kaloyan Kopchev

Miroslav Kosev

Aneliya Kukunova

Blagomir Mastagarkov

Aleksandar Mitushev

Yonko Nedelchev

Lyubomir Nyagolov

Boris Papazov

Genko Papazov

Hristo Petev

Dimitar Ralchev

Tsvetelin Ralchovski

Raycho Raychev

Svetoslav Sakadzhiyski

Samir Seliminski

Aleksandar Shalamanov

Shaban Shefket

Veselin Shulev

Hristo Stoichkov

Simona Stoyanova

Archontis Stoyianov

Ivana Taneva

Stelian Trasborg

Dimitar Tsenovski

List of Bulgarian sportspeople