Petar Stoychev

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Olympic medal record
World Championships
Men's swimming
Bronze	Barcelona 2003	Open Water 25k
Bronze	Montréal 2005	Open Water 10k
Bronze	Montréal 2005	Open Water 25k

Petar Stoychev (Bulgarian: Петър Стойчев) (born 24 October 1976 in Momchilgrad) is a Bulgarian open water swimmer and is most famous for claiming 3rd place at 2005 FINA World Championships in Montréal, Canada during the 10k and 25k metre event, respectivly. Stoychev has swam at many locations around the world and was the overall winner of the Open Water World Championships six times.

In his native Bulgaria he featured in adverts for the national lottery with the phrase, "If you don't play, you don't win" and is a national celebraty.