Ivan Angelov

Ivan Angelov
Personal information
Nationality  Bulgaria
Born 21 January 1979
Vratsa, Bulgaria
Height 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Weight 85 kg (187 lb)
Sport
Sport Swimming
Strokes Backstroke
Club Liulin Sofia
Coach Valentin Yordanov

Ivan Angelov (Bulgarian: Иван Ангелов; born January 21, 1979 in Vratsa) is a retired Bulgarian swimmer, who specialized in backstroke events.[1] He is a single-time Olympian (2000), and a former Bulgarian record holder in 50, 100, and 200 m backstroke. During his sporting career, Angelov also trained for Liulin Sports Club in Sofia under his personal coaches Valentin Yordanov and Liliana Hristeva.[2]

Angelov competed in a backstroke double at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. He posted FINA B-standards of 57.98 (100 m backstroke) and 2:06.48 (200 m backstroke) from the Croatian Open Championships in Dubrovnik.[3][4] On the second day of the Games, Angelov placed thirty-ninth in the 100 m backstroke. Swimming in heat three, he held off Yugoslavia's Milorad Čavić to earn a sixth spot by 0.22 of a second in 58.03.[5][6] Three days later, in the 200 m backstroke, Angelov challenged five other swimmers in heat one, including Hong Kong's Alex Fong, who later became one of the nation's popular singers. He came up short in third place and fortieth overall at 2:07.30, more than half a second (0.50) off his entry time.[7]

References

  1. ↑ "Ivan Angelov". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 2 June 2013.
  2. ↑ "ОЛИМПИАДА: Иван Ангелов 40-ти в плуването на 200 метра гръб" [Olympics: Swimmer Ivan Angelov finished 40th in 200 m backstroke] (in Bulgarian). Bulgarian News Agency. 20 September 2000. Retrieved 2 June 2013.
  3. ↑ "Swimming – Men's 100m Backstroke Startlist (Heat 3)" (PDF). Sydney 2000. Omega Timing. Retrieved 23 April 2013.
  4. ↑ "Swimming – Men's 200m Backstroke Startlist (Heat 1)" (PDF). Sydney 2000. Omega Timing. Retrieved 23 April 2013.
  5. ↑ "Sydney 2000: Swimming – Men's 100m Backstroke Heat 3" (PDF). Sydney 2000. LA84 Foundation. p. 275. Retrieved 23 April 2013.
  6. ↑ "Dolan breaks own world mark in 400 IM". Canoe.ca. 17 September 2000. Retrieved 28 May 2013.
  7. ↑ "Sydney 2000: Swimming – Men's 200m Backstroke Heat 1" (PDF). Sydney 2000. LA84 Foundation. p. 283. Retrieved 23 April 2013.