| Bulgaria at the 2006 Winter Olympics | |
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| IOC code | BUL |
| NOC | Bulgarian Olympic Committee |
| Website | www |
| in Turin | |
| Competitors | 21 in 8 sports |
| Flag bearers | Ekaterina Dafovska (opening) Evgenia Radanova (closing) [1] [2] |
| Medals Ranked 21st |
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| Winter Olympics appearances (overview) | |
Bulgaria competed at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy.
| Medal | Name | Sport | Event |
|---|---|---|---|
 Silver | Evgenia Radanova | Short track speed skating | Women's 500 m |
| Athlete | Event | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 3 | Total | Rank | ||
| Stefan Georgiev | Men's slalom | 58.30 | 54.25 | n/a | 1:52.55 | 25 |
| Men's combined | 1:43.86 | DNF | ||||
| Maria Kirkova | Women's slalom | 46.58 | DNF | |||
| Mihail Sediankov | Men's slalom | DNF | ||||
| Men's combined | 1:46.10 | 49.11 | 48.69 | 3:23.90 | 31 | |
| Dean Todorov | Men's slalom | 1:00.69 | DNF | |||
Note: In the men's combined, run 1 is the downhill, and runs 2 and 3 are the slalom. In the women's combined, run 1 and 2 are the slalom, and run 3 the downhill.
| Athlete | Event | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Misses | Rank | ||
| Vitaliy Rudenchyk | Sprint | 27:59.1 | 1 (0+1) | 21 |
| Pursuit | 39:04.76 | 4 (1+1+2+0) | 33 | |
| Individual | 1:02:30.0 | 6 (0+3+1+2) | 61 |
| Athlete | Event | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Misses | Rank | ||
| Ekaterina Dafovska | Sprint | 24:23.2 | 2 (0+2) | 33 |
| Pursuit | 42:07.68 | 3 (0+1+3+2) | 28 | |
| Mass start | 42:09.4 | 3 (1+1+0+1) | 8 | |
| Individual | 52:45.1 | 3 (0+1+1+1) | 11 | |
| Pavlina Filipova | Sprint | 24:53.2 | 2 (1+1) | 46 |
| Pursuit | 43:04.53 | 8 (0+1+2+3) | 32 | |
| Individual | 56:07.7 | 5 (1+0+1+3) | 43 | |
| Nina Kadeva | Individual | 57:15.0 | 5 (2+1+0+2) | 54 |
| Irina Nikulchina | Sprint | 24:30.4 | 4 (2+2) | 36 |
| Pursuit | 42:26.84 | 7 (1+0+3+3) | 30 | |
| Individual | 54:29.3 | 6 (1+2+2+1) | 28 | |
| Radka Popova | Sprint | 26:01.1 | 2 (0+2) | 58 |
| Pursuit | LAP | 3 (0+1+0+2) | n/a | |
| Pavlina Filipova Radka Popova Irina Nikulchina Ekaterina Dafovska | Relay | 1:20:38.7 | 17 (5+12) | 8 |
Key: LAP indicates an athlete was lapped, and did not finish the race.
| Athlete | Event | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Total | Rank | ||
| Ivan Bariakov | Men's 15 km classical | 44:06.3 | 67 |
| Men's 30 km pursuit | DNF | ||
| Athlete | Event | Qualifying | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | Rank | Total | Rank | Total | Rank | Total | Rank | ||
| Ivan Bariakov | Men's sprint | 2:32.18 | 71 | did not advance | |||||
| Athlete | Event | CD | SP/OD | FS/FD | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | ||
| Ivan Dinev | Men's | n/a | 63.64 | 15 Q | 116.47 | 18 | 180.11 | 17 | |
| Albena Denkova Maxim Staviski | Ice dance | 37.65 | 3 | 55.85 | 5 | 96.03 | 5 | 189.53 | 5 |
| Rumyana Spasova Stanimir Todorov | Pairs | n/a | 37.27 | 19 | 73.98 | 18 | 111.25 | 19 | |
Key: CD = Compulsory Dance, FD = Free Dance, FS = Free Skate, OD = Original Dance, SP = Short program
| Athlete | Event | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 3 | Run 4 | Total | Rank | ||
| Peter Iliev | Men's singles | 54.806 | 55.189 | 55.761 | 53.927 | 3:39.683 | 31 |
| Athlete | Event | Heat | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
| Evgenia Radanova | Women's 500 m | 45.703 | 1 Q | 44.252 | 1 Q | 44.711 | 2 Q | 44.374 | |
| Women's 1000 m | 1:35.765 | 1 Q | disqualified | ||||||
| Women's 1500 m | 2:27.155 | 1 Q | n/a | 2:27.145 | 3 | Final B 2:29.314 | 6 | ||
Key: 'ADV' indicates a skater was advanced due to being interfered with.
| Athlete | Event | Qualifying | First round | Final | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | Total | Rank | ||
| Petar Fartunov | Men's normal hill | 85.0 | 49 | Did not advance | ||||
| Men's large hill | 26.6 | 52 | Did not advance | |||||
| Georgi Zharkov | Men's normal hill | 77.5 | 51 | Did not advance | ||||
| Men's large hill | 59.3 | 44 | Did not advance | |||||
Note: PQ indicates a skier was pre-qualified for the final, based on entry rankings.
| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Finals | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Opposition Time | Opposition Time | Opposition Time | Opposition Time | Rank | ||
| Aleksandra Zhekova | Women's parallel giant slalom | 1:25.01 | 25 | Did not advance | ||||
Key: '+ Time' represents a deficit; the brackets indicate the results of each run.
| Athlete | Event | Qualifying | 1/8 Finals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Finals | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Position | Position | Position | Position | Rank | ||
| Aleksandra Zhekova | Women's snowboard cross | 1:35.50 | 22 | Did not advance | ||||
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