Bulgaria at the 2024 Winter Youth Olympics

Bulgaria at the 2024 Winter Youth Olympics
Flag of Bulgaria
IOC code	BUL
NOC	Bulgarian Olympic Committee
in Gangwon, South Korea 19 January 2024 (2024-01-19) – 1 February 2024 (2024-02-01)
Competitors	15 in 6 sports
Flag bearer (opening)	Ivan Ivanov & Andreya Kotsinova
Flag bearer (closing)	TBD
Medals	Gold 0 Silver 0 Bronze 0 Total 0
Winter Youth Olympics appearances (overview)
2012 2016 2020 2024

Bulgaria is scheduled to compete at the 2024 Winter Youth Olympics in Gangwon, South Korea, from January 19 to February 1, 2024. This will be Bulgaria's fourth appearance at the Winter Youth Olympic Games, having competed at every Games since the inaugural edition in 2012.

Snowboarders Ivan Ivanov and Andra Kotsinova were the country's flagbearers during the opening ceremony. ^[1]

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors (per gender) participating at the games per sport/discipline.

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Alpine skiing	1	0	1
Biathlon	3	3	6
Cross-country skiing	1	1	2
Luge	1	0	1
Short track speed skating	2	1	3
Snowboarding	1	1	2
Total	9	6	15

Alpine skiing

Main article: Alpine skiing at the 2024 Winter Youth Olympics

Bulgaria qualified one male alpine skier. ^[2]

Men

Athlete	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Total
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Atanas Petrov	Super-G	—	Did not start
	Giant slalom	51.72	27	46.43	12	1:38.15	18
	Slalom	Did not finish

Biathlon

Main article: Biathlon at the 2024 Winter Youth Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Time	Misses	Rank
Veselin Belchinski	Sprint	23:09.1	2 (1+1)	15
	Individual	47:31.4	6 (2+2+1+1)	32
Georgi Dzhorgov	Sprint	22:10.8	1 (0+1)	5
	Individual	43:42.6	3 (1+1+1+0)	4
Nikolay Nikolov	Sprint	22:40.9	2 (2+0)	10
	Individual	48:32.2	9 (3+4+1+1)	46

Women

Athlete	Event	Time	Misses	Rank
Raya Adzhamova	Sprint	26:13.0	8 (4+4)	67
	Individual	41:04.6	3 (0+0+1+2)	19
Irina Georgieva	Sprint	23:13.7	3 (2+1)	35
	Individual	43:59.3	6 (2+2+1+1)	44
Nikol Klenovska	Sprint	24:56.0	4 (2+2)	55
	Individual	43:41.7	4 (0+1+1+2)	37

Mixed

Athletes	Event	Time	Misses	Rank
Raya Adzhamova Georgi Dzhorgov	Single mixed relay	48:40.9	1+13	13
Irina Georgieva Raya Adzhamova Veselin Belchinski Georgi Dzhorgov	Mixed relay	1:26:19.3	6+23	14

Cross-country skiing

Main article: Cross-country skiing at the 2024 Winter Youth Olympics

Bulgaria qualified two cross-country skiers (one per gender). ^[3]

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Dani Cholakov	7.5 km classical	—	23:48.0	55
	Sprint freestyle	3:28.37	53	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Elena Hristeva	7.5 km classical	—	27:21.9	51
	Sprint freestyle	4:12.73	55	Did not advance

Luge

Main article: Luge at the 2024 Winter Youth Olympics

Bulgaria qualified one male luger. ^[4]

Men

Athlete	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Total
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Angel Stefanov	Singles	49.277	20	49.677	22	1:38.954	21

Short track speed skating

Main article: Short track speed skating at the 2024 Winter Youth Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Asen Gyurov	500 m	58.702	4	Did not advance
	1000 m	1:38.550	2 Q	1:31.051	4	Did not advance
	1500 m	—	2:23.571	5	Did not advance
Nikolas Toskov	500 m	47.982	3	Did not advance
	1000 m	1:38.221	4	Did not advance
	1500 m	—	2:39.240	6	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Heats		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Sonya Stoyanova	500 m	1:07.821	4	Did not advance
	1000 m	1:56.596	3	Did not advance
	1500 m	—	2:42.443	5	Did not advance

Snowboarding

Main article: Snowboarding at the 2024 Winter Youth Olympics

Snowboard cross

Athlete	Event	Group stage		Semifinal	Final
		Points	Rank	Position	Position
Ivan Ivanov	Men's snowboard cross	14	7	Did not advance
Andrea Kotsinova	Women's snowboard cross	18	2 Q	3 SF	8

Mixed

Athlete	Event	Pre-heats	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final
		Position	Position	Position	Position
Ivan Ivanov Andrea Kotsinova	Team snowboard cross	3	Did not advance

See also

• Bulgaria at the 2024 Summer Olympics

References

1. "Gangwon 2024 Opening Ceremony Flagbearers Information" (PDF). www.olympics.com/. International Olympic Committee (IOC). 19 January 2024. Retrieved 19 January 2024.
2. "Alpine Skiing quotas list for Youth Olympic Winter Games 2024". www.fis-ski.com/. International Ski and Snowboard Federation (FIS). 18 December 2023. Retrieved 5 January 2024.
3. "Cross-Country quotas list for Youth Olympic Winter Games 2024". www.fis-ski.com/. International Ski and Snowboard Federation (FIS). 18 December 2023. Retrieved 5 January 2024.
4. "Overall Ranking YOUTH A Men´s Singles World Cup referring D.1" (PDF). www.fil-luge.org/. International Luge Federation (FIL). 10 December 2023. Retrieved 2 January 2024.