| Bulgaria at the Paralympics | |
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| IPC code | BUL |
| NPC | Bulgarian Paralympic Association |
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Bulgaria made itsParalympic Games début at the1988 Summer Paralympics inSeoul, sending three competitors intrack and field, and a men'sgoalball team. The country has participated in every subsequent edition of theSummer Paralympics. It made itsWinter Paralympics début in 1994, and has taken part in every edition of the Winter Games since then.[1]
Bulgarian athletes have won a total of five gold medals, nine silver and three bronze. All these medals have been won at the Summer Games, and all but one in track and field; the exception isPolina Dzhurova's silver medal in swimming in 1996, in the women's 100m backstroke (S6 category).[2]
1988 was Bulgaria's most successful year.Gueorgui Sakelarov became the country's first Paralympic champion when he took gold in both the discus and the shot put (B2 category). CompatriotDonko Angelov won Bulgaria's third medal of the Games, a silver, in the triple jump (B3).Ivan Hristov narrowly missed out on a medal when he finished fourth in the high jump (B1).[3]
Sakelarov has won three of Bulgaria's five Paralympic gold medals. He successfully defended his title in the shot put in 1992, though he won "only" silver in the discus that year. Bulgaria's fifth and most recent gold medal was won byRuzhdi Ruzhdi in the men's shot put (F54-55) in 2016.[4]
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total | Ranking |
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| 1988 Summer Paralympics | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 32nd |
| 1992 Summer Paralympics | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 38th |
| 1996 Summer Paralympics | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 55th |
| 2000 Summer Paralympics | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 49th |
| 2004 Summer Paralympics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| 2008 Summer Paralympics | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 60th |
| 2012 Summer Paralympics | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 59th |
| 2016 Summer Paralympics | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 60th |
| 2020 Summer Paralympics | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 69th |
| 2024 Summer Paralympics | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 65th |
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total | Ranking |
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| 1994 Winter Paralympics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| 1998 Winter Paralympics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| 2002 Winter Paralympics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| 2006 Winter Paralympics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| 2010 Winter Paralympics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| 2014 Winter Paralympics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| 2018 Winter Paralympics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
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