| Bulgarian Figure Skating Championships | |
|---|---|
| Status | Active |
| Genre | National championships |
| Frequency | Annual |
| Venue | Winter Sports Palace |
| Location | Sofia |
| Country | |
| Inaugurated | 1954 |
| Organized by | Bulgarian Skating Federation |
TheBulgarian Figure Skating Championships are a competition held annually to determine thenational champions of Bulgaria. Skaters compete inmen's singles, women's singles,pair skating, andice dance at the senior, junior, and novice levels, although not every discipline is held every year due to a lack of participants. The event is organized by the Bulgarian Skating Federation, the sport's governing body.
Ivan Dinev currently holds the record for winning the most Bulgarian Championship titles in men's singles (with fifteen), while Evgenia Nikolova holds the record in women's singles (with ten). Two teams are tied for winning the most titles in pair skating:Elizaveta Makarova andLeri Kenchadze hold the record in pair skating (with four), although Kenchadze won an additional title with a different partner.Albena Denkova andMaxim Staviski hold the record in ice dance (with eleven).
Bulgaria's national governing body was established on 16 September 1949 and initially included ice hockey.[1] The first Bulgarian figure skaters to compete internationally were Aleksandr Penchev,at the 1966Winter Universiade and Emil Dimitrov, at the 1966Prague Skate.[2] Bulgaria joined theInternational Skating Union in 1967.[3]
Evelina Panova competed at the inauguralWorld Junior Championships (1976).[1] Over the next seven years, Bulgaria debuted at the European Championships in three disciplines —Margarita Dimitrova in women's singles (1979),Boyko Aleksiev in men's singles (1980), andHristina Boyanova andYavor Ivanov in ice dance (1983). In 1984, Boyanova and Ivanov became the first figure skaters to represent Bulgaria at the Olympics. A year later, figure skating and ice hockey were split into separate federations.[2]
| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1954 | Ivan Hristov | |||
| 1955 | ||||
| 1956 | ||||
| 1957 | ||||
| 1958 | ||||
| 1959 | ||||
| 1960 | Ivan Hristov | |||
| 1961 | Todor Barzov | |||
| 1962 | Borislav Vandov | |||
| 1963 | Dimitar Stefanov | |||
| 1964 | Borislav Vandov | |||
| 1965 | Alexander Penchev | |||
| 1966 | ||||
| 1967 | Emil Dimitrov | |||
| 1968 | Alexander Penchev | |||
| 1969 | Nikolai Ianev | |||
| 1970 | Volodya Kanev | |||
| 1971 | Nikolai Ianev | |||
| 1972 | Volodya Kanev | |||
| 1973 | ||||
| 1974 | ||||
| 1975 | ||||
| 1976 | ||||
| 1977 | ||||
| 1978 | ||||
| 1979 | Boyko Aleksiev | |||
| 1980 | ||||
| 1981 | ||||
| 1982 | Atanas Ognyanov | |||
| 1983 | ||||
| 1984 | Boyko Aleksiev | |||
| 1985 | ||||
| 1986 | ||||
| 1987 | ||||
| 1988 | Alexander Mladenov | |||
| 1989 | ||||
| 1990 | ||||
| 1991 | Hristo Turlakov | Ivan Dinev | ||
| 1992 | Ivan Dinev[4] | Hristo Turlakov | ||
| 1993 | ||||
| 1994 | ||||
| 1995 | ||||
| 1996 | ||||
| 1997 | ||||
| 1998 | Naiden Borichev | |||
| 1999 | ||||
| 2000 | ||||
| 2001 | [5] | |||
| 2002 | ||||
| 2003 | [6] | |||
| 2004 | Naiden Borichev | Hristo Turlakov | [7] | |
| 2005 | Georgi Kenchadze | [8] | ||
| 2006 | Georgi Kenchadze | Ivan Dimitrov | [9] | |
| 2007 | Naiden Borichev | No other competitors | ||
| 2008 | No other competitors | [10] | ||
| 2009 | Georgi Kenchadze | [11] | ||
| 2010 | [12] | |||
| 2011 | ||||
| 2012 | Manol Atanassov | No other competitors | [13] | |
| 2013 | [14] | |||
| 2014 | Iassen Petkov | Pavel Savinov | No other competitors | [15] |
| 2015 | Ivo Gatovski | Daniel Nikolov | [16] | |
| 2016 | Iassen Petkov | No other competitors | [17] | |
| 2017 | Nicky Obreykov | Ivo Gatovski | No other competitors | [18] |
| 2018 | Aleksander Zlatkov | [19] | ||
| 2019 | [20] | |||
| 2020 | Larry Loupolover | Nicky Obreykov | Radoslav Marinov | [21] |
| 2021 | Competition cancelled due to theCOVID-19 pandemic | [22] | ||
| 2022 | Larry Loupolover | Radoslav Marinov | Aleksander Zlatkov | [23] |
| 2023 | Beat Schümperli | Filip Kaymakchiev | [24] | |
| 2024 | Aleksander Zlatkov | [25] | ||
| 2025 | [26] | |||
| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1954 | Maria Stolarova | |||
| 1955 | ||||
| 1956 | ||||
| 1957 | ||||
| 1958 | ||||
| 1959 | ||||
| 1960 | Lyubka Tomova | |||
| 1961 | ||||
| 1962 | Evgenia Nikolova | |||
| 1963 | ||||
| 1964 | ||||
| 1965 | ||||
| 1966 | ||||
| 1967 | ||||
| 1968 | ||||
| 1969 | ||||
| 1970 | ||||
| 1971 | ||||
| 1972 | Eva Drumeva | |||
| 1973 | ||||
| 1974 | Ludmila Plaharova | |||
| 1975 | ||||
| 1976 | ||||
| 1977 | Tsvetanka Alexandrova | |||
| 1978 | Margarita Dimitrova | |||
| 1979 | Elizabeth Levy | |||
| 1980 | Margarita Dimitrova | |||
| 1981 | Tatiana Yordanova | |||
| 1982 | Tsvetanka Alexandrova | |||
| 1983 | ||||
| 1984 | Svetla Staneva | |||
| 1985 | Petya Gavazova | |||
| 1986 | Biliana Vladimirova | |||
| 1987 | Svetla Staneva | |||
| 1988 | Asia Aleksieva | |||
| 1989 | Tsvetelina Yankova | |||
| 1990 | Milena Marinovich | |||
| 1991 | Viktoria Dimitrova | |||
| 1992 | ||||
| 1993 | ||||
| 1994 | Tsvetelina Yankova | |||
| 1995 | Sofia Penkova | |||
| 1996 | ||||
| 1997 | ||||
| 1998 | ||||
| 1999 | Anna Dimova | Sonia Radeva | ||
| 2000 | Hristina Vassileva | |||
| 2001 | Sonia Radeva | Nina Ivanova | [5] | |
| 2002 | Sonia Radeva | |||
| 2003 | Sonia Radeva | Nina Ivanova | [6] | |
| 2004 | Sonia Radeva | Hristina Vassileva | Lilia Dimitrova | [7] |
| 2005 | Nina Ivanova | [8] | ||
| 2006 | Manuela Stanukova | [9] | ||
| 2007 | No other competitors | |||
| 2008 | Nina Ivanova | [10] | ||
| 2009 | Manuela Stanukova | [11] | ||
| 2010 | Daniela Paskaleva | Hristina Vassileva | [12] | |
| 2011 | ||||
| 2012 | Daniela Stoeva | No other competitors | [13] | |
| 2013 | Anna Afonkina | Daniela Stoeva | No other competitors | [14] |
| 2014 | [15] | |||
| 2015 | Daniela Stoeva | No other competitors | [16] | |
| 2016 | Hristina Vassileva | Daniela Stoeva | Elizaveta Makarova | [17] |
| 2017 | Alexandra Feigin | Teodora Markova | Monika Yordanova | [18] |
| 2018 | Presiyana Dimitrova | Simona Georgieva | Svetoslava Ryadkova | [19] |
| 2019 | Alexandra Feigin | Kristina Grigorova | [20] | |
| 2020 | Simona Georgieva | [21] | ||
| 2021 | Competition cancelled due to theCOVID-19 pandemic | [22] | ||
| 2022 | Kristina Grigorova | Ivelina Baycheva | Simona Georgieva | [23] |
| 2023 | Alexandra Feigin | Kristina Grigorova | [24] | |
| 2024 | Daniela Nikolova | [25] | ||
| 2025 | Galena Todorova | [26] | ||
| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | ||||
| 1991 | ||||
| 1992 | ||||
| 1993 | ||||
| 1994 | ||||
| 1995 | ||||
| 1996 | ||||
| 1997 | N. Vlahova /A. Korchuchanov | |||
| 1998 | ||||
| 1999 | ||||
| 2000 | ||||
| 2001 | No pairs competitors | [5] | ||
| 2002 | ||||
| 2003 | No pairs competitors | |||
| 2004 | No other competitors | [7] | ||
| 2005 | [8] | |||
| 2006 | [9] | |||
| 2007 |
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| 2008 | No pairs competitors | [10] | ||
| 2009 |
| No other competitors | [11] | |
| 2010 |
| No other competitors | [12] | |
| 2011 | ||||
| 2012 | No other competitors | [13] | ||
| 2013 | [14] | |||
| 2014 | [15] | |||
| 2015 | [16] | |||
| 2016–25 | No pairs competitors since 2015 | |||
| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1954 | ||||
| 1955 | ||||
| 1956 | ||||
| 1957 | ||||
| 1958 | ||||
| 1959 | ||||
| 1960 | ||||
| 1961 | ||||
| 1962 | ||||
| 1963 | ||||
| 1964 | ||||
| 1965 | ||||
| 1966 | ||||
| 1967 | ||||
| 1968 | E. Nikolova /G. Velchev | |||
| 1969 | E. Nikolova /G. Velchev | |||
| 1970 | ||||
| 1971 | ||||
| 1972 | ||||
| 1973 | ||||
| 1974 | ||||
| 1975 | ||||
| 1976 | ||||
| 1977 | ||||
| 1978 | ||||
| 1979 | ||||
| 1980 | Hristina Boyanova /Yavor Ivanov | |||
| 1981 | ||||
| 1982 | ||||
| 1983 | Hristina Boyanova /Yavor Ivanov | |||
| 1984 | ||||
| 1985 | Hristina Boyanova /Yavor Ivanov | |||
| 1986 | ||||
| 1987 | ||||
| 1988 | A. Raykova / P. Dimitrov | |||
| 1989 | Petya Gavazova / Nikolay Tonev | |||
| 1990 | ||||
| 1991 | Maria Hadjiiska / Hristo Nikolov | |||
| 1992 | Albena Denkova / Hristo Nikolov | |||
| 1993 | ||||
| 1994 | ||||
| 1995 | D. Aleksandrova / R. Yordanov | |||
| 1996 | D. Ivanova / R. Yordanov | |||
| 1997 | ||||
| 1998 | ||||
| 1999 | ||||
| 2000 | ||||
| 2001 | No other competitors | [5] | ||
| 2002 |
| No other competitors | ||
| 2003 | [6] | |||
| 2004 | No other competitors | [7] | ||
| 2005 | [8] | |||
| 2006 |
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| [9] | |
| 2007 | No other competitors | |||
| 2008 |
| [10] | ||
| 2009 | [11] | |||
| 2010 | No ice dance competitors | [12] | ||
| 2011 | ||||
| 2012 |
| No other competitors | [13] | |
| 2013 |
| [14] | ||
| 2014 | No ice dance competitors | [15] | ||
| 2015 | No other competitors | [16] | ||
| 2016–19 | No ice dance competitors | |||
| 2020 | No other competitors | [21] | ||
| 2021–25 | No ice dance competitors since 2021 | |||
| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014–15 | No junior men's competitors | |||
| 2016 | Nikola Zlatanov | No other competitors | [17] | |
| 2017 | Alexander Zlatkov | Nikola Zlatanov | No other competitors | [18] |
| 2018 | Radoslav Marinov | Vassil Dimitrov | Nikola Zlatanov | [19] |
| 2019 | Tobija Harms | No other competitors | [20] | |
| 2020 | Vassil Dimitrov | Filip Kaymakchiev | No other competitors | [21] |
| 2021 | Competition cancelled due to theCOVID-19 pandemic | [22] | ||
| 2022 | Filip Kaymakchiev | Aleksandar Kachamakov | Rosen Peev | [23] |
| 2023 | Rosen Peev | No other competitors | [24] | |
| 2024 | Deyan Mihaylov | Ioanis Apostolu | Aleksandar Kachamakov | [25] |
| 2025 | Rosen Peev | Kaloyan Nalbantov | [26] | |
| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | Alexandra Feigin | Paolina Popova | Monika Yordanova | [27] |
| 2015 | Teodora Markova | Simona Arnaudova | [28] | |
| 2016 | Simona Gospodinova | Monika Yordanova | [17] | |
| 2017 | Kristina Grigorova | Preslyana Dimitrova | Svetoslava Ryadkova | [18] |
| 2018 | Alexandra Feigin | Kristina Grigorova | Eliza Pancheva | [19] |
| 2019 | Maria Levushkina | Ivelina Baycheva | Thea Boeva | [20] |
| 2020 | Maria Ilinova | [21] | ||
| 2021 | Competition cancelled due to theCOVID-19 pandemic | [22] | ||
| 2022 | Chiara Hristova | Daniela Stanimirova | Daniela Nikolova | [23] |
| 2023 | Krista Georgieva | Marina Nikolova | [24] | |
| 2024 | Leilah Patten | Lia Lyubenova | [25] | |
| 2025 | Lia Lyubenova | Chiara Hristova | Krista Georgieva | [26] |
| Discipline | Most championship titles | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Skater(s) | No. | Years | Ref. | |
| Men's singles | 15 | 1992–2006 | [29] | |
| Women's singles | 10 | 1962–71 | ||
| Pairs | 4 | 2012–15 | [30][31] | |
| [a] | 5 | 2007; 2012–15 | ||
| Ice dance | 11 | 1997–2007 | [32][33] | |