STOYANOV Hristiyan

Date of Birth: 20 Aug 1998

Age: 23

Gender: Male

Sport Class: T46

Place of birth: GABROVO

Birth Country:

Bulgaria

Place of residence : GABROVO

Residence Country:

Bulgaria

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Athletics	Men's 1500m - T46	2

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Olympic Stadium - Track	Men's 1500m - T46 Final	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Rank	Event	Year	Location	Result
Paralympic Games
7	1500m - T46	2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA	4:08.99
World Championships
1	1500m - T46	2019	Dubai, UAE	3:50.87
3	1500m - T46	2017	London, GBR	3:58.94
5	400m - T47	2017	London, GBR	52.76
European Championships
1	1500m - T46	2018	Berlin, GER	4:08.38
2	1500m - T46	2021	Bydgoszcz, POL	3:52.33

Hrisz (Instagram profile, 28 Mar 2021; Athlete, 20 Aug 2021)

Photography, mountain biking, snowboarding. (Athlete, 20 Aug 2021)

Occupation:

Journalism, Public Relations - Sofia University, Bulgaria

Languages spoken:

Bulgarian, English, Russian

Dunav Ruse [Bulgaria]

Evgeni Ignatov [personal], BUL, from 2017

2016 for Bulgaria, European Championships in Grosseto, Italy (Athlete, 07 Nov 2019)

He took up the sport in 2010 in Gabrovo, Bulgaria. (Athlete, 07 Nov 2019Athlete, 20 Aug 2021)

He met an athletics coach at an inter-school competition, who offered to train him. He initially competed in able-bodied athletics competitions before focusing on Para athletics with the aim of competing at the Paralympic Games. "It can be said that athletics chose me. From a young age I watched such competitions on television, which attracted me a lot and gradually I liked the sport, so I started doing it." (duma.bg, 07 Feb 2020; viasport.bg, 04 Mar 2017; wishbox.org, 09 Feb 2015)

To set a new national record in the 1500m, and to win gold at the 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo. (btvnovinite.bg, 20 Feb 2020; duma.bg, 07 Feb 2020; btv.bg, 28 Nov 2019; Athlete, 20 Aug 2021)

Winning gold in the T46 1500m at the 2019 World Championships in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. (Athlete, 20 Aug 2021)

Coach Evgeni Ignatov. (Athlete, 07 Nov 2019)

Philosophy:

"Everybody wants to win, but not everybody is a champion." (Athlete, 20 Aug 2021)

He was presented with the 2019 Para Athlete of the Year Award at the Athlete of Bulgaria Awards in Sofia. He also received the Sports Icarus Award from the Bulgarian Sports Foundation in 2019. (dariknews.bg, 20 Dec 2019; b1b.tv, 19 Dec 2019; kz7.bg, 15 Dec 2019)

He was named the 2018, 2017 and 2016 Athlete of the Year in Gabrovo, Bulgaria. (gabrovonews.bg, 22 Dec 2018, 21 Dec 2017, 22 Dec 2016)

General Interest

Classification
T46, F46 (IPC, 25 Mar 2021)

Origin of Impairment
Congenital (duma.bg, 07 Feb 2020)

Impairment Details
He has an impairment to his right arm. (sport-gabrovo.com, 01 Jun 2015)

Milestones

He became the first Bulgarian Para athlete to win a medal in the 1500m [any classification] at the world championships when he won bronze in the T46 event at the 2017 edition in London, England. Two years later he became the first Bulgarian Para athlete to win two career world championship medals over the same distance when he claimed gold at the 2019 edition in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. (SportsDeskOnline, 08 Apr 2021)

Social Media

Legend

:: Silver Medal
:: Gold Medal Event
:: Silver Medal Event
:: Bronze Medal Event

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