Bulgaria at the 2016 Winter Youth Olympics

Bulgaria at the 2016 Winter Youth Olympics
IOC code	BUL
NOC	Bulgarian Olympic Committee
Website	www.bgolympic.org
in Lillehammer
Competitors	12 in 6 sports
Medals Ranked 27th	Gold 0 Silver 0 Bronze 1 Total 1
Winter Youth Olympics appearances (overview)
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Bulgaria competed at the 2016 Winter Youth Olympics in Lillehammer, Norway from 12 to 21 February 2016.

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Bronze	Katrin Manoilova	Short track	Girls' 500 m	16 February

Medalists in mixed NOCs events

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Bronze	Valentin Miladinov	Snowboarding	Team snowboard ski cross	16 February
Bronze	Katrin Manoilova	Short track	Mixed team relay	20 February

Alpine skiing

Main article: Alpine skiing at the 2016 Winter Youth Olympics

Boys

Athlete	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Total
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Georgi Okolski	Slalom	DNF		did not advance
	Giant slalom	1:23.91	31	1:21.98	24	2:45.89	25
	Super-G	—				1:15.90	39
	Combined	1:16.54	36	42.40	13	1:58.94	22

Girls

Athlete	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Total
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Lorita Stoimenova	Slalom	1:03.41	27	58.32	23	2:01.73	23
	Giant slalom	1:26.37	26	1:23.68	24	2:50.05	24
	Super-G	—				1:22.07	34
	Combined	DSQ		did not advance

Biathlon

Main article: Biathlon at the 2016 Winter Youth Olympics

Boys

Athlete	Event	Time	Misses	Rank
Kristiyan Stoyanov	Sprint	20:07.8	2	12
	Pursuit	31:47.4	6	17
Petar Velchev	Sprint	21:47.5	4	35
	Pursuit	33:37.1	5	30

Girls

Athlete	Event	Time	Misses	Rank
Milena Todorova	Sprint	20:04.7	3	24
	Pursuit	28:44.6	6	22
Maria Zdravkova	Sprint	20:38.2	3	26
	Pursuit	30.47.7	7	34

Mixed

Athletes	Event	Time	Misses	Rank
Milena Todorova Kristiyan Stoyanov	Single mixed relay	45:37.4	5+16	18
Milena Todorova Maria Zdravkova Petar Velchev Kristiyan Stoyanov	Mixed relay	1:27:44.4	7+22	13

Cross-country skiing

Main article: Cross-country skiing at the 2016 Winter Youth Olympics

Boys

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Nikolay Viyachev	10 km freestyle	—						27:21.8	36
	Classical sprint	3:12.15	25 Q	3:18.37	5	did not advance
	Cross-country cross	3:17.98	26 Q	—		3:17.30	8	did not advance

Girls

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Nansi Okoro	5 km freestyle	—						15:24.3	32
	Classical sprint	3:46.09	28 Q	3:38.23	5	did not advance
	Cross-country cross	4:06.80	32	—		did not advance

Luge

Main article: Luge at the 2016 Winter Youth Olympics

Bulgaria qualified two athletes.

Boys

Athlete	Event	Final
		Run 1	Run 2	Total	Rank
Ayduan Rizov	Boys' singles	did not finish
Emili Yordanova	Girls' singles	55.190	55.200	1:50.390	16

Short track speed skating

Main article: Short track speed skating at the 2016 Winter Youth Olympics

Girls

Athlete	Event	Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Katrin Manoilova	500 m	45.897	1 SA/B	46.512	3 FB	46.337
	1000 m	PEN		did not advance

Mixed team relay

Athlete	Event	Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Team F  Katrin Manoilova (BUL)  Anita Nagay (KAZ)  Karlis Kruzbergs (LAT)  Kazuki Yoshinaga (JPN)	Mixed team relay	4:15.669	1 FA	4:17.181

Qualification Legend: FA=Final A (medal); FB=Final B (non-medal); FC=Final C (non-medal); FD=Final D (non-medal); SA/B=Semifinals A/B; SC/D=Semifinals C/D; ADV=Advanced to Next Round; PEN=Penalized

Snowboarding

Main article: Snowboarding at the 2016 Winter Youth Olympics

Snowboard cross

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Group heats		Semifinal	Final
		Time	Rank	Points	Rank	Position	Position
Valentin Miladinov	Boys' snowboard cross	50.96	14 Q	8	13	did not advance

Snowboard and ski cross relay

Athlete	Event	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final
		Position	Position	Position
Daryna Kyrychenko (UKR)  Veronica Edebo (SWE)  Valentin Miladinov (BUL)  David Mobaerg (SWE)	Team snowboard ski cross	1 Q	2 FA

Qualification legend: FA – Qualify to medal round; FB – Qualify to consolation round

See also

• Bulgaria at the 2016 Summer Olympics