Bulgaria at the 2026 Winter Olympics
IOC code	BUL
NOC	Bulgarian Olympic Committee
Website	www.bgolympic.org  (in Bulgarian and English)
in Milan and Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy 6 February 2026 (2026-02-06) – 22 February 2026 (2026-02-22)
Competitors	20 (12 men and 8 women) in 6 sports
Flag bearers	Alexandra Feigin Vladimir Iliev [1]
Medals Ranked 18th	Gold 0 Silver 0 Bronze 2 Total 2
Winter Olympics appearances (overview)
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Bulgaria will compete at the 2026 Winter Olympics in Milan and Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy, from 6 to 22 February 2026.

Contents

• Medalists
• Competitors
• Alpine skiing
• Biathlon
• Cross-country skiing
• Figure skating
• Ski jumping
• Snowboarding
• See also
• References

On February 8, Tervel Zamfirov won a bronze medal in the snowboard giant slalom, thus winning Bulgaria's seventh medal at the Winter Olympics and the first medal after a 20-year hiatus. They last won a medal in Italy in the 2006 Winter Olympics.

Medalists

Medal Name Sport Event Date  Bronze Tervel Zamfirov Snowboarding Men's parallel giant slalom 8 February  Bronze Lora Hristova Biathlon Women's individual 11 February

Medals by date Day Date Total 2 8 February 0 0 1 1 5 11 February 0 0 1 1 Total 0 0 2 2 Medals by sport Sport Total Biathlon 0 0 1 1 Snowboarding 0 0 1 1 Total 0 0 2 2 Medals by gender Gender Total Male 0 0 1 1 Female 0 0 1 1 Mixed 0 0 0 0 Total 0 0 2 2

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors participating at the Games per sport/discipline.

Alpine skiing

Bulgaria qualified one female and two male alpine skiers. ^[2] On January 20th skiers Albert Popov, Kalin Zlatkov and Anina Zurbriggen were named to the Olympic team. ^[3]

Biathlon

Bulgaria qualified four female and four male biathletes through the 2024–25 Biathlon World Cup score. ^{[4] [5]} On January 20th the Olympic team was named. ^[6]

Men

Women

Athlete	Event	Time	Misses	Rank
Milena Todorova	Sprint
	Individual	47:02.9	5 (1+2+1+1)	59
	Pursuit
	Mass start
Lora Hristova	Sprint
	Individual	42:20.1	0 (0+0+0+0)
	Pursuit
	Mass start
Valentina Dimitrova	Sprint
	Individual	48:35.8	2 (0+1+1+0)	73
	Pursuit
	Mass start
Maria Zdravkova	Sprint
	Individual	49:21.7	6 (1+1+1+3)	77
	Pursuit
	Mass start
Milena Todorova Lora Hristova Valentina Dimitrova Maria Zdravkova	Team relay

Mixed

Cross-country skiing

Bulgaria qualified one female and one male cross-country skier through the basic quota. ^[7] Following the completion of the 2024–25 FIS Cross-Country World Cup, Bulgaria qualified a further one male athlete. ^[7] On January 20th the following athletes were named to the Olympic team: ^[8]

Distance

Sprint

Figure skating

In the 2025 World Figure Skating Championships in Boston, the United States, Bulgaria secured one quota in each of the women's singles. ^[9]

Ski jumping

Bulgaria qualified one male athlete. ^[10] On January 20th Vladimir Zografski was announced as the sole ski jumper in the Olympic team. ^[11]

Snowboarding

Bulgaria qualified 1 female and 3 male snowboarders. ^[12] On January 20th the athletes taking part at the Olympics were named. ^[13]

Men's Parallel

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final
		Time	Rank	Opposition Time	Opposition Time	Opposition Time	Opposition Time	Rank
Radoslav Yankov	Men's giant slalom	1:27.44	13 Q	Gaudet  (CAN) L +0.11	Did not advance			13
Tervel Zamfirov		1:26.58	5 Q	Huber  (GER) W	Gaudet  (CAN) W	Kim  (KOR) L +0.23	Mastnak  (SLO) W
Alexander Krashniak		1:32.27	31	Did not advance				31

Women's Parallel

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final
		Time	Rank	Opposition Time	Opposition Time	Opposition Time	Opposition Time	Rank
Malena Zamfirova	Women's giant slalom	1:34.29	10 Q	Hofmeister  (GER) L +0.02	Did not advance			9

See also

• Bulgaria at the 2026 Winter Paralympics

References