Petar Petrov (sprinter)

Petar Nikolov Petrov (Bulgarian: Петър Петров; born 17 February 1955 in Svishtov, Veliko Tarnovo) is a retired Bulgarian sprinter who specialized in the 100 metres. His personal best time was 10.13 seconds, achieved at the 1980 Olympics. This is the Bulgarian record.^[1]

In 1973, Petrov won two European Junior silver medals in the 100 and 200 metres,^[2] and was the semifinalist in the European Athletics Cup in 1977 and 1979. He also won three medals at the European Indoor Championships,^[3] a silver medal at the 1977 Summer Universiade, and seven Balkan Games titles.^[4]

In the 1976 Summer Olympic Games, Petrov ranked eighth as a finalist in the 100 meters relay. During the 1980 Olympic Games, he won the bronze medal in the 100 meters relay, finishing behind Allan Wells and Silvio Leonard. In the same year, he also ranked sixth in the 4 × 100 m relay games with Vladimir Ivanov, Ivaylo Karanyotov and Pavel Pavlov, and finished in the quarterfinals of the 200 meters relay game.^[5]

Perlov's additional accolades include finishing eighth in the 1982 European Athletics Championships' 4 × 100 meters relay with Karanyotov, Nikolay Markov and Ivan Tuparov,^[6] and winning nine outdoor Bulgarian sprint titles^[7] and five indoor 60 meters titles on a domestic level.