Ivan Sirakov
Ivan Sirakov (Bulgarian: Иван Сираков) (born January 2, 1988) is a Bulgarian orienteering competitor from Veliko Tarnovo, who has competed for Bulgaria at two World Orienteering Championships, in 2007 and in 2008. He earned a bronze medal at the Junior World Orienteering Championships.
![]() Sirakov at JWOC 2007 | ||
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Junior career
Sirakov competed at the 2007 Junior World Orienteering Championships in Dubbo, where he received a bronze medal in sprint, finishing 24 seconds behind the winner.[1][2][3] This was the first medal for Bulgaria in the history of junior world orienteering championships.[4][5]
Senior career
He represented Bulgaria at the World Orienteering Championships in Kyiv in 2007, where the Bulgarian relay team finished 18th.[2][6]
While still being a junior, he competed at the senior world championships in Olomouc in 2008, where he missed the sprint final by only one second in the qualifications.[2][7]
Awards
Sirakov was voted Veliko Tarnovo's sportsperson of the year 2007.[8]
See also
- Bulgarian orienteers
- List of orienteers
- List of orienteering events
References
- JWOC 2007 AUS – Dubbo, Australia, 8-13 July 2007 Archived 20 August 2007 at the Wayback Machine – International Orienteering Federation (Retrieved on July 15, 2008)
- "Profile: Ivan Sirakov" – World of O Runners (Retrieved on July 15, 2008)
- (in Bulgarian) Сираков: Световна сила сме! – Sportni.bg (Retrieved on July 15, 2008)
- Kral, Svensson take first honours at JWOC – Orienteering Australia (Retrieved on July 15, 2008)
- JWOC 2007 – Sprint distance – I-OL.nl (Retrieved on July 15, 2008)
- WOC 2007 UKR – Kyiv, Ukraine, 18-26 August 2007 Archived 17 June 2007 at Archive.today – International Orienteering Federation (Retrieved on July 15, 2008)
- Results – Sprint Qualification (men) – WOC 2008 by Cez group Olomouc/10–20 July – Czech Republic (Retrieved on July 15, 2008)
- (in Bulgarian) Иван Сираков е спортист №1 на В. Търново – Darik News (Retrieved on July 15, 2008)