Pancho Paskov, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Pancho Paskov

Bulgarian fencer

Date of Birth: 09-May-1994

Place of Birth: Sofia, Sofia City Province, Bulgaria

Profession: fencer

Nationality: Bulgaria

Zodiac Sign: Taurus


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About Pancho Paskov

  • Pancho Paskov (Bulgarian: ????? ??????; born 9 May 1994) is a Bulgarian sabre fencer. Paskov trained at Sveshnikov Club and at the Vasil Etropolski Academy in Sofia.
  • In the 2011–12 season he won a silver medal at the Mediterranean Championships in Porec.
  • In the following season, at the age of 17, he reached the table of 64 at the Plovdiv World Cup.
  • In 2015 a knee injury compelled him to stop training for months.
  • Lack of funds also prevented him from taking part in World Cup competitions.
  • However, he ranked amongst the top four at the Prague pre-olympic tournament in April 2016, securing his qualification to the 2016 Summer Olympics.
  • He is the first Bulgarian Olympic fencer since the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul.
  • In the men's sabre event he created a surprise by eliminating World No.
  • 1 Alexey Yakimenko in the first round, but he lost in the table of 16 to Germany's Matyas Szabo.

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