Pavel Pavlov (athlete), Date of Birth, Date of Death
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Bulgarian sprinter
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About Pavel Pavlov (athlete)
- Pavel Georgiev Pavlov (Bulgarian: ????? ???????? ??????, 8 March 1952 – 3 December 2004) was a Bulgarian sprinter who specialized in the 200 metres. He was born in Plovdiv, and represented the clubs Akademik Sofia, CSKA and Botev Vratsa.
- He competed in 400 metres at the 1978 European Indoor Championships.
- At the 1980 Olympics he reached the quarter-final of the 200 metres, and in the 4 x 100 metres relay the Bulgarian team (Pavlov, Vladimir Ivanov, Ivaylo Karanyotov and Petar Petrov) finished sixth.He became Bulgarian 200 metres champion in 1975 and 1978.
- His personal best times were 10.3 seconds in the 100 metres, achieved in 1976; and 20.87 seconds in the 200 metres, achieved in 1979.Following his death in 2004, an annual competition in Sofia was created in his honour.
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