Bozhidar Sarâboyukov
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | Bulgarian |
| Born | 6 August 2004 Harmanli,[1] Bulgaria |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Athletics |
| Event(s) | Long jump, triple jump |
| Achievements and titles | |
| Personal best(s) | Long jump: 8.22m (Jerusalem, 2023) Triple jump 16.53m (Sofia, 2025) High jump: 2.20m (Sofia, 2022) |
Bozhidar Saraboyukov (Bulgarian: Божидар Саръбоюков) (born 6 August 2004) is a Bulgarian long jumper, triple jumper and high jumper.[2]
Career
[edit]He competed in the high jump at the 2022 World Athletics U20 Championships in Cali, tying for silver alongside South African Brian Raats with a jump of 2.10 metres.[3][4]
He won the silver medal in the long jump at the 2023 European Athletics U20 Championships in Jerusalem, jumping a national under-20 distance. He also won silver in the triple jump at the event.[5][6][7] He competed in the long jump at the 2023 World Athletics Championships in Budapest, jumping 7.73 metres.[8]
He competed at the 2024 World Athletics Indoor Championships, placing eleventh in the long jump, in Glasgow, Scotland.[9] He finished sixth at the 2024 European Athletics Championships in Rome in the long jump, with a jump of 8.08 metres.[10] He competed in the long jump at the 2024 Paris Olympics.[11]
He won Bulgarian national indoor titles in both the long jump (8.00m) and triple jump (16.53m) in February 2025.[12] That month, he won the long jump at the 2025 Balkan Athletics Indoor Championships in Belgrade.[13]
He won the long jump at the 2025 European Athletics Indoor Championships by a single centimetre, with a jump of 8.13 metres, ahead of Italian Mattia Furlani and Spain's Lester Lescay, who both jumped 8.12 centimetres.[14][15] It reversed a result from the Jerusalem 2023 European Athletics U20 Championships where the Italian won gold by a single centimetre with 8.23m from Sarâboyukov.[16]
References
[edit]- ^ ""Ще го гоня докрай". Божидар Саръбоюков и мечтите за олимпийски медал" (in Bulgarian). svobodnaevropa.bg. 4 July 2024. Retrieved 7 August 2024.
- ^ "Bozhidar Saraboyukov". World Athletics. Retrieved 4 August 2024.
- ^ "Pottinger mines Jamaica's third gold in men's high jump". Jamaica Gleaner. August 5, 2022.
- ^ "Men's High Jump Results: World Athletics Junior U20 Championships 2022". 1 August 2022.
- ^ "btaBulgarian Saraboyukov Wins Silver in Men's Long Jump at 2023 European Athletics U20 Championships". bta.bg. 9 August 2023. Retrieved 4 August 2024.
- ^ "European Athletics U20 Championships". World Athletics. 7 August 2023. Retrieved 4 August 2024.
- ^ "Rising Stars: Five Outstanding Athletes Who Shined at the European Athletics U20 Championships". Watch Athletics. 12 August 2023. Retrieved 4 August 2024.
- ^ "World Championships 2023 Men's long jump results". World Athletics. 19 August 2023. Retrieved 4 August 2024.
- ^ "Greece's Tentoglou retains world indoor long jump title". European-Athletics. 2 March 2024. Retrieved 4 August 2024.
- ^ "Bozhidar Saraboyukov sixth in a singular European remaining within the lengthy bounce, he's not blissful". time.news. 9 June 2024. Retrieved 4 August 2024.
- ^ "Men's Long jump Results - Paris Olympic Games 2024 Athletics". Watch Athletics. 6 August 2024. Retrieved 28 December 2024.
- ^ "Doroshchuk clears 2.32m world lead in Kyiv". European Athletics. 24 February 2025. Retrieved 25 Feb 2025.
- ^ "Belgrade Hosted the Best Balkan Athletes". Balkan Athletics. 15 February 2025. Retrieved 9 March 2025.
- ^ "Kambundji breaks European indoor 60m hurdles record in Apeldoorn". World Athletics. 7 March 2025. Retrieved 7 March 2025.
- ^ Crumpey, Euan (7 March 2025). "Mixed 1500m fortunes for Jakob Ingebrigtsen and Georgia Hunter Bell". Athletics Weekly. Retrieved 7 March 2025.
- ^ "Sarâboyukov shocks Furlani in dramatic long jump final". European Athletics. 7 March 2025. Retrieved 7 March 2025.
