Stefan Georgiev

Stefan Georgiev ( Bulgarian Стефан Георгиев; born May 20, 1977 in Sofia ) is a former Bulgarian ski racer. He participated in seven world championships and four Olympic Games and launched from 1998 to 2011 in the World Cup.

Career

After a few starts and first success in junior competitions and FIS races Georgiev participated in the Junior World Championship in high -Ybrig in March 1996. There was his best result of 20th place in the slalom. From next winter Georgiev participated in the general world championships. He first suffered some outages and saw in the six races of his first three World Cups only twice the target. In St. Moritz 2003, he reached number 26 in the combination the first time a top-30 results and two years later in Bormio he improved in this discipline at rank 22 After the World Cup was less successful run in Åre in 2007, he reached at his seventh and final 2009 World Cup in Val d'Isere, in turn, a 22nd place in the Super Combined and 16th place in the slalom his best world Cup result.

From 1998 to 2010 Georgiev also participated in the Winter Olympic Games. In contrast to the World Championships, he scored his best results this earlier, namely with 16th place in the combination of Salt Lake City in 2002 and rank 22 in the slalom in Nagano. At the games in 2006 and 2010 was in each case be a 25th place in the slalom in 1998 best result, which he had taken part in Vancouver 2010 for the only time in all five contests and did not reach the target only in the downhill.

In the World Cup Georgiev went from October 1998 to the start, but made ​​it to any of his 60 World Cup races in the points. Mostly, he raced in the technical disciplines, but neither in the slalom (40 starts) even in the giant slalom ( 10 starts ) could ever qualify for the second round of the top 30. Therefore, he scored in the speed disciplines downhill and super - G and super combined, in which he scored with number 34 in Beaver Creek and rank 37 in Val d'Isere in December 2009, his best World Cup results His only countable results. His best results in downhill and super -G are also from the beginning of the season 2009/2010: This was a 47th place in the downhill on Beaver Creek and a 51st place in the Super G in Lake Louise. In the European Cup six times Georgiev reached a place among the fastest 30 Best result was a 22nd place in the downhill of Bansko on March 8, 2008.

His last World Cup races contested Georgiev in February 2011 in the Bulgarian Bansko. After that he took part in his homeland even at the national championships and in FIS races before the multiple Bulgarian champion with the end of the 2010/2011 season ended his active career.

Achievements

Olympic Winter Games

  • Nagano 1998: 22 Slalom, Giant Slalom 32
  • Salt Lake City 2002: 16 combined, 38 giant slalom
  • Turin 2006: 25 Slalom
  • Vancouver 2010: 25 Slalom, Super Combined 34, 41 Super -G, Giant Slalom 48

World Championships

  • Sestriere 1997: 33 Giant Slalom
  • Vail / Beaver Creek 1999: 37 Giant Slalom
  • St. Moritz 2003: 26 combined, 39 giant slalom
  • Bormio 2005: 22 combination, 30 Slalom
  • Åre 2007: 36 Giant Slalom
  • Val d'Isere 2009: slalom 16, 22, Super Combined, 37 Super -G, Giant Slalom 43

Junior World Championships

  • High -Ybrig 1996: 20 Slalom, Giant Slalom 49

Other successes

  • Multiplier Bulgarian champions
  • 49 victories in FIS races (from 1995)
Slalom skiing Super-G Alpine skiing combined Hoch-Ybrig FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2003 FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2005 FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2007 FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2009 Alpine skiing at the 2002 Winter Olympics Alpine skiing at the 1998 Winter Olympics Alpine skiing at the 2006 Winter Olympics Alpine skiing at the 2010 Winter Olympics Beaver Creek Resort 2010 Alpine Skiing World Cup Lake Louise (Alberta) FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1997 FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1999
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