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Medal record
Men's Athletics
Competitor for Bulgaria
Olympic Games
Gold	1988 Seoul	Triple Jump
World Championships
Gold	1987 Rome	Triple Jump
World Indoor Championships
Gold	1985 Paris	Triple Jump
European Championships
Gold	1986 Stuttgart	Triple Jump
Silver	1990 Split	Triple Jump
European Indoor Championships
Gold	1985 Athens	Triple Jump

Hristo Ganchev Markov (Bulgarian: Христо Ганчев Мaрков) (born January 27, 1965 in Dimitrovgrad) is a former triple jumper from Bulgaria, best known for becoming Olympic champion in 1988. He also won the European and world championships.

[edit] Personal bests

Triple jump - 17.92 (1987)
Long jump - 8.23
Pole vault - 5.40 (1994)

[edit] External links

IAAF profile for Khristo Markov
Profile

Olympic Champions in Men's Triple Jump

1896: James Connolly • 1900: Myer Prinstein • 1904: Myer Prinstein • 1906: Peter O'Connor • 1908: Timothy Ahearne • 1912: Gustaf Lindblom • 1920: Vilho Tuulos • 1924: Nick Winter • 1928: Mikio Oda • 1932: Chūhei Nambu • 1936: Naoto Tajima • 1948: Arne Åhman • 1952: Adhemar da Silva • 1956: Adhemar da Silva • 1960: Józef Szmidt • 1964: Józef Szmidt • 1968: Viktor Saneyev • 1972: Viktor Saneyev • 1976: Viktor Saneyev • 1980: Jaak Uudmäe • 1984: Al Joyner • 1988: Hristo Markov • 1992: Mike Conley • 1996: Kenny Harrison • 2000: Jonathan Edwards • 2004: Christian Olsson • 2008: Nelson Évora

v • d • e World Champions in Men's Triple Jump

1983 Zdzisław Hoffmann \| 1987 Hristo Markov \| 1991 Kenny Harrison \| 1993 Mike Conley \| 1995 Jonathan Edwards \| 1997 Yoelbi Quesada \| 1999 Charles Friedek \| 2001 Jonathan Edwards \| 2003 Christian Olsson \| 2005 Walter Davis \| 2007 Nelson Évora \| 2009 Phillips Idowu

v • d • e World Indoor Champions in Men's Triple Jump

1985: Hristo Markov (BUL) • 1987 – 1989: Mike Conley (USA) • 1991: Igor Lapshin (URS) • 1993: Pierre Camara (FRA) • 1995: Brian Wellman (BER) • 1997: Yoel García (CUB) • 1999: Charles Friedek (GER) • 2001: Paolo Camossi (ITA) • 2003 – 2004: Christian Olsson (SWE) • 2006: Walter Davis (USA) • 2008: Phillips Idowu (GBR)

European Champions in Men's Triple Jump

World Best Year Performance in Men's Triple Jump

1970: Viktor Saneyev (URS) • 1971: Pedro Pérez (CUB) • 1972: Viktor Saneyev (URS) • 1973: Mikhail Bariban (URS) • 1974: Viktor Saneyev (URS) • 1975 – 1976: João Carlos de Oliveira (BRA) • 1977: Ron Livers (USA) • 1978 – 1979: João Carlos de Oliveira (BRA) • 1980: Jaak Uudmäe (URS) • 1981: Willie Banks (USA) • 1982: Keith Connor (GBR) • 1983: Vasiliy Grishchenkov (URS) • 1984: Oleg Protsenko (URS) • 1985: Willie Banks (USA) • 1986 – 1988: Hristo Markov (BUL) • 1989: Vladimir Inozemtsev (URS) • 1990 – 1991: Kenny Harrison (USA) • 1992 – 1994: Mike Conley (USA) • 1995: Jonathan Edwards (GBR) • 1996: Kenny Harrison (USA) • 1997: Yoelbi Quesada (CUB) • 1998: Jonathan Edwards (GBR) • 1999: Charles Friedek (GER) • 2000 – 2002: Jonathan Edwards (GBR) • 2003 – 2004: Christian Olsson (SWE) • 2005: Marian Oprea (ROM) • 2006: Walter Davis (USA) • 2007: Jadel Gregório (BRA) • 2008: Nelson Évora (POR)

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