Chief of State : Mr Gueorgui Parvanov Head of Government : Mr Boïko Borisov Minister/ Secretary of State/ Chairman of agency responsible for sports :
Assoc. Prof. Svilen Neykov, PhD – Minister of Physical Education and Sport Chairman of the National Olympic Committee : Ms Stefka Kostadinova Chairman of the National Sports Confederation :
Land surface : 111 910 km²
Population : 7,6 millions
Capital : Sofia
Language : bulgarian
Currency : lev
GDP per capita ($PPP) :
Budget of State (2009): 117 756 179 000 BGN leva Budget of the ministry responsible for sports: 587 104 260 BGN leva (299 942 000 BGN leva from budgetary fund and 287 162 260 BGN leva from cumulative account) Principal financing source for sport:
budgetary subsidy, own income, cumulative account financed by income from the Bulgarian national Lottery National sports federations : 106 Sports people member of a club :
National and international political priorities in the sports sector (2009)
Organisation of sport in the country (2009) State body – Ministry of Physical Education and Sport
Social organizations – sports federations
Sports clubs and Bulgarian Olympic Committee
Results of the last Olympic Games Summer Games (Beijing, 2008) Total of available medals: 5 Total of won medals: ( … th by gold ranking)
Gold: 1 ; Silver: 1 ; Bronze: 1 Winter Games (Turin, 2006)
Total of available medals : 1 Total of won medals: ( … th by gold ranking)
Gold: 0 ; Silver: 1 ; Bronze: 0
World champion in 2009 (including non olympic sport): 12
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