Nikolay Stanchev is a Bulgarian track cyclist. He competed for the cycling club "Sprint" – Razgrad and the Bulgarian national team.
Biography Nikolay Stanchev was born on June 2, 1980, in Razgrad, where he grew up. He began his sports career there in 1995. He graduated with a degree in Cycling from the Vassil Levski National Sports Academy (NSA) in Sofia. After his graduation, he continued to reside in the capital city.
Sports career Nikolay Stanchev has over a thirty-year history in Bulgarian cycling. Throughout the years, he has won numerous championship titles and medals from national and republican championships. His career spanned across a series of state championships, international tournaments (such as the "Sofia" Cup), and Balkan championships, competing in both team and individual disciplines.
International and national achievements
2001 – European Track Cycling Championships in Brno (Czech Republic). 2002 – UCI Track Cycling World Cup in Moscow (Russia). 2016 – European Track Cycling Championships in France (Team Sprint discipline). 2016 – Balkan Track Cycling Championships in Athens (Greece) – two bronze medals: Third place (bronze medal) in the 1000m time trial individual discipline. Third place (bronze medal) in the Team Sprint discipline. 2018 – Balkan Track Cycling Championships in Plovdiv (Bulgaria): Second place (silver medal and Balkan vice-championship title) in the Team Sprint discipline (alongside Miroslav Minchev and Radoslav Konstantinov). Third place (bronze medal) in the Sprint individual discipline. 2024 – In October, at the State Championship held at the "Kolodruma" velodrome in Plovdiv, he became the national champion in the Keirin discipline during the final race of his career.
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