Nikolay Bukhalov

Nikolay Petkov Bukhalov (Bulgarian: Николай Петков Бухалов, born 20 March 1967 in Karlovo[1]) is Bulgaria's most successful ever sprint canoeist. He competed mostly in the Canadian canoe C-1 event though he did win world championship medals in the C-4 events.

Nikolay Bukhalov

Medal record
Men's canoe sprint
Olympic Games
	1992 Barcelona	C-1 500 m
	1992 Barcelona	C-1 1000 m
	1988 Seoul	C-1 1000 m
World Championships
	1993 Copenhagen	C-1 500 m
	1994 Mexico City	C-1 200 m
	1994 Mexico City	C-1 500 m
	1995 Duisburg	C-1 200 m
	1995 Duisburg	C-1 500 m
	1991 Paris	C-1 500 m
	1991 Paris	C-1 1000 m
	1994 Mexico City	C-1 1000 m
	1986 Montreal	C-1 500 m
	1989 Plovdiv	C-4 1000 m
	1990 Poznań	C-4 500 m
	1990 Poznań	C-4 1000 m
	1991 Paris	C-4 1000 m

Competing in four Summer Olympics, he won three medals, including double gold at Barcelona in 1992. In addition, he won thirteen medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with five golds (C-1 200 m: 1994, 1995; C-1 500 m: 1993, 1994, 1995), three silvers (C-1 500 m: 1991, C-1 1000 m: 1991, 1994), and five bronzes (C-1 500 m: 1986, C-4 500 m: 1990, C-4 1000 m: 1989, 1990, 1991).[1]

The final gold medal of his career came at the 1997 European Championships, held on his home course in Plovdiv, where he won the C-1 500 m title.[1]

Bukhalov was a member of the Trakia club in Plovdiv and was coached by Georgi Uchkunov. He is 187 cm (6'2") tall and raced at 83 kg (183 lbs).[1]