Dimitar Hlebarov

During the 1960s Bulgarian track and field athlete Dimitar Hlebarov competed in the pole vault, winning multiple events, in addition to setting several national records. In 1960 Hlebarov made his first appearance at the Olympics, finishing 11th in the final in Roma with a best clearance of 4.30 metres. One year later he won gold at both the Summer Universiade and the Balkan Games, being named as the Bulgarian Sportsperson of the Year. Hlebarov won three more titles at the Balkan Games (1962, 1964, 1967) and competed at the 1964 Tokyo Olympics. After his athletics career he worked as an associate professor at Sofia University, where he was also the head of the sports department.

Personal Best: PV – 4.96 (1965).