Atanas Atanasov (long jumper)

{{Short description|Bulgarian long jumper (born 1956)}}

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Atanas Zapryanov Atanasov ({{langx|bg|Атанас Атанасов}}; born 7 October 1956) is a retired Bulgarian long jumper.

He won the 1981, 1984 and 1985 Balkan Championships.{{cite web|url=http://www.gbrathletics.com/ic/bg.htm|title=Balkan Games/Championships|work=GBR Athletics|publisher=Athletics Weekly|accessdate=6 January 2011| archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20101226115553/http://gbrathletics.com/ic/bg.htm| archivedate= 26 December 2010 | url-status= live}} He finished eighth at the 1982 European Championships,{{cite web|url=http://www.todor66.com/athletics/europe/1982/Men_Long_Jump.html|title=Men Long Jump European Championships 1982 Athens (GRE)|publisher=Todor Krastev|accessdate=6 January 2011}} twelfth at the 1983 World Championships,{{World Athletics}} seventh at the 1985 European Indoor Championships,{{cite web|url=http://www.maik-richter.de/results/indoor/europe/1985/m85_22.html|title=1985 European Indoor Championships, men's long jump|publisher=Die Leichtatletik-Statistik-Seite|accessdate=6 January 2011}} and seventh at the 1986 Goodwill Games.{{cite web|url=http://todor66.com/olim/Goodwill_1986/Men_Athletics.html|title=Men Athletics Goodwiil Games Moscva (URS) 1986|publisher=Todor Krastev|accessdate=6 January 2011}}

He became Bulgarian champion in 1990. Domestic rivals were Ivan Tuparov, Atanas Chochev, Vladimir Amidzhinov and Daniel Ivanov.{{cite web|url=http://www.gbrathletics.com/nc/bul.htm|title=Bulgarian Championships|work=GBR Athletics|publisher=Athletics Weekly|accessdate=6 January 2011| archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20101226123305/http://gbrathletics.com/nc/bul.htm| archivedate= 26 December 2010 | url-status= live}} His personal best jump was 8.31 metres, achieved in July 1984 in Sofia.

He has later coached long jumpers such as Nikolay Atanasov (no relation) and Antonia Yordanova.{{cite news|url=http://www.iaaf.org/news/printer,newsid=26474.htmx|title=Bulgarian team for Athens|date=2 August 2004|publisher=IAAF.org|accessdate=6 January 2011}}