Nikolay Raev

{{short description|Bulgarian triple jumper}}

Nikolay Petrov Raev ({{langx|bg|Николай Петров Раев}}, born 29 January 1971) is a retired Bulgarian triple jumper.

He was born in Ruse, and represented the club Lokomotiv Ruse.{{cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ra/nikolay-raev-1.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418091219/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ra/nikolay-raev-1.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=18 April 2020|title=Nikolay Raev|publisher=Sports-Reference.com|accessdate=6 January 2011}} He won the bronze medal at the 1990 World Junior Championships and finished twelfth at the 1991 World Indoor Championships{{World Athletics}} and sixth at the 1992 European Indoor Championships.{{cite web|url=http://www.maik-richter.de/results/indoor/europe/1992/m92_23.html|title=1992 European Indoor Championships, men's triple jump final|publisher=Die Leichtatletik-Statistik-Seite|accessdate=6 January 2011|archive-date=30 September 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930165239/http://www.maik-richter.de/results/indoor/europe/1992/m92_23.html|url-status=live}} At the 1992 Olympic Games he did not reach the final. He won the bronze medal at the 1993 World Indoor Championships, but was disqualified for a doping offense.{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/sporting-digest-drugs-in-sport-1454957.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220621/https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/sporting-digest-drugs-in-sport-1454957.html |archive-date=2022-06-21 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=Sporting Digest: Drugs in sport|date=13 April 1993|work=The Independent|accessdate=6 January 2011}}{{Citation| title = Istanbul 2012 - Notes on contents| url = http://www.iaaf.org/download/downloadresultinfo?filename=74b8a25a-f82e-4c55-98c1-6a590d37c4ed.pdf&urlSlug=istanbul-2012-statistics-book-part-2-of-5| publisher = IAAF| page = 45| accessdate = 31 May 2015| archive-date = 16 September 2013| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130916022322/http://www.iaaf.org/download/downloadresultinfo?filename=74b8a25a-f82e-4c55-98c1-6a590d37c4ed.pdf&urlSlug=istanbul-2012-statistics-book-part-2-of-5| url-status = live}}[https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2457&dat=19930414&id=MW0zAAAAIBAJ&sjid=1jgHAAAAIBAJ&pg=3465,3944045&hl=en Bulgarians await tests] {{Webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20161210190815/https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2457&dat=19930414&id=MW0zAAAAIBAJ&sjid=1jgHAAAAIBAJ&pg=3465,3944045&hl=en |date=2016-12-10 }}, Bangor Daily News, 14 April 1993

After the doping ban he competed at the 1997 World Championships and the 1998 European Championships without reaching the final.{{cite web|url=http://www.todor66.com/athletics/europe/1998/Men_Triple_Jump.html|title=Men Triple Jump European Championships 1998 Budapest (HUN)|publisher=Todor Krastev|accessdate=6 January 2011|archive-date=24 August 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110824172752/http://www.todor66.com/athletics/europe/1998/Men_Triple_Jump.html|url-status=live}} He finished twelfth at the 1998 European Indoor Championships.{{cite web|url=http://www.maik-richter.de/results/indoor/europe/1998/m92_27.html|title=1998 European Indoor Championships, men's triple jump final|publisher=Die Leichtatletik-Statistik-Seite|accessdate=6 January 2011|archive-date=15 August 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230815222506/http://www.maik-richter.de/results/indoor/europe/1998/m98_27.html|url-status=live}} He became Bulgarian champion in 1997 and 1998,{{cite web|url=http://www.gbrathletics.com/nc/bul.htm|title=Bulgarian Championships|work=GBR Athletics|publisher=Athletics Weekly|accessdate=6 January 2011|archive-date=26 October 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181026045414/http://www.gbrathletics.com/nc/bul.htm|url-status=live}} and Bulgarian indoor champion in 1991, 1993, 1998 and 2001.{{cite web|url=http://www.gbrathletics.com/nc/buli.htm|title=Bulgarian Indoor Championships|work=GBR Athletics|publisher=Athletics Weekly|accessdate=6 January 2011|archive-date=3 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303175335/http://www.gbrathletics.com/nc/buli.htm|url-status=live}}

His personal best jump was 17.18 metres, achieved in May 1998 in Sofia.