Editing Bulgarians (section)

===Sport===
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|image1 = Hristo stoichkov-2010 (crop).jpg|width1=92|caption1= [[Hristo Stoichkov]], awarded the [[Ballon d'Or]] and regarded as one of the best footballers by Barcelona.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.fcbarcelona.com/web/english/club/historia/jugadors_de_llegenda/stoichkov.html |title=HRISTO STOICHKOV &#124; FCBarcelona.cat |publisher=Fcbarcelona.com |access-date=2015-02-11 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130103000543/http://www.fcbarcelona.com/web/english/club/historia/jugadors_de_llegenda/stoichkov.html |archive-date=3 January 2013 |df=dmy-all}}</ref>
|image2 = Veselin Topalov Sofia Airport 24.10.2005.pic-01.jpg|width2=121|caption2=[[Veselin Topalov]], the 21st [[World Chess Champion]].
|image3 = |width3=130|caption3=[[André the Giant|André Roussimoff]], the most famous [[World Wrestling Federation|WWF]] wrestler.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=00XoU40tLO8C&pg=PA66 |title=Tributes II: Remembering More of the World's Greatest Professional Wrestlers |author1=Dave Meltzer |author2=Bret Hart |date= 2004-01-01|publisher=Sports Publishing LLC |access-date=2016-11-22|isbn=9781582618173}}</ref>
}}
As for most European peoples, [[association football|football]] became by far the most popular sport for the Bulgarians. [[Hristo Stoichkov]] was one of the best football (soccer) players in the second half of the 20th century, having played with the national team and [[FC Barcelona]]. He received a number of awards and was the joint top scorer at the [[1994 World Cup]]. [[Dimitar Berbatov]], formerly in [[Manchester United F.C.|Manchester United]], [[Tottenham Hotspur F.C.|Tottenham Hotspur]], [[Bayer 04 Leverkusen|Bayer Leverkusen]] and others, the national team and two domestic clubs, is still the most popular Bulgarian football player of the 21st century.

In the beginning of the 20th century Bulgaria was famous for two of the best wrestlers in the world – [[Dan Kolov]] and [[Nikola Petroff]]. [[Stefka Kostadinova]] is the best female [[high jump]]er, still holding the world record from 1987, one of the oldest unbroken world records for all kind of athletics. [[Ivet Lalova]] along with [[Irina Privalova]] is currently the fastest white woman at [[100 metres]]. [[Kotoōshū Katsunori|Kaloyan Mahlyanov]] has been the first European sumo wrestler to win the Emperor's Cup in Japan. Veselin Topalov won the 2005 [[World Chess Championship]]. He was ranked No. 1 in the world from April 2006 to January 2007, and had the second highest Elo rating of all time (2813). He regained the world No. 1 ranking again in October 2008.