Asen Tsankov
Asen Tsankov (
Winter Olympics. He represented Bulgaria at the 1936 Winter Olympics held in the German city Garmisch-Partenkirchen. Tsankov participated in the alpine combined, where he was 53rd after the downhill and 45th after the first run of the slalom and did not qualify for the second run.[1] Tsankov was Bulgarian tennis champion in 1939, 1940, 1941 and 1942.[2]
After the Olympics Tsankov began his studies at the
opera in town. He invited conductors Konstantin Iliev and Dobrin Petkov, as well as young director Leon Daniel. In 1956, he was allowed to live in Sofia again.[3]
Tsankov died in 1994.[3]
Family
Tsankov's son Petar Tsankov is one of the creators of Bulgarian band Shturcite ("Bulgaria's answer to The Beatles").[3]
Tsankov's uncle was Aleksandar Tsankov – Bulgarian Prime minister from 1923 to 1926.[3]
References
- ^ "Asen Tsankov". www.sports-references.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2020-04-18. Retrieved 2015-05-05.
- ^ "Тодор Енев спечели титлата на държавното". www.sportal.bg (in Bulgarian). Sportal Media Group. Archived from the original on 2015-05-18. Retrieved 2015-05-05.
- ^ a b c d "Основател на "Щурците" бил цакан с "картата" Александър Цанков". www.segabg.com (in Bulgarian). Сега АД. Retrieved 2015-05-05.
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