Yordan Yovchev
- January 5, 2024
- Gymnast
Quick Facts
Yordan Yovchev Biography
| Name | Yordan Yovchev |
| Birthday | Feb 24 |
| Birth Year | 1973 |
| Birth Country | Bulgaria |
| Birth Sign | Aquarius |
Yordan Yovchev is one of the most popular and richest Gymnast who was born on February 24, 1973 in Bulgaria. A Bulgarian gymnast won gold medals in floor exercise and still rings at the World Artistic Gymnastics Championships 2001 and 2003. In 2001 and 2003, he was the Bulgarian Sportsperson Of The Year.
Both he and He and Armenian gymnast Albert Azaryan are both multiple-time World Champions in the still rings., an Armenian gymnast, are multiple-time World Champions on the still rings.
He, Krasimir Dunev, and Ivan Ivankov moved to the United States after the 1996 Summer Olympics, staying in Detroit, Michigan as they wanted to compete professionally in the United States. During his career, he turned down proposals to change his sporting allegiance and compete for the United States.
Yovchev was born in Plovdiv, Bulgaria. He won silver in the men’s rings at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens with a score of 9.850. In the same Olympic Games, Yovchev won bronze in the men’s floor exercise with a score of 9.775. In the 2000 Olympics in Sydney, Australia, he won the bronze on both floor exercise and still rings with 9.787 and 9.762 respectively. He also won two World Championship Bronze medals in the all around (1999, 2001).
Yordan Yovchev Jr. is his son.
Yordan Yovchev Net Worth
| Net Worth | $5 Million |
| Source Of Income | Gymnast |
| House | Living in own house. |
Yordan Yovchev is one of the richest Gymnast from Bulgaria. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Yordan Yovchev 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)
He was born in Plovdiv (Bulgaria) and made his international debut at the 1995 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships.
He was the flagbearer of his native Bulgaria at London’s 2012 Olympic Games.
Yordan Yovchev Yovchev (Bulgarian: Йордан Йовчев Йовчев ; born February 24, 1973), also spelled Jordan Jovtchev, is a retired Bulgarian gymnast. He took part in six consecutive Olympic Games, more than any other Bulgarian athlete in Olympic history. He is president of the Bulgarian Gymnastics Federation and also serves as a sports commentator.
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He has competed in many SASUKE tournaments, reaching the final stage in the 8th competition; he did not pass the spider climb in the first 15 seconds, so the walls spread apart and he fell. He is the only competitor to not pass the spider climb in this version of the final stage, other than Shingo Yamamoto who did not complete it due to injury, but his early failure could be attributed to the heavy rain during the entire competition. Since then he has not passed the third stage.
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Yordan Ranked on the list of most popular Gymnast. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Bulgaria. Yordan Yovchev celebrates birthday on February 24 of every year.