Todor Manolov

The grandson of noted Bulgarian composer Emanuil Manolov, Todor Manolov was a hammer throwing prodigy. In 1970, he became European Junior Champion in the event beating future Olympic silver medallist Aleksey Spiridonov to the title with 65.16 metres. In Bulgaria, he was frequently mastered by Dimitar Mindov, but he earned national titles in 1973 and 1976. Internationally, he won his speciality at the Balkan Games in 1974 and 1976, while also winning twice in the European Cup qualification event. His only major international championships remained the 1972 Olympics, where he failed to make the qualifying distance. He set his best performance, 73.52 metres, in his final competitive year, 1976,

Personal Best: HT – 73.52 (1976).