Yanko Bratanov
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| Born |
June 10, 1952 Sliven, Bulgaria |
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| Height | 182 cm (6 ft 0 in) | |||||||||
| Weight | 70 kg (150 lb) | |||||||||
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| Country |
 Bulgaria
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| Event(s) | 400 m hurdles | |||||||||
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| Personal best(s) | 400 m hurdles: 49.77 (1976) | |||||||||
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Yanko Ivanov Bratanov (Bulgarian: Янко Иванов Братанов; born 10 June 1952) is a Bulgarian former track and field athlete. He won gold in the 400 metres at the 1976 European Indoor Championships and was an Olympic finalist in the 400 m hurdles in 1976 and 1980. After his athletic career he has worked as a coach in Qatar and Bahrain.
Bratanov was born in Sliven on 10 June 1952. He took up athletics early, initially competing in the 110 m hurdles but switching to the 400 m hurdles as a youth. In 1970 he represented Bulgaria at the European Junior Championships in Colombes, but was eliminated in the first round.
Bratanov equalled the Bulgarian record in the 400 m hurdles (51.8) in 1971; in 1972, he won the Bulgarian championship for the first time and improved the national record to 51.24. He repeated as national champion in 1973 and 1974; at the 1974 European Championships in Rome he was eliminated in the semi-finals, but set a new Bulgarian record of 50.66. In 1975 Bratanov won bronze at the European Indoor Championships in Katowice as the Bulgarian team's anchor in the 4 × 2 laps relay.
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