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Desislav Gunev

Bulgarian sprinter

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJan 21, 2026
Entity authorityQ5264530
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Desislav Gunev (born 21 January 1986 in Gabrovo) is a track and field sprint athlete who competes internationally for Bulgaria.

Gunev represented Bulgaria at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. He competed at the 100 metres sprint and placed 6th in his heat without advancing to the second round. He ran the distance in a time of 10.66 seconds. He also took part in the 200 metres individual, finishing sixth in his first round heat, with a time of 21.55 seconds, which was not enough to qualify for the second round.

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This entry incorporates text from Desislav Gunev” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.