Petar Stoychev

Who is Petar Stoychev?

Petar Stoychev is a Bulgarian swimmer who is one of the most successful long distance marathon swimmers of the last decade. He is one of the greatest marathon swimmers of all time and an honor swimmer in the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame. Stoychev has 11 consecutive wins of a major international open water marathon swimming FINA series since 2001 with more than 60 wins in individual swimming marathons. So far, he has swum over 60,000 km in pools, rivers, lakes, seas and oceans. Petar Stoychev has won 11 consecutive victories at the Traversée Internationale du Lac Memphrémagog in Magog, Canada and at Lac Saint-Jean in Roberval, Canada. Also, he has won the Ohrid Lake, Macedonia swimming marathon 11 consecutive times. His swimming achievements include swimming around the Manhattan Island in 2010 and winning the extreme Cadiz Freedom Swim in 2011.

In addition to his numerous achievements in marathon swimming, he has participated in four Olympics – 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, where he was the flag bearer for the Bulgarian Olympic team and finished 6th in 10km and 2012 Summer Olympics in London.