# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/tanyu-kiryakov
# Generated: 2026-08-13T21:09:20.960Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/tanyu-kiryakov"
name: "Tanyu Kiryakov"
slug: "tanyu-kiryakov"
description: "Tanyu Kiryakov is a Bulgarian pistol shooter. He became the first shooter to have won Olympic gold medals in both the 50 metre pistol event and the 10 metre air pistol event, in which he was also the first Olympic champion. He is also the only Bulgarian to have won two gold medals at the Summer Olympics. He is considered to be one of the all-time best and his versatile skills and continued excellence have won him numerous fans. He was born in Ruse in northeastern Bulgaria."
tagline: "Bulgarian sport shooter"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Tanyu_Kiryakov_(42NS).png?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1963-03-02"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           45.68
  momentum:             11.47058823529412
  historical:           14.004392
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Тању Кирјаков"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A2%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%8E_%D0%9A%D0%B8%D1%80%D1%8F%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%B2"
    title: "Таню Киряков"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tanju_Kirjakov"
    title: "Tanju Kirjakov"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tanju_Kirjakow"
    title: "Tanju Kirjakow"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tanyu_Kiryakov"
    title: "Tanyu Kiryakov"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%86%DB%8C%D9%88_%DA%A9%DB%8C%D8%B1%DB%8C%D8%A7%DA%A9%D9%88%D9%81"
    title: "تانیو کیریاکوف"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tanju_Kirjakov"
    title: "Tanju Kirjakov"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tanyu_Kiryakov"
    title: "Tanyu Kiryakov"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tanju_Kirjakov"
    title: "Tanju Kirjakov"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%ED%83%80%EB%89%B4_%ED%82%A4%EB%9E%B4%EC%BD%94%ED%94%84"
    title: "타뉴 키랴코프"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://mn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A2%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%8E_%D0%9A%D0%B8%D1%80%D1%8F%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%B2"
    title: "Таню Киряков"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tanjoe_Kirjakov"
    title: "Tanjoe Kirjakov"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tanju_Kirjakov"
    title: "Tanju Kirjakov"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taniu_Kiriakow"
    title: "Taniu Kiriakow"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tanyu_Kiryakov"
    title: "Tanyu Kiryakov"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taniu_Kireakov"
    title: "Taniu Kireakov"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%B8%D1%80%D1%8F%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%B2%2C_%D0%A2%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%8E"
    title: "Киряков, Таню"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1333493"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump