Turkish Famous Names Starting with Letter J

Was a Bulgarian enlightener, teacher, pedagogue and translator. He was born on 9 September 1828 in t

Was a Bulgarian enlightener, teacher, pedagogue and translator. He was born on 9 September 1828 in the town of Koprivshtitsa. He was a teacher in his home town and later the most prestigious Bulgarian high school in Plovdiv. He wrote a number of textbooks and was the person to suggest that 24 May shall be celebrated as the day of St St Cyril and Methodius in 1858.

He won silver in the men's rings at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens with a score of 9.850. In the

He won silver in the men's rings at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens with a score of 9.850. In the same Olympic Games, Jovtchev won bronze in the men's floor exercise with a score of 9.775. In the 2000 Olympics in Sydney, Australia, he won the bronze on both floor exercise and still rings with 9.787 and 9.762 respectively. He also won two World Championship Bronze medals in the all around (1999, 2001). Jovtchev made his fifth Olympic team for the Beijing Olympics in 2008, and qualified again for the Rings exercise. He qualified second with a score of 16.275 under the new scoring system, but missed a handstand and finished the final in last place with a score of 15.525. He intends to retire after the competition.