Name: Emil Milev

Sport: Shooting

Discipline(s): Pistol Shooting

Event(s): 25m Rapid Fire

Height: 5-10

Weight: 185

DOB: 5/2/1968

Birthplace: Bulgaria

Hometown: Tampa, Fla.

High School: Electronic High School A.S. Popov (Sofia, Bulgaria) ‘87

College: Bulgaria National Sports Academy ’01, Physical Education/Coaching

Olympic Experience

• Six-time Olympian (1992, 1996, 2000, 2004) – represented Bulgaria; (2012, 2016) – represented United States; Olympic medalist (1 silver)
• Rio 2016 Olympic Games, 12th
• London 2012 Olympic Games, 13th
• Athens 2004 Olympic Games, 9th
• Sydney 2000 Olympic Games, 4th
• Atlanta 1996 Olympic Games, silver
• Barcelona 1992 Olympic games, 20th

World Championship Experience

• Most recent: 2014 – 26th
• Years of participation: 1994, 1998, 2002, 2006, 2010, 2014
• Medals: 1 (silver)
• Silver – 1994

Other Career Highlights

• 2015 Pan American Games, 5th

Personal: Son of Ivan Milev and Vania Vassileva...Has one sister, Marta, and two brothers, Zlatko and Alexander...Married his wife, Anina, in 1991...Has one daughter, Alexa, and one son, Philip...His family moved to the U.S. in 2004 and he became a U.S. citizen in 2009...Speaks Russian and Bulgarian...Interests include reading and running...Teaches physical education at B.T. Washington Elementary in Tampa, Florida.

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