Highest Achievements
BULGARIAN ABSOLUTE NATIONAL CHAMPION RECORD HOLDER. For 10 days and all distances from 700 miles, 1,000 miles, 1,300 miles all the way up to 3,100 miles and 5,000 km.
2006 SELF-TRANSCENDENCE 3100 MILE RACE, QUEENS, NEW YORK, USA. Running 3,100 miles for 50 days + 13:48:57 (61.297 miles per day / 98.649 km) setting Bulgarian National Records for distances 1,000 miles, all the way up to 3,100 miles and 5,000 km.
2005 SELF-TRANSCENDENCE 3100 MILE RACE, QUEENS, NEW YORK, USA. Running 3,100 miles for 51 days + 16:55:47 (59.7 miles per day / 96.057 km) becoming the youngest person in the world to run 3,100 miles and 5,000 km for 51 days at the age of 24.
2004 SELF-TRANSCENDENCE 700 MILE RACE, FLUSHING MEADOW CORONA PARK, NEW YORK, USA. 1st Place. 700 miles WORLD CHAMPION. Running 700 miles for 10 days + 20:58:37 (64.5 miles per day) setting Bulgarian National Records for 700 miles, 6 days and 10 days.
2002 700 MILE RACE, FLUSHING MEADOW CORONA PARK, NEW YORK, USA. 1st Place. 700 miles WORLD CHAMPION. Running 700 miles for 11 days + 18:47:13 (58.35 miles per day) becoming the youngest in the world to finish and win the 700 mile race at the age of 22.
2003 10 DAY RACE, FLUSHING MEADOW CORONA PARK, NEW YORK, USA. 2nd Place. Running 622 miles / 1,000 km for 10 days (62.2 miles per day) setting Bulgarian National Record for 10 days.
2004 SELF-TRANSCENDENCE 6 DAY RACE, FLUSHING MEADOW CORONA PARK, NEW YORK, USA. 3rd Place. Running 400 miles for 6 days (66.67 miles per day) setting Bulgarian National Record for 6 days.
2003 1,000 MILE RACE, FLUSHING MEADOW CORONA PARK, NEW YORK, USA. 1st Place. Running 901 miles for 15 days (60 miles per day
About
Sopan is an Ultra Marathon Runner with high level of achievement and recognition in athletics both in his home country Bulgaria and in the United States. He is a member of the Sri Chinmoy Marathon Team International. He has more then 20 years of experience as an Ultra Marathon Runner. He has run 19 multi day races including 6 days, 10 days, 700 miles, 1000 miles and the world’s longest certified foot race – the Sri Chinmoy Self-Transcendence 3100 Mile Race.
He is the Bulgarian national champion record holder for all races—10 days and all distances from 700 miles, 1,000 miles, 1,300 miles all the way up to 3,100 miles. He continues to hold the record as the youngest person in the world to run 3,100 miles in 51 days. At the age of 22, he was also the youngest person in the world to run 700 miles in 12 days.
During the past 15 years he has given a number of motivational talks to audiences in the United States, Austria and Bulgaria sharing his running inspiration and experiences. Inspiring others for sports and physical fitness gives him tremendous joy and inner satisfaction and gives him the motivation to go forward and never give up in his running.
Complete Race History
2024
Sri Chinmoy 10 Day Race, Queens, New York, USA.
Running 500 miles (804.5 km).
2018
Sri Chinmoy Self-Transcendence 3100 Mile Race, Queens, New York, USA.
Running 3,100 miles for 51 days + 16:46:38
2016
Self-T ranscendence 3100 Mile Race, Queens, New York, USA.
Running 2,700 miles for 52 days.
2014
Self-Transcendence 3100 Mile Race, Queens, New York, USA.
Running 2,268 miles for 52 days.
2013
Self-T ranscendence 3100 Mile Race, Queens, New York, USA.
Running 2,831 miles for 52 days. Average of 54.5 miles per day.
2012
Self-T ranscendence 3100 Mile Race, Queens, New York, USA.
Running 1,000 miles for 17 days. Average of 58.8 miles per day.
2011
Self-Transcendence 6 Day Race, Flushing Meadow Corona Park, New York, USA.
360 miles completed. Average of 60 miles per day.
2009
Self-Transcendence 10 Day Race, Flushing Meadow Corona Park, New York, USA.
622 miles / 1,000 km completed. Average of 62.2 miles per day.
2008
Self-Transcendence 3100 Mile Race, Queens, New York, USA.
Running 1,783 miles for 32 days. Average of 55.7 miles per day.
2006
Self-Transcendence 3100 Mile Race, Queens, New York, USA.
Running 3,100 miles for 50 days + 13:48:57 (61.297 miles per day / 98.649 km) setting Bulgarian National Records for distances 1,000 miles, all the way up to 3,100 miles and 5,000 km.
2005
Self-T ranscendence 3100 Mile Race, Queens, New York, USA.
Running 3,100 miles for 51 days + 16:55:47 (59.7 miles per day / 96.057 km) becoming the youngest person in the world to run 3,100 miles and 5,000 km for 51 days at the age of 24.
2004
Self-Transcendence 700 Mile Race, Flushing Meadow Corona Park, New York, USA.
1st Place. 700 miles WORLD CHAMPION. Running 700 miles for 10 days + 20:58:37 (64.5 miles per day) setting Bulgarian National Records for 700 miles, 6 days and 10 days.
Self-Transcendence 6 Day Race, Flushing Meadow Corona Park, New York, USA.
3rd Place. Running 400 miles for 6 days (66.67 miles per day) setting Bulgarian National Record for 6 days.
2003
1,000 Mile Race, Flushing Meadow Corona Park, New York, USA.
1st Place. Running 901 miles for 15 days (60 miles per day).
10 Day Race, Flushing Meadow Corona Park, New York, USA.
2nd Place. Running 622 miles / 1,000 km for 10 days (62.2 miles per day) setting Bulgarian National Record for 10 days.
2002
700 Mile Race, Flushing Meadow Corona Park, New York, USA.
1st Place. 700 miles WORLD CHAMPION. Running 700 miles for 11 days + 18:47:13 (58.35 miles per day) becoming the youngest in the world to finish and win the 700 mile race at the age of 22.
10 Day Race, Flushing Meadow Corona Park, New York, USA.
Running 423 miles for 10 days (42.3 miles per day).
2001
700 Mile Race, Wards Island P ark, New York, USA.
Running 571 miles for 12 days.
6 Day Race, Wards Island Park, New York, USA.
Running 244 miles for 6 days.