Daniel Nikolov

Daniel Nikolov
Personal information
Birth name	Daniel Lachezarov Nikolov
Country	Bulgaria
Born	26 August 1998 Haskovo, Bulgaria
Height	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Weight	65 kg (143 lb)
Men's singles & doubles
Highest ranking	92 (MS 18 October 2022) 91 (MD 5 October 2017)
BWF profile

Daniel Lachezarov Nikolov (Bulgarian: Даниел Лъчезаров Николов) (born 26 August 1998) is a Bulgarian badminton player. He was awarded 2017 Haskovo Sportsman of the Year. Nikolov competed at the 2019 European Games.

Achievements

BWF International Challenge/Series (8 titles, 4 runners-up)

Men's singles

Year	Tournament	Opponent	Score	Result
2016	Bulgarian International	Ben Torrance	21–14, 21–18	Winner
2018	Croatian International	Georgii Karpov	21–12, 21–12	Winner
2021	Bulgarian International	Meiraba Luwang Maisnam	19–21, 21–7, 14–21	Runner-up
2021	Hungarian International	Sathish Kumar Karunakaran	21–17, 21–18	Winner

Men's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2015	Eurasia Bulgaria International	Ivan Rusev	Jordan Corvée Julien Maio	21–18, 23–25, 17–21	Runner-up
2016	Hellas International	Ivan Rusev	Peyo Boichinov Philip Shishov	21–19, 21–16	Winner
2016	Bulgarian International	Ivan Rusev	Muhammed Ali Kurt Mert Tunço	21–13, 21–18	Winner
2017	Hellas International	Ivan Rusev	Daniel Benz Andreas Heinz	21–15, 11–21, 23–21	Winner
2017	Romanian International	Ivan Rusev	Andraž Krapež Samatcha Tovannakasem	15–21, 15–21	Runner-up
2018	Hellas International	Ivan Rusev	David Jones Johnnie Torjussen	21–16, 21–19	Winner
2019	Slovak Open	Ivan Rusev	Supak Jomkoh Wachirawit Sothon	13–21, 14–21	Runner-up
2020	Bulgarian International	Ivan Rusev	Miha Ivanič Gašper Krivec	21–9, 21–14	Winner

  BWF International Challenge tournament

  BWF International Series tournament

  BWF Future Series tournament