Tsanko Arnaudov

Tsanko Rosenov Arnaudov (; born 14 March 1992) is a Portuguese athlete who represents Sporting Portugal at club level. He holds the Portuguese record in men's shot put with 21.56 m.

Career Arnaudov was born in Bulgaria in 1992. Son of Bulgarian emigrants in Portugal since the age of 12, he acquired Portuguese citizenship on 2 July 2010 (aged 18). Since then he represented Portugal at the 2011 European Junior Championships and the 2013 European U23 Championships in shot put, but was eliminated in the qualifying round both times. In 2014 he broke the Portuguese under-23 record with a throw of 18.80 m. He won his first Portuguese outdoor championship title the following week, defeating Fortes with 19.79 m in a close competition.

Arnaudov represented Portugal at 2015 World Championships in Beijing. On 10 July 2016, he achieved the bronze medal with 20.59 m at the European Athletics Championships in Amsterdam. It was the first medal ever for Portugal in shot put. In 2017 he broke his own record at the European Athletics Indoor Championships in Belgrade, with a 21.08 throw, which gave him 4th place.

Personal life He is in a relationship with Portugal and Sporting Portugal sprinter Cátia Azevedo.