Sportspeople from Haskovo Province

Grigor Dimitrov (Bulgarian: Григор Димитров, born 16 May 1991) is a Bulgarian professional tennis player. His career-high ATP singles ranking is world No. 3, which he achieved in November 2017 after winning the ATP Finals.

Elitsa Kostova (Bulgarian: Елица Костова) (born 10 April 1990) is a professional Bulgarian tennis player.

Teodor Atanasov (Bulgarian: Теодор Атанасов) (born 25 September 1987) is a Bulgarian footballer, currently playing for Dimitrovgrad as a striker. Atanasov is 1.90 m tall and weighs 80 kg.

Antonio Krastev (Bulgarian: Антонио Кръстев) (born 1961 in Haskovo) was a former Bulgarian super heavyweight Olympian weightlifter best known for his 1987 heaviest ever snatch in IWF competition, at 216 kg. This was only equalled by Behdad Salimi of Iran at the 2016 Summer Olympics, and finally surpassed at the 2017 European Championships by Lasha Talakhadze, who now holds the record of 220 kg. Krastev's record was no longer official after the restructuring of the weight classes in 1993 and 1998.

Stefan Khristov Botev (Bulgarian: Стефан Христов Ботев, born February 14, 1968 in Harmanli) was an Olympic weightlifter for Bulgaria and later for Australia. He was coached by Ivan Abadzhiev.

Petar Petrov Zhekov (Bulgarian: Петър Петров Жеков, born 10 October 1944) is a former Bulgarian football player, who won the silver medal at the 1968 Summer Olympics.

Stanimir Stoilov (Bulgarian: Станимир Стоилов; born 13 February 1967) is a former Bulgarian footballer, former manager of Levski Sofia, Litex Lovech, the Bulgarian national team and FC Astana. He was the manager of the national team of Kazakhstan.

Pavel Hristov Ivanov (Bulgarian: Павел Христов Иванов; born 3 February 1951) is a retired light-flyweight Greco-Roman wrestler from Bulgaria who won two silver and one bronze medals at the European and world championships in 1973–1979. He competed at the 1980 Summer Olympics and placed fourth.

Nikolay Mihaylov (Bulgarian: Николай Михайлов, born 8 April 1988) is a Bulgarian racing cyclist, who last rode for UCI Continental team Efapel. He rode at the 2014 UCI Road World Championships.

Dinko Halachev (Bulgarian: Динко Халачев, born 22 October 1984) is a former professional Bulgarian tennis player. On 24 May 2010, he reached his highest ATP singles ranking of 857 whilst his best doubles ranking was 512 on 30 December 2013. Known associate of Keith Tarter.