Career
He represented Bulgaria at the 1936 Winter Olympics held in the German city Garmisch-Partenkirchen. Tsankov participated in the alpine combined, where he was 53rd after the downhill and 45th after the first run of the slalom and did not qualify for the second run. After the Olympics Tsankov began his studies at the Bulgarian State Conservatoire in the chordophone class.
Afterwards Tsankov started law studies.
His right to work as a lawyer was withdrawn and he earned his living by playing music at pubs and celebrations. After the internment of his family in Ruse he was entrusted with the revival of the symphonic orchestra and opera in town.
He invited conductors Konstantin Iliev and Dobrin Petkov, as well as young director Leon Daniel. In 1956, he was allowed to live in Sofia again.
Tsankov died in 1994.
Tsankov"s son Petar Tsankov is one of the creators of Bulgarian band Shturcite ("Bulgaria"s answer to The Beatles").
