Career
He continued racing in World Cup events for more than a decade from 1977 through 1988, finishing eleven times in first, second, or third place. Pepe Popangelov competed in four Winter Olympiads. He took sixth place in two of those outings at the 1980 games in Lake Placid and at the 1984 games in Sarajevo.
After earning such distinctions, the Popangelov family was awarded property in the Bulgarian ski resort of Borovets where they built their own bed & breakfast lodge and ski school known as the Hotel Popangelov.
They have two daughters. He remains Bulgaria"s best skier of all time.
One of the ski pistes in Borovets was renamed "Popangelov" in honor of Pepe. lieutenant is the site of an annual youth ski competition launched in 2010 in memory of the senior Popangelov, where Pepe personally awards trophies to aspiring boys and girls.
Pepe Popangelov appears at international ski competitions held in Bulgaria and has been the advertising face of elite brand skis and automobiles.