 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Bratanov akaberekerwa muSliven musi wa10 Chikumi 1952. Akatanga kuita zvemitambo achiri mudiki, pakutanga achikwikwidza mumakwikwi emamita zana nemakumi matanhatu asi achizochinjira kumakwikwi emamita mazana mana achiri mudiki. Muna 1970 akamirira Bulgaria paEuropean Junior ChampionshipsmuColombes, asi akabviswa mumutambo wokutanga. 