Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Gabaɗaya, Bratanov ya kasance zakaran Bulgarian sau bakwai; sau biyar a waje a cikin shingen 400 m (1972, 1973, 1974, 1978 da 1979) kuma sau biyu a cikin gida sama da 400 m (1974 da 1975). A gasar zakarun Turai ta 1978
a Prague Bratanov an fitar da shi a wasan kusa da na karshe, amma a Wasannin Olympics na 1980 a Moscow ya sake cancanta don wasan karshe na Olympics; shi ne kawai dan wasan da ya yi wasan karshe na mita 400 a Montreal da Moscow. Ya sha wahala a cikin wasan karshe na Moscow kuma ya sanya na karshe a cikin 56.35.