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Tsvetanka Khristova
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Tsvetanka Khristova

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Place of birth
Kazanlak
Place of death
Kazanlak
Age
46 years
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Biography

Tsvetanka Pavlova Khristova (Bulgarian: Цветанка Павлова Христова) (sometimes spelled Tsvetanka Hristova, March 14, 1962 – November 14, 2008) was a Bulgarian discus thrower who competed from the early 1980s to the mid-2000s, with a career break for a drugs ban.

Life

Born in Kazanlak, Stara Zagora she became European champion in 1982 at only 20 years of age. Nine years later she won the World Championships, and the following year won an Olympic silver medal. Khristova tested positive for steroids in 1993 and was banned from competition. In 2004, at the age of 42, she competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics.

Her personal best was 73.22 m.

She died on November 14, 2008, of cancer.

International Competitions

YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventNotes
Representing  Bulgaria
1982European ChampionshipsAthens, Greece1stDiscus68.34 m
1983World ChampionshipsHelsinki, Finland4thDiscus65.62 m
1985World Student Games (Universiade)Kobe, Japan2ndDiscus65.30 m
1986Goodwill GamesMoscow, Soviet Union1stDiscus69.54 m
1986European ChampionshipsStuttgart, West Germany2ndDiscus69.52 m
1987World Student Games (Universiade)Zagreb, Yugoslavia1stDiscus67.96 m (record)
World ChampionshipsRome, Italy3rdDiscus68.82 m
1988Olympic GamesSeoul, South Korea3rdDiscus69.74 m
1990European ChampionshipsSplit, Yugoslavia10thDiscus56.30 m
1991World ChampionshipsTokyo, Japan1stDiscus71.02 m
1992Olympic GamesBarcelona, Spain2ndDiscus67.78 m
1997World ChampionshipsAthens, Greece23rd (q)Discus53.64 m
2004Olympic GamesAthens, Greece41st (q)Discus43.25 m

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