Evgenia Radanova

Evgenia Radanova
nation	Bulgaria
birthday	4th November 1977
place of birth	Sofia
size	166 cm
Weight	65 kg
Career
society	Slavia Sofia SC
status	resigned
End of career	2010
Medal table
Olympic medals 0 × 2 × 1 × World Cup medals 2 × 4 × 10 × EM medals 9 × 7 × 0 ×
winter Olympics silver 2002 Salt Lake City 500 m bronze 2002 Salt Lake City 1500 m silver 2006 Turin 500 m  Short track world championships bronze 1995 Gjøvik 3000 m bronze 1998 Vienna 1500 m bronze 1998 Vienna 3000 m silver 1999 Sofia 500 m bronze 1999 Sofia Season gold 2000 Sheffield 500 m bronze 2001 Jeonju All-around silver 2001 Jeonju 1500 m bronze 2001 Jeonju 3000 m bronze 2001 Jeonju Season bronze 2002 Montreal All-around silver 2002 Montreal 500 m bronze 2002 Montreal 1000 m silver 2002 Montreal 3000 m gold 2003 Warsaw 1000 m bronze 2003 Warsaw Season  European Short Track Championships silver Malmo 1997 Season silver Oberstdorf 1999 All-around silver Oberstdorf 1999 Season gold Bormio 2000 All-around gold Bormio 2000 Season gold The Hague 2001 All-around gold The Hague 2001 Season gold Grenoble 2002 All-around silver Grenoble 2002 Season gold St. Petersburg 2003 All-around gold Zoetermeer 2004 All-around silver Turin 2005 All-around gold Krynica-Zdrój 2006 All-around gold Sheffield 2007 All-around silver Ventspils 2008 All-around silver Ventspils 2008 Season
Placements in the Short Track World Cup
Debut in the World Cup November 1997  World Cup victories 7th  Overall World Cup 2. ( 98/99 ); 2. ( 99/00 ); 2. ( 00/01 ) 2. ( 01/02 ); 3. ( 02/03 )  500 m world cup 3. ( 99/00 ); 1. ( 00/01 ); 3rd ( 01/02 ) 2nd ( 02/03 ); 2. ( 05/06 )  1000 m world cup 3. ( 98/99 ); 2. ( 99/00 ); 3rd ( 00/01 ) 3rd ( 02/03 ); 3. ( 05/06 )  1500 m world cup 2. ( 98/99 ); 2. ( 99/00 ); 2. ( 01/02 ) 3. ( 02/03 )
Podium placements 1. 2. 3.  500 meters 5 7th 9  1000 meters 1 4th 4th  1500 meters 0 4th 5  3000 meters 1 3 3  Relay / team 0 1 4th
last change: January 8, 2012

Evgenija Nikolowa Radanowa ( Bulgarian Евгения Николова Раданова ; born November 4, 1977 in Sofia ) is a former Bulgarian short tracker and cyclist . She won numerous medals in the short track at the Olympic Games , World Championships and, above all, at European Championships , where she is by far the most successful participant. Since August 5, 2014 she has been the incumbent Minister for Sport and Sport Education of Bulgaria.

biography

Radanova came to the short track by speed skating when she was around ten years old . She started for the club Slavia Sofia SC and was trained by Iwan Pandow and Julian Angelow. She has participated in international championships since 1994. Radanowa started in November 1997 for the first time in the newly introduced World Cup . In the 1998/99 season she won her first World Cup race. In the following years she regularly achieved podium places and top ranks in the overall World Cup rankings, including a victory in the 500 m World Cup. She ended her career after the 2010 Olympics in Vancouver .

Between 2002 and 2004, Radanova also competed in track cycling on the advice of her trainer . She took part in the World Championships 2003 in Stuttgart and 2004 in Melbourne . Her best results were 14th in the sprint and 16th in the 500 m time trial. She started at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens and achieved twelfth place in the sprint.

Radanowa set four world records in the short track between 1998 and 2001 . The last world record over 500 m lasted seven years. She was the first Bulgarian female athlete to win two medals in Winter Olympics and the first to compete in both summer and winter games.

Success in the short track

Olympic games

Radanova took part in a total of six Olympic Games, including five winter games. She won two silver and one bronze medal.

• Lillehammer 1994 : 23rd 500 m, 21st 1000 m
• Nagano 1998 : 14.500 m, 11.1000 m
• Salt Lake City 2002 : silver 500 m, 5th 1000 m, bronze 1500 m, 6th 3000 m relay
• Turin 2006 : silver 500 m, 6th 1500 m
• Vancouver 2010 : 9th 500m, 25th 1000m, 7th 1500m

World championships

Radanowa played more than ten world championships, with seven championships she could win at least one medal. In total, she won two gold, four silver and ten bronze medals.

• Gjøvik 1995 : bronze 3000 m
• Vienna 1998 : bronze 1500 m and 3000 m
• Sofia 1999 : silver 500 m, bronze 3000 m relay
• Sheffield 2000 : gold 500 m
• Jeonju 2001 : bronze all-around, 3000 m and 3000 m relay, silver 1500 m
• Montreal 2002 : bronze all-around and 1000 m, silver 500 m and 3000 m
• Warsaw 2003 : gold 1000 m, bronze 3000 m relay

European championships

Radanova is the most successful participant in European championships . She won nine gold medals, seven in the all-around and two with the relay, and seven silver medals, three in the all-around and four with the relay. The balance is even more impressive if you also take into account the results on the individual routes. Although no titles are officially awarded over these routes, the placed athletes still receive so-called small medals . With the results from the all-around competition, the individual distances and the relay, Radanova was able to win 38 gold, twelve silver and four bronze medals. In 2001, she was the only athlete to date to win all six possible titles.

• Malmö 1997 : silver 500 m, relay, bronze 1500 m
• Oberstdorf 1999 : Gold 1000 m, 1500 m, silver all-around, 500 m, 3000 m, relay
• Bormio 2000 : gold all-around, 1000 m, 1500 m, 3000 m, relay, silver 500 m
• The Hague 2001 : gold all-around, 500 m, 1000 m, 1500 m, 3000 m, relay
• Grenoble 2002 : gold all-around, 500 m, 1000 m, 1500 m, 3000 m, silver relay
• St. Petersburg 2003 : Gold all-around, 500 m, 1000 m, 1500 m, 3000 m
• Zoetermeer 2004 : gold all-around, 500 m, 1000 m, 1500 m
• Turin 2005 : Gold 1000 m, 1500 m, silver all-around, bronze 500 m
• Krynica-Zdrój 2006 : gold all-around, 500 m, 1000 m, 1500 m
• Sheffield 2007 : Gold all-around, 500 m, 1000 m, 3000 m
• Ventspils 2008 : gold 1000 m, silver all-around, relay, bronze 500 m
• Turin 2009 : silver 500 m
• Dresden 2010 : Bronze 1500 m

Web links

• Evgenia Radanova in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
• Evgenia Radanova in the Radsportseiten.net database
• Evgenia Radanova in the database of ShorttrackOnLine.info (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Speed ​​skater Evgenia Radanova ready to raise new generation. Retrieved November 11, 2011 .