Jana Kassowa
Jana Kassowa 
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 Bulgaria
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| discipline | Hurdles |
Jana Kassowa ( Bulgarian Яна Касова , English transcription Yana Kasova ; born August 13, 1981 ) is a former Bulgarian hurdler who had specialized in the 100-meter distance .
Her greatest success is winning the bronze medal at the European Athletics Championships in 2002 in Munich.
In 2001 she became national champion over 100 m hurdles outdoors, in 2000 and 2002 over 60 m hurdles indoors. Her personal best of 12.75 s she achieved on June 23, 2002 in Banská Bystrica .
In 2003, shortly before the World Athletics Championships in Paris / Saint-Denis , she broke her left foot during training and had to undergo an operation. Further complications prevented a return to competitive sport.
Web links
- Yana Kašová in the database of World Athletics (English)
Footnotes
- ↑ gbrathletics: Bulgarian Championships
- ↑ gbrathletics: Bulgarian Indoor Championships
- ↑ IAAF: Bulgarian team robbed by injury . August 17, 2003
- ↑ Monitor: Дачев и Касова пропускат световното ( memento from September 5, 2012 in the web archive archive.today ). June 24, 2005
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| SURNAME | Kassowa, Jana |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Касова, Яна; Kasova, Yana |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Bulgarian hurdler |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 13, 1981 |