Jordanka Blagoewa

Jordanka Blagoewa (-Dimitrowa) (Bulgarian: Йорданка Благоева (-Dимитрова), born January 19, 1947 in Gorno Zerowene , Montana Oblast ) is a former Bulgarian athlete who in 1972 improved the world record in high jump by two centimeters.

Career

At the Olympic Games in 1968 Blagoewa could not qualify for the final as 17th in the elimination. In the following year she won the European Indoor Games in Belgrade with 1.82 meters silver at the same height as the winner Rita Schmidt . At the European Championships in Athens in 1969, Blagojewa mastered 1.74 meters in qualification, in the final she finished 13th and last with 1.68 meters.

After she had not competed at the European Championships indoors or outdoors in 1971, she won bronze with 1.84 meters at the 1972 European Indoor Championships in Grenoble behind the GDR jumpers Rita Schmidt and Rita Gildemeister , all three medal winners jumped in straddle style . At the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich, three jumpers crossed the height of 1.88 meters, the German Ulrike Meyfarth and Jordanka Blagoewa without fail, the reigning world record holder Ilona Gusenbauer from Austria was also there after five failed attempts at four heights. The flop jumper Meyfarth finally won gold and set Gusenbauer's world record with 1.92 meters, Blagoewa won silver with 1.88 meters ahead of Gusenbauer. On September 24, 1972, twenty days after the final in Munich, Jordanka Blagoewa crossed 1.94 meters in Zagreb and improved Gusenbauer and Meyfarth's world record by two centimeters. Two years later she was replaced by Rosemarie Witschas as the world record holder.

On March 11, 1973, Blagoewa won her only international title at the European Indoor Championships. With 1.92 meters, she had six centimeters ahead of Rita Gildemeister, Milada Karbanová from Czechoslovakia and Rosemarie Witschas.

At the 1976 Olympic Games in Montreal, Rosemarie Ackermann, as Rosemarie Witschas was called after her marriage, was the clear favorite, as she had raised the world record to 1.96 meters in Dresden in the spring. At 1.89 meters, three jumpers were still without a failed attempt: Sara Simeoni from Italy, Mária Mračnová from Czechoslovakia and Jordanka Blagoewa, Rosemarie Ackermann and the American Joni Huntley had taken the height in the second attempt. Only three jumpers jumped 1.91 meters: Simeoni and Ackermann in the first attempt, Blagojewa in the second attempt. After only Ackermann had crossed the 1.93 meters, the order was fixed. Blagoewa had won bronze in Montreal four years after her silver medal from Munich. Four years later, Blagojewa tried again in Moscow in 1980 , but retired prematurely as 16th in the qualification.

With a height of 1.75 meters, she had a competition weight of 64 kilograms.

Results at European Indoor Championships

Jordanka Blagojewa reached from 1967 to 1969 at the European Indoor Games and from 1970 to 1977 at the European Indoor Championships several finals. Your services and placements in detail:

• 1967: 8th place - 1.70 meters
• 1968: 5th place - 1.76 meters
• 1969: 2nd place - 1.82 meters
• 1970: 4th place - 1.82 meters
• 1972: 3rd place - 1.84 meters
• 1973: 1st place - 1.92 meters
• 1976: 11th place - 1.80 meters
• 1977: 6th place - 1.83 meters

literature

• Ekkehard zur Megede: The Modern Olympic Century 1896-1996 Track and Fields Athletics , Berlin 1999, published by the German Society for Athletics Documentation eV
• Royal Spanish Athletics Federation (ed): European Indoor Handbook , Madrid 2005 ISBN 84-87704-89-1

Web links

• Jordanka Blagoewa in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )