Lilia Ignatova

Lilia Ignatova
Personal information
Nationality:	Bulgaria
discipline	Rhythmic sports gymnastics
Trainer:	Neschka Robewa
Birthday:	17th May 1965 (age 55)
Place of birth:	Sofia , Bulgaria
Medal table
World championships 6 × 4 × 2 × European championships 7 × 4 × 0 × World Cup Final 6 × 4 × 0 ×
Medals
World championships gold 1981 Munich Single rope gold 1981 Munich Single tire gold 1983 Strasbourg Single ball gold 1983 Strasbourg Single clubs gold 1985 Valladolid Single ball gold 1985 Valladolid Single clubs silver 1981 Munich Single clubs silver 1981 Munich Individual all-around silver 1983 Strasbourg Individual all-around silver 1985 Valladolid Individual all-around bronze 1983 Strasbourg Single tire bronze 1985 Valladolid Single rope  European championships gold 1980 Amsterdam Single clubs gold 1980 Amsterdam Single band gold 1982 Stavanger Single band gold 1984 Vienna Single tire gold 1986 Florence Individual all-around gold 1986 Florence Clubs gold 1986 Florence rope silver 1980 Amsterdam Individual all-around silver 1980 Amsterdam Single tire silver 1984 Vienna ball silver 1986 Florence tape  World Cup Final gold 1983 Belgrade Individual all-around gold 1983 Belgrade Single tire gold 1986 Tokyo Individual all-around gold 1986 Tokyo Single ball gold 1986 Tokyo Single rope gold 1986 Tokyo Single clubs silver 1983 Belgrade Single ball silver 1983 Belgrade Single clubs silver 1983 Belgrade Single band silver 1986 Tokyo Single band

Lilia Pawlowa Ignatowa ( Bulgarian Лилия Павлова Игнатова ; born May 17, 1965 in Sofia ) is a former Bulgarian rhythmic gymnast , multiple world and European winner and two-time World Cup winner.

Athletic career

Lilia Ignatova was born in Sofia on May 17, 1965 and was part of the “golden girls” generation that dominated the sport in the early 1980s. At the European Championships in 1980 she recorded her first international success with two silver and two gold medals. A year later at the 1981 World Cup , she won gold and silver with other devices.

She continued her sporting success in the following years.

Ignatova was considered one of the most elegant and charming gymnasts of all time. At her last competition in Tokyo she was voted the most beautiful participant by the spectators.

End of active sporting career

Lilia Ignatowa ended her sporting career in 1986 with three gold medals at the 1986 European Championships . In 1988 she took on the role of Agnessa in the Bulgarian film AkaTaMuS . In 1999 she was elected to the executive committee of the Bulgarian Gymnastics Federation. In 2000 she founded her own association LILI SPORT . Lilia Ignatowa also trained the Austrian gymnasts.

Web links

• Lilia Ignatowa in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Lilia Ignatowa in the database of the Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique (English)

Individual evidence

1. ^ "Ignatowa, Lilia" in Munzinger Online / Sport - Internationales Sportarchiv
2. ↑ "Lilia Ignatova - Last all-around close to perfection"
3. ↑ Lilia Ignatowa in the Internet Movie Database (English)
4. ^ NSA "Rhythmic gymnastics - Lily Ignatova. In: nsa.bg. Retrieved March 29, 2017 (English). 
5. ^ EM Rhythmic Gymnastics in Baku: Ruprecht and Wegscheider in the Top20 field. National group: EM as a position determination for the first Olympic qualification. (No longer available online.) In: oeft.at. June 10, 2014, archived from the original on March 11, 2016 ; accessed on March 29, 2017 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.   
6. ↑ That was the RG news from the past ... (No longer available online.) In: oeft.at. 2015, archived from the original on March 29, 2017 ; accessed on March 29, 2017 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.