Radka Popova

Radka Popowa ( Bulgarian Радка Попова ; born January 26, 1974 in Dupnitsa ) is a former Bulgarian biathlete .

Radka Popowa, a teacher from Saparevo , has been practicing biathlon since 1992 and has been part of the Bulgarian national team since then. She is trained by Kiril Tonchev and starts for Levski Dupnitsa . Popowa made her debut in the World Cup in 1992 as 61st in a sprint in Pokljuka . It was not used again in the World Cup until two years later. Her first career highlight was her participation in the 1995 biathlon world championships in Antholz , where she was seventh in the relay. Popova achieved few major successes in individual races in the course of her career, but with the Bulgarian relay often good placements, including a third place in the 1999 relay race in Pokljuka. She won her first World Cup points in 1996 as Sprint 21. in Antholz . Best place in the World Cup was a 17th place in an individual in the 1997/98 season in Pokljuka. Nevertheless, she was able to run points in eight seasons between 1995/96 and 2005/06. She achieved her best placement in the overall World Cup as 53rd in the 2000/01 .

Apart from 1997 and 2003, Popowa started at all biathlon world championships between 1995 and 2007 . In Pokljuka, she achieved her best individual result as 20th in the pursuit. She finished sixth in the season in 2000, 2001 and 2004. At the Winter Olympics Popowa took part in Nagano in 1998 and in Turin in 2006 . In Nagano she was only used in a disappointing season (16th place), in Turin she started in the sprint (58th) and in the pursuit (lapped). She was eighth in the season. Popowa was particularly successful at European Championships. Here she was even able to successfully take part in individual races in Kontiolahti . She won gold in the singles, silver in the sprint, and in the pursuit. In 2004 in Minsk and 2007 in Bansko , she narrowly missed medals with the season as fourth.

Biathlon World Cup placements

The table shows all placements (depending on the year, including the Olympic Games and World Championships).

• 1st - 3rd Place: Number of podium placements
• Top 10: Number of placements in the top ten (including podium)
• Points ranks: Number of placements within the point ranks (including podium and top 10)
• Starts: Number of races run in the respective discipline

placement	singles	sprint	persecution	Mass start	Season	total
1st place
2nd place
3rd place					1	1
Top 10					28	28
Scoring	1	9	8th		34	52
Starts	13	87	40		35	175

Web link

• Radka Popowa in the IBU database (English)