Svetla Dimitrova

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Svetla Dimitrova ( Bulgarian Светла Димитрова , after marriage 1987 also Пищикова - Pishtikova, English transcription Svetla Dimitrova-Pishtikova ; born January 27, 1970 in Burgas ) is a former Bulgarian athlete who won the 100-meter hurdling European champion twice in the 1990s has been. With a height of 1.70 m, her competition weight was around 65 kg.

Career

Svetla Dimitrova in 1986 and 1988 Junior World Champion in the heptathlon . At the 1988 Olympic Games in Seoul , she was twelfth with 6171 points. In 1989 at the European All-Around Cup, she would have set a junior world record if her doping test had not been positive. After a two-year ban because of this violation of the doping regulations , she started again in 1992 and set her personal best at the all- around meeting Götzis as second with 6656 points. At the 1992 Olympic Games in Barcelona , she was fifth with 6464 points. In 1993 she won in Götzis with 6594 points.

From 1994 Svetla Dimitrova no longer competed in the all-around competition, but only in the 100-meter hurdles . At the European Championships in Helsinki she won the title in 12.72 seconds with two tenths of a second ahead of Russian Julija Graudyn and her Bulgarian compatriot Jordanka Donkowa . In the 4 x 100 meter relay she took third place behind the relay teams from Germany (42.90 s) and Russia (42.96 s) in 43.00 s. The Bulgarian relay started with Dessislawa Dimitrova , then Anelija Nunewa ran , Svetla Dimitrova as the third runner handed over the baton to Petya Pendarewa .

After her baby break, Svetla Dimitrova competed in the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta , but fell in the semifinals. At the 1997 World Championships in Athens , Sweden's Ludmila Engquist won in 12.50 s ahead of Dimitrova in 12.58 s and Michelle Freeman from Jamaica in 12.61 s. In 1998 Dimitrova successfully defended her 1994 title at the European Championships in Budapest . She won in 12.56 s ahead of the Slovenian Brigita Bukovec in 12.61 s.

At the 1999 World Championships in Seville , Dimitrova was fifth in 12.74 s. The following year, she retired from the Olympic Games in Sydney after 12.95 s as sixth of their semi-finals. In Edmonton at the 2001 World Championships , she reached the final again. Behind the two Americans Anjanette Kirkland in 12.42 s and Gail Devers in 12.54 s, Dimitrova and the Kazakh Olga Schischigina crossed the finish line in 12.58 s. Schischigina received the bronze medal with a photo finish and Dimitrova came fourth. In her last big final at the European Championships in Munich in 2002, Dimitrova stumbled and reached the goal, beaten eighth and last.

Private

Svetla Dimitrova is 1.70 m and weighed around 65 kg at competition times. In 1994 Svetla Dimitrova temporarily left Bulgaria and her husband and trainer Ilian Pishtikov and applied for Austrian citizenship. In 1995 she returned to Bulgaria. Their son Kristian was born on December 30, 1995.

Top performances

  • 100 meter hurdles: 12.53 s (1994)
  • High jump: 1.88 m (1986)
  • Shot put: 15.50 m (1993)
  • 200 meters: 23.10 s (1993)
  • Long jump: 6.64 m (1992)
  • Javelin throw: 48.18 m (1993)
  • 800 meters: 2: 07.90 min (1992)
  • Heptathlon: 6658 points (1992)

literature

  • Peter Matthews (Ed.): Athletics 2002. Worcester 2002, ISBN 1-899807-13-6
  • zurgams (Ed.): Time leaps. 35 years of the Mösle all-around meeting in Götzis. Bucher Verlag, Hohenems 2009, ISBN 978-3-902679-23-9

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