Violeta Ninowa
Violeta Ninowa , after marriage Violeta Jordanowa , ( Bulgarian Виолета Нинова-Йорданова ; born August 19, 1963 in Sofia ) is a former Bulgarian rower .
The 1.78 m tall Violeta Ninowa rowed for Levski Sofia . At the world championships in 1983 she won the bronze medal with the Bulgarian double scull. After the Olympic boycott in 1984 , Ninowa switched to the double scull . Together with Magdalena Georgiewa she won the bronze medal at the 1985 World Championships in this boat class , and in 1986 Ninowa and Iskra Welinowa took fourth place. In 1987 Ninowa formed a new double scull with Stefka Madina . At the 1987 World Championships in Copenhagen , the two Bulgarians won the gold medal by a tenth of a second ahead of the two Romanians Elisabeta Lipă and Liliana Genes . In the following year, the two GDR rowers Birgit Peter and Martina Schröter won the Olympic Games in Seoul ahead of Elisabeta Lipă and Veronica Cogeanu ; Madina and Ninowa received the bronze medal, almost two seconds behind the Romanians, but more than six seconds ahead of the fourth-placed rowers from the Soviet Union.
At the Olympic Games in 1992 , she competed as Violeta Jordanowa in the one and took tenth place.
Web links
- Violeta Ninowa in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
- Violeta Ninowa at Worldrowing.com ( FISA database )
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| SURNAME | Ninowa, Violeta |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Нинова, Виолета (Bulgarian); Jordanowa, Violeta (married name); Йорданова, Виолета (Bulgarian) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Bulgarian rower |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 19th August 1963 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Sofia |