Verzhiniya Veselinova
Bulgarian shot putter
Verzhiniya Ivanova Veselinova-Ignatova (Bulgarian: Вержиния Иванова Веселинова-Игнатова; born November 18, 1957, in Asenovgrad, Plovdiv) is a retired track and field shot putter from Bulgaria, best known for competing at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, USSR. There she ended up in fifth place, with a distance of 20.72 metres.
Achievements
Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Notes |
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Representing Bulgaria | ||||
1980 | Olympic Games | Moscow, Soviet Union | 5th | |
1982 | European Indoor Championships | Milan, Italy | 1st | |
European Championships | Athens, Greece | 5th |
References
- Verzhiniya Veselinova at World Athletics
- sports-reference
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European Indoor Champions in women's shot put
- 1966: Margitta Gummel (GDR)
- 1967: Nadezhda Chizhova (URS)
- 1968: Nadezhda Chizhova (URS)
- 1969: Marita Lange (GDR)
- 1970: Nadezhda Chizhova (URS)
- 1971: Nadezhda Chizhova (URS)
- 1972: Nadezhda Chizhova (URS)
- 1972: Nadezhda Chizhova (URS)
- 1973: Helena Fibingerová (TCH)
- 1974: Helena Fibingerová (TCH)
- 1975: Marianne Adam (GDR)
- 1976: Ivanka Khristova (BUL)
- 1977: Helena Fibingerová (TCH)
- 1978: Helena Fibingerová (TCH)
- 1979: Ilona Slupianek (GDR)
- 1980: Helena Fibingerová (TCH)
- 1981: Ilona Slupianek (GDR)
- 1982: Verzhiniya Veselinova (BUL)
- 1983: Helena Fibingerová (TCH)
- 1984: Helena Fibingerová (TCH)
- 1985: Helena Fibingerová (TCH)
- 1986: Claudia Losch (FRG)
- 1987: Natalya Akhrimenko (URS)
- 1988: Claudia Losch (FRG)
- 1989: Stephanie Storp (FRG)
- 1990: Claudia Losch (FRG)
- 1992: Natalya Lisovskaya (RUS)
- 1994: Astrid Kumbernuss (GER)
- 1996: Astrid Kumbernuss (GER)
- 1998: Irina Korzhanenko (RUS)
- 2000: Larisa Peleshenko (RUS)
- 2002: Vita Pavlysh (UKR)
- 2005: Nadzeya Astapchuk (BLR)
- 2007: Assunta Legnante (ITA)
- 2009: Petra Lammert (GER)
- 2011: Anna Avdeyeva (RUS)
- 2013: Christina Schwanitz (GER)
- 2015: Anita Márton (HUN)
- 2017: Anita Márton (HUN)
- 2019: Radoslava Mavrodieva (BUL)
- 2021: Auriol Dongmo (POR)
- 2023: Auriol Dongmo (POR)
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