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Ginka Zagorcheva

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Ginka Zagorcheva-Boycheva, Bulgarian: Гинка Загорчева-Бойчева (born 12 April 1958) is a former hurdling athlete from Bulgaria. She was born in Plovdiv, and is most notable for winning the 100 metres hurdles at the 1987 World Championships. She held the world record for a year with a time of 12.25 sec, until it was beaten by Yordanka Donkova in August 1988. She also competed in the women's 100 metres hurdles at the 1988 Summer Olympics. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ginka Zagorcheva is the 2,565th most popular athlete (down from 1,844th in 2019), the 300th most popular biography from Bulgaria (down from 267th in 2019) and the 18th most popular Bulgarian Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Ginka Zagorcheva ranks 2,565 out of 6,025. Before her are Simon Fourcade, Judy Amoore, Jan Frodeno, Hiroshi Yamamoto, Seppo Räty, and Gabriella Dorio. After her are John Davis, Yordan Mitkov, Catherine Ndereba, Lars Berger, Deepika Kumari, and Merritt Giffin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1958, Ginka Zagorcheva ranks 619. Before her are Steve Antin, Flemming Christensen, Mike Rotunda, Juan Antonio Señor, Matt McCoy, and Vagif Sultanli. After her are Gary Bailey, Ever Hernández, Bert Koenders, Peter Eriksson, Mary Decker, and Johanna Sinisalo.

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In Bulgaria

Among people born in Bulgaria, Ginka Zagorcheva ranks 300 out of 415. Before her are Yordan Yovchev (1973), Ivailo Marinov (1960), Valeri Bojinov (1986), Nikolina Shtereva (1955), Nikolay Iliev (1964), and Ivaylo Yordanov (1968). After her are Yordan Mitkov (1956), Serafim Todorov (1969), Iliya Valov (1961), Dimitar Ivankov (1975), Matey Kaziyski (1984), and Mariya Gabriel (1979).

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Among ATHLETES In Bulgaria

Among athletes born in Bulgaria, Ginka Zagorcheva ranks 18. Before her are Svetla Otsetova (1950), Vladimir Ivanov (null), Petar Petrov (1955), Boris Nikolov (1929), Mikhail Zhelev (1943), and Nikolina Shtereva (1955). After her are Yordan Mitkov (1956), Serafim Todorov (1969), Ivan Ivanov (1971), Siyka Kelbecheva (1951), Ekaterina Dafovska (1975), and Daniel Petrov (1971).

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