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Stefka Kostadinova

1965 - Today

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Stefka Georgieva Kostadinova (Bulgarian: Стефка Георгиева Костадинова; born 25 March 1965) is a Bulgarian former athlete who competed in the high jump. Her world record of 2.09 metres stood since 1987 until being broken by Yaroslava Mahuchikh in 2024. She is the 1996 Olympic champion, a two-time World champion, and a five-time World Indoor champion. She has been the president of the Bulgarian Olympic Committee since 2005. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Stefka Kostadinova is the 197th most popular athlete (down from 22nd in 2019), the 114th most popular biography from Bulgaria (down from 41st in 2019) and the most popular Bulgarian Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Stefka Kostadinova ranks 197 out of 6,025. Before her are Volmari Iso-Hollo, Earle Meadows, Emmanuel Foulon, Adhemar da Silva, Dragutin Šurbek, and Miklós Németh. After her are Pietro Mennea, Christian d'Oriola, Gabriela Andersen-Schiess, Pat McDonald, John Powell, and Alexandre Tuffère.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1965, Stefka Kostadinova ranks 108. Before her are Leni Robredo, Valérie Trierweiler, Prakash Raj, Sherilyn Fenn, Ronaldo Rodrigues de Jesus, and Dominik Hašek. After her are Paul W. S. Anderson, Richard Cheese, Mathieu Amalric, Maria de Medeiros, Yang Liwei, and David Wenham.

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In Bulgaria

Among people born in Bulgaria, Stefka Kostadinova ranks 114 out of 415. Before her are Princess Eudoxia of Bulgaria (1898), Kormisosh (700), Dimitar Penev (1945), Malamir of Bulgaria (810), Anna Tomowa-Sintow (1941), and Philipp Kirkorov (1967). After her are Krasimir Balakov (1966), Maxim of Bulgaria (1914), Naim Süleymanoğlu (1967), Norair Nurikyan (1948), Vasil Radoslavov (1854), and Traicho Kostov (1897).

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Among ATHLETES In Bulgaria

Among athletes born in Bulgaria, Stefka Kostadinova ranks 1. After her are Naim Süleymanoğlu (1967), Norair Nurikyan (1948), Ivanka Khristova (1941), Mariya Petkova (1950), Yordanka Donkova (1961), Diana Yorgova (1942), Tsvetanka Khristova (1962), Yordanka Blagoeva (1947), Khristo Markov (1965), Halil Mutlu (1973), and Svetla Otsetova (1950).

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