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Svetla Dimitrova

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Svetla Stefanova Dimitrova (Bulgarian: Светла Стефанова Димитрова) (born 27 January 1970 in Botevgrad) is a former Bulgarian athlete who started out competing in heptathlon, and later specialized as a sprint hurdler. She represented her country four times at the Summer Olympics, from 1988 to 2000. Her best Olympic placing was fifth in the heptathlon at the 1992 Barcelona Olympics. She won the inaugural heptathlon competition at the 1986 World Junior Championships in Athletics and returned two years later to defend it at the 1988 World Junior Championships in Athletics. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2024). Svetla Dimitrova is the 3,704th most popular athlete (down from 3,683rd in 2024), the 376th most popular biography from Bulgaria (down from 375th in 2019) and the 40th most popular Bulgarian Athlete.

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Among people born in 1970, Svetla Dimitrova ranks 920. Before her are Rafael Lozano, Sergei Ovchinnikov, Sally Phillips, Frank Möller, Jim Thome, and Walt Dohrn. After her are André Steiner, Per Frandsen, Tionne Watkins, Bernardo Segura, Ronaldo da Costa, and Sabrina Lloyd.

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In Bulgaria

Among people born in Bulgaria, Svetla Dimitrova ranks 376 out of 415. Before her are Elena Pampoulova (1972), Radostin Kishishev (1974), Adriana Dunavska (1969), Tereza Marinova (1977), Sevdalin Marinov (1968), and Gosho Ginchev (1969). After her are Tervel Pulev (1983), Borislav Gidikov (1965), Gloria (1973), Mariana Popova (1978), Venelina Veneva-Mateeva (1974), and Zdravko Lazarov (1976).

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Among ATHLETES In Bulgaria

Among athletes born in Bulgaria, Svetla Dimitrova ranks 40. Before her are Ognyana Petrova (1964), Rumyana Neykova (1973), Stefan Botev (1968), Nikolay Bukhalov (1967), Tereza Marinova (1977), and Sevdalin Marinov (1968). After her are Borislav Gidikov (1965), Venelina Veneva-Mateeva (1974), Magdalena Georgieva (1962), Milko Kazanov (1970), Maria Grozdeva (1972), and Iva Prandzheva (1972).

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