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Yordanka Blagoeva

1947 - Today

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Yordanka Blagoeva (Bulgarian: Йорданка Благоева; born 19 January 1947) is a former Bulgarian high jumper. She competed in the 1968, 1972, 1976 and 1980 Olympics and finished in 17th, 2nd (silver medal), 3rd (bronze medal) and 16th place, respectively. She won the high jump at the 1965 Summer Universiade and 1973 European Athletics Indoor Championships. On 24 September 1972 she became the first Bulgarian athlete to break a world record. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Yordanka Blagoeva is the 1,350th most popular athlete (down from 616th in 2019), the 233rd most popular biography from Bulgaria (down from 190th in 2019) and the 9th most popular Bulgarian Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Yordanka Blagoeva ranks 1,350 out of 6,025. Before her are Waldemar Tietgens, Jiří Havlis, William Thompson, Jopie Selbach, Gaston Mercier, and István Hevesi. After her are Bill Carr, Sirkka Polkunen, Judi Brown Clarke, Albert White, Alan Helffrich, and Peter Donlon.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1947, Yordanka Blagoeva ranks 632. Before her are Alexander Yakushev, Franghiz Ali-Zadeh, Shigeru Kasamatsu, Alexei Ulanov, Klaus Reichert, and Sonia Robertson. After her are Françoise Demulder, Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale, Sara Paretsky, Shmuel Rosenthal, Valdir Espinosa, and Christine Stückelberger.

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In Bulgaria

Among people born in Bulgaria, Yordanka Blagoeva ranks 233 out of 415. Before her are Ekaterina Karavelova (1860), Ivan Vutsov (1939), Anton Donchev (1930), Volen Siderov (1956), Plamen Oresharski (1960), and Georgi Slavkov (1958). After her are Manuela Maleeva (1967), Yordan Radichkov (1929), Dimitar Stanchov (1863), Vladimir Dimitrov (1882), Grigor Dimitrov (1991), and Dimitar Dimov (1909).

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Among ATHLETES In Bulgaria

Among athletes born in Bulgaria, Yordanka Blagoeva ranks 9. Before her are Norair Nurikyan (1948), Ivanka Khristova (1941), Mariya Petkova (1950), Yordanka Donkova (1961), Diana Yorgova (1942), and Tsvetanka Khristova (1962). After her are Khristo Markov (1965), Halil Mutlu (1973), Svetla Otsetova (1950), Vladimir Ivanov (null), Petar Petrov (1955), and Boris Nikolov (1929).

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