Antoniya Yordanova

Antoniya Yordanova (Bulgarian: Антония Йорданова; born 17 August 1976, in Kyustendil) is a retired Bulgarian long jumper.[1] She was selected to compete for the Bulgarian Olympic team in the long jump at the 2004 Summer Olympics after recording a personal best of 6.78 metres from the European Cup First League in the capital Sofia.[2][3] Yordanova also trained as a member of the athletics squad for the sport club Lokomotiv Plovdiv under her coach and three-time Balkan champion Atanas Atanasov.[2]

Antoniya Yordanova
Personal information
Full nameAntoniya Yordanova
Nationality Bulgaria
Born (1976-08-17) 17 August 1976
Kyustendil, Bulgaria
Height1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight52 kg (115 lb)
Sport
SportAthletics
Event(s)Long jump
ClubLokomotiv Plovdiv
Coached byAtanas Atanasov
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)Long jump: 6.78 (2004)

Yordanova qualified for the Bulgarian squad in the women's long jump at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens.[2] Two months before the Games, she jumped 6.78 metres to attain both her personal best and an Olympic A-standard at the European Cup First League in Sofia.[3][4] During the prelims, Yordanova spanned a striking leap of 6.45 on her first attempt, thirty-three hundredths of a metre shorter than her personal best. With two more attempts receiving lower marks, Yordanova's best result was worthily enough to put her in the twenty-first position against a vast field of thirty-nine long jumpers, nearly missing her a chance to compete for the final round by a tenth of a meter.[5][6]

References
  1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Antoniya Yordanova". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 22 February 2015.
  2. "Bulgarian team for Athens". Sofia, Bulgaria: IAAF. 2 August 2004. Retrieved 19 February 2015.
  3. Ramsak, Bob (28 June 2004). "Vlasic-Cloete rematch to highlight Zagreb Grand Prix meeting". IAAF. Retrieved 22 February 2015.
  4. "Ивет Лалова спечели и на 200 м в Пловдив" [Ivet Lalova wins the 200 metres in Plovdiv] (in Bulgarian). Monitor (Bulgaria). 28 June 2004. Archived from the original on 22 February 2015. Retrieved 19 February 2015.
  5. "IAAF Athens 2004: Women's Long Jump Qualification". Athens 2004. IAAF. Retrieved 17 February 2015.
  6. "Ивет Лалова финишира пета в спринта на 200 м" [Ivet Lalova finished fifth in the 200-meter sprint] (in Bulgarian). Monitor (Bulgaria). 27 August 2004. Archived from the original on 22 February 2015. Retrieved 22 February 2015.
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