Radoslava Mavrodieva

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Radoslava Mavrodieva
Personal information
Born (1987-03-13) 13 March 1987 (age 37)
Sliven, Bulgaria
Height1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight86 kg (190 lb)
Sport
Country Bulgaria
SportAthletics
EventShot put
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing  Bulgaria
European Indoor Championships
Gold medal – first place 2019 Glasgow Shot put
Silver medal – second place 2017 Belgrade Shot put
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Prague Shot put
Updated on 4 March 2019.

Radoslava Mavrodieva-Yankova (Bulgarian: Радослава Мавродиева-Янкова) (born 13 March 1987, in Sliven[1]) is a Bulgarian athlete specialising in the shot put.[2] She represented her country at the 2012 Summer Olympics failing to get a legal mark in the qualification. She won her first major medal, a bronze, at the 2015 European Indoor Championships.

She has personal bests of 18.95 metres outdoors (Stara Zagora 2018) and 19.12 metres indoors (Glasgow 2019).

Her younger sister, Zheniam, is also a shot putter.[3]

Competition record[edit]

Year Competition Venue Position Notes
Representing  Bulgaria
2004 World Junior Championships Grosseto, Italy 6th 15.79 m
2005 European Junior Championships Kaunas, Lithuania 5th 15.72 m
2010 European Championships Barcelona, Spain 18th (q) 15.58 m
2011 European Indoor Championships Paris, France 12th (q) 15.24 m
World Championships Daegu, South Korea 25th (q) 15.76 m
2012 World Indoor Championships Istanbul, Turkey NM
European Championships Helsinki, Finland 6th 18.14 m
Olympic Games London, United Kingdom NM
2013 European Indoor Championships Gothenburg, Sweden 10th (q) 17.32 m
World Championships Moscow, Russia 19th (q) 17.34 m
2014 World Indoor Championships Sopot, Poland 18th (q) 16.48 m
European Championships Zürich, Switzerland 12th 16.98 m
2015 European Indoor Championships Prague, Czech Republic 3rd 17.83 m
2016 World Indoor Championships Portland, United States 6th 18.00 m
European Championships Amsterdam, Netherlands 5th 18.10 m
Olympic Games Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 21st (q) 17.20 m
2017 European Indoor Championships Belgrade, Serbia 2nd 18.36 m
World Championships London, United Kingdom 21st (q) 16.99 m
2018 World Indoor Championships Birmingham, United Kingdom 15th 16.33 m
European Championships Berlin, Germany 6th 18.03 m
2019 European Indoor Championships Glasgow, United Kingdom 1st 19.12 m

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