Evgenia Radanova
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| Full name | Evgenia Radanova | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 4 November 1977 Sofia, Bulgaria | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 170 cm (5 ft 7 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 65 kg (143 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Short track speed skating Cycling | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Evgenia Radanova (Bulgarian: Евгения Раданова; born 4 November 1977) is a Bulgarian female short track speed skater and racing cyclist who has participated in both the Summer and Winter Olympics.[1] She was the world record holder in the 500 m short track distance with 43.671s, which she set in Calgary, Canada on 19 October 2001. In the Salt Lake City 2002 Winter Olympic games she won a silver medal at the same distance and a bronze at 1500m. In Athens 2004 Summer games she took part in cycling, but did not get a medal. In the 2010 Vancouver Olympics in the women's 500 m she ended up 7th.
Radanova currently trains in Italy, although most of her career she spent with Slavia Sofia Sports Club and the National Sports Academy in Sofia, Bulgaria. In the Academy she studied coaching. She weighs 65 kg and is 170 cm tall. Radanova has been severely injured at least twice, but has overcome the injuries to come back. In August 2014, Radanova was appointed as Bulgarian Minister of Youth and Sports on a temporary basis as part of the caretaker government of Georgi Bliznashki.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ "Евгения Раданова дари трикото си на МОК, eкипът на Жени ще бъде изложен в музея на МОК". topsport.bg. 2010-02-27. Retrieved 2014-08-10.
- ^ "С мисия "да изкарат цялата истина за държавата", лица на протеста, на сините и ГЕРБ влизат в служебния кабинет. Преходната власт ще създаде енергиен борд, ще подпише договора с ЕК, ще подготви влизането в Европейския банков съюз" (in Bulgarian). mediapool.bg. 5 August 2014. Retrieved 9 August 2014.
External links
[edit]- Career information from Torino2006.org at archive.today (archived August 12, 2007)
- Speed skater Evgenia Radanova ready to raise new generation
- Evgenia Radanova at Cycling Archives (archived)
- 1977 births
- Living people
- Bulgarian female short-track speed skaters
- Bulgarian female cyclists
- Olympic cyclists for Bulgaria
- Cyclists at the 2004 Summer Olympics
- Olympic short-track speed skaters for Bulgaria
- Short-track speed skaters at the 1994 Winter Olympics
- Short-track speed skaters at the 1998 Winter Olympics
- Short-track speed skaters at the 2002 Winter Olympics
- Short-track speed skaters at the 2006 Winter Olympics
- Short-track speed skaters at the 2010 Winter Olympics
- Olympic medalists in short-track speed skating
- Olympic silver medalists for Bulgaria
- Olympic bronze medalists for Bulgaria
- Medalists at the 2002 Winter Olympics
- Medalists at the 2006 Winter Olympics
- Sportspeople from Sofia
- Bulgarian female speed skaters
- Winter World University Games medalists in short-track speed skating
- World Short Track Speed Skating Championships medalists
- FISU World University Games gold medalists for Bulgaria
- Competitors at the 1997 Winter Universiade
- Competitors at the 1999 Winter Universiade
- Competitors at the 2001 Winter Universiade