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Tereza Marinova

Tereza Marinova

Bulgarian athlete (born 1977)

Tereza Moncheva Marinova (Bulgarian: Тереза Мончева Маринова; born 5 September 1977 in Pleven) is a Bulgarian athlete who specialised in the triple jump. She was the gold medallist in that event at the 2000 Summer Olympics and a bronze medallist at the 2001 World Championships in Athletics and 1998 European Athletics Championships. She won triple jump titles at the 2001 IAAF World Indoor Championships and 2002 European Athletics Indoor Championships. She made her international debut in 1994 and retired in 2008.

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Her personal best in the triple jump of 15.20 m (49 ft 10+1⁄4 in), set during her Olympic win, is the Bulgarian national record. Marinova's winning jump of 14.62 m (47 ft 11+1⁄2 in) at the 1996 World Junior Championships in Athletics remains the world under-20 record for the triple jump. She also has a best of 6.53 m (21 ft 5 in) in the long jump, set indoors in 2002.

At the Bulgarian Athletics Championships, she won three triple jump titles (1995, 1996, 2003) and one long jump title in 2000.[2] She also won three triple jump titles at the Bulgarian Indoor Athletics Championships (1996, 1999, 2006), as well as the long jump title in 2000.[3] Marinova won six Balkan championships indoors and outdoors.[4][5]

Career

In her earlier days she became both European Junior and World Junior champion, and she still holds the world junior record at triple jump. At the 2000 Summer Olympics she won the gold medal with a personal best jump of 15.20 metres.[citation needed]

In long jump her personal best is 6.46 m. She did not compete internationally after the 2004 World Indoor Championships until 2006. She finished sixth at the 2006 European Athletics Championships.[6]

Her father Moncho was a prominent 800 metres runner who once set a Bulgarian record[7] and still holds the Bulgarian one mile record, and her brother Tsvetomir was a talented 400 metres runner.[citation needed]

Tereza Marinova retired from athletics shortly before the start of the 2008 Summer Olympics.[8] Nine months after that she started work as an athletics instructor.[9] Marinova was one of the commentators for the Bulgarian National Television during the 2012 Summer Olympics.[10] She is currently an instructor at the National Sports Academy.[11]

Personal life

Marinova gave birth to her first child, a girl named Darina, on 17 February 2011.[12] Her second child, a boy called Kalin, was born on 23 December 2012.[13]

International competitions

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National titles

  • Bulgarian Athletics Championships
    • Triple jump: 1995, 1996, 2003
    • Long jump: 2000
  • Bulgarian Indoor Athletics Championships
    • Triple jump: 1996, 1999, 2006
    • Long jump: 2000

Honours

See also

References

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    Bulgarian Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved 2020-06-12.
  3. [3]
    Bulgarian Indoor Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved 2020-06-12.
  4. [4]
    Balkan Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved 2020-06-12.
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    Balkan Indoor Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved 2020-06-12.
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    "Ваня Стамболова се класира за финала на 400 метра, Тереза Маринова остана шеста на троен скок". topsport.bg. Retrieved 19 March 2013.
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    "Той я познава отблизо". novinar.bg. Retrieved 18 July 2012.
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    "Тереза Маринова прекрати активната си кариера". standartnews.com. 3 July 2008. Retrieved 24 December 2011.
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    "Тереза стана треньорка, oлимпийската шампионка издържа 9 месеца извън атлетиката". topsport.bg. Retrieved 20 April 2014.
  10. [10]
    "Тереза скача в телевизията, шампионката ще води спортно предаване". topsport.bg. Retrieved 18 July 2012.
  11. [11]
    "Tereza Marinova staff profile". nsa.bg. Retrieved 27 October 2013.
  12. [12]
    "Бебето на Тереза Маринова се роди с гъста черна коса, таткото Трендафил черпи в собственото си заведение". standartnews.com. Retrieved 24 December 2011.
  13. [13]
    "Тереза Маринова роди момче". lifestyle.bg. Retrieved 24 December 2012.
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    "Вижте всички победители за "Спортист на годината", aнкетата се провежда от 1958 година". topsport.bg. 19 December 2011. Retrieved 27 December 2013.
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