Great Bulgarian athletes - Stanka Zlateva

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Published in Bulgaria - Social interactions and entertainment - 2 - 06 May 20 03:01

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Stanka Zlateva HristovaÂ (Bulgarian:Â Ð¡Ñ‚Ð°Ð½ÐºÐ° Ð—Ð»Ð°Ñ‚ÐµÐ²Ð° Ð¥Ñ€Ð¸ÑÑ‚Ð¾Ð²Ð°; born 1 March 1983 inÂ Krushare,Â Sliven Province) is a retired femaleÂ BulgarianÂ freestyle wrestler. She competed at theÂ 2004 Summer OlympicsÂ inÂ Athens, theÂ 2008 Summer OlympicsÂ inÂ BeijingÂ and theÂ 2012 Summer OlympicsÂ inÂ London, winning silver medals in the latter two events. She was namedÂ World Female Wrestler of the YearÂ in 2006 and 2007 andÂ Bulgarian Sportsperson of the YearÂ in 2007, 2010 and 2011.

Zlateva came first in her category at the 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010 and 2011 World Championships (inÂ Baku,Â Guangzhou,Â Tokyo,Â MoscowÂ andÂ IstanbulÂ respectively), third in 2009 (Herning), fourth in 2004 (New York City), fifth in 2005 (Budapest), seventh in 2001 (Sofia) and eight in 2002 (Chalcis).She also has 5 European championships, winning the 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2010 titles (Moscow,Â Sofia,Â Tampere,Â VilniusÂ andÂ BakuÂ respectively), as well as coming third in 2005 and 2011 (VarnaÂ andÂ Dortmund), fourth in 2003 and fifth in 2004.She was the first Bulgarian female wrestler at the Olympics as womens wrestling debuted at the 2004 Games in Athens, and Zlateva represented Bulgaria there, coming twelfth. At the 2008 Olympics in Beijing, she was aspiring to win gold, but lost to the surprise championÂ Wang JiaoÂ of theÂ Peoples Republic of ChinaÂ in the final. She has qualified for theÂ 2012 OlympicsÂ automatically as the Gold medalist in theÂ 2011 World Wrestling Championships.On 19 December 2011, Zlateva was honoured with the title ofÂ Bulgarian Sportsperson of the YearÂ for the third time since the start of her wrestling career, becoming joint equal withÂ Boyan RadevÂ regarding the number of times a Bulgarian wrestler had won the distinction.On 9 August 2012, she reached the final of theÂ Womens freestyle 72 kg wrestling competition at the 2012 Summer Olympics, but was defeated byÂ RussianÂ Natalia Vorobieva. Zlateva won the first period by a score of 1:0, but her opponent managed to pin her during the second one, which secured Vorobievas title. Zlateva was her countrys flagbearer during the closing ceremony of the games.After the 2012 Summer Olympics, Zlateva took a break from wrestling which lasted until April 2014, when she switched to the 75 kg category.