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Svetlana Leseva

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Svetlana Leseva
Personal information
Born (1967-03-18) 18 March 1967 (age 57)
Montana, Bulgaria
Height1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)[1]
Weight60 kg (132 lb)
Sport
SportAthletics
EventHigh jump
ClubSpartak Pleven
Trakia Club

Svetlana Mitkova Isaeva-Leseva (Bulgarian: Светлана Миткова Исаева-Лесева; born 18 March 1967 in Montana, Bulgaria) is a retired Bulgarian athlete who specialised in the high jump.[2] She represented her country at the 1992 Summer Olympics as well as two indoor and three outdoor World Championships. Her biggest success is the silver medal at the 1986 European Championships in Stuttgart.

Her personal best in the event is 2.00 metres outdoors (Dráma 1987) and 1.94 metres indoors (Pireaus 1994).

Competition record

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Year Competition Venue Position Notes
Representing  Bulgaria
1983 European Junior Championships Schwechat, Austria 4th 1.85 m
1985 European Junior Championships Cottbus, East Germany 3rd 1.88 m
1986 European Indoor Championships Madrid, Spain 7th 1.85 m
Goodwill Games Moscow, Soviet Union 3rd 1.96 m
European Championships Stuttgart, West Germany 2nd 1.93 m
1987 European Indoor Championships Liévin, France 12th 1.85 m
Universiade Zagreb, Yugoslavia 1st 1.95 m
World Championships Rome, Italy 7th 1.93 m
1990 European Championships Split, Yugoslavia 9th 1.89 m
1991 World Indoor Championships Seville, Spain 8th 1.88 m
World Championships Tokyo, Japan 13th (q) 1.86 m
1992 European Indoor Championships Genoa, Italy 13th 1.85 m
Olympic Games Barcelona, Spain 34th (q) 1.83 m
1994 Goodwill Games St. Petersburg, Russia 6th 1.88 m
European Championships Helsinki, Finland 7th 1.90 m
1995 World Indoor Championships Barcelona, Spain 12th 1.85 m
World Championships Gothenburg, Sweden 7th 1.93 m

References

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