Ivanka Hristova

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Olympic medal record
Women's athletics
Bronze Munich 1972 Shot Put
Gold Montreal 1976 Shot Put

Ivanka Hristova (Bulgarian: Иванка Христова) (born November 19, 1941) is a retired Bulgarian shot putter. She won the gold medal at the 1976 Summer Olympics, and the bronze in 1972. In addition she won the 1976 European Indoor Championships.

[edit] World records

  • 21,87 metres on 3 July 1976 in Belmeken
  • 21,89 metres on 5 July 1976 in Belmeken

Her latest record only stood until 26 July 1976 when Czechoslovak Helena Fibingerová improved it to 21,99 metres.

[edit] Major achievements

Year Tournament Venue Result
1967 European Indoor Championships Prague, Czechoslovakia 2nd
1969 European Indoor Championships Belgrade, Yugoslavia 2nd
1972 Summer Olympics Munich, West Germany 3rd
1975 European Indoor Championships Katowice, Poland 3rd
1976 European Indoor Championships Munich, West Germany 1st
1976 Summer Olympics Montreal, Canada 1st


Olympic champions in women's shot put
1948: Micheline Ostermeyer | 1952: Galina Zybina | 1956: Tamara Tyshkevich | 1960: Tamara Press | 1964: Tamara Press | 1968: Margitta Gummel | 1972: Nadezha Chizhova | 1976: Ivanka Hristova | 1980: Ilona Slupianek | 1984: Claudia Losch | 1988: Natalya Lisovskaya | 1992: Svetlana Krivelyova | 1996: Astrid Kumbernuss | 2000: Yanina Korolchik | 2004: Yumileidi Cumba
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