Vanja Gesheva-Tsvetkova

Medal record
Women's canoe sprint
Olympic Games
Gold 1988 Seoul K-1 500 m
Silver 1980 Moscow K-1 500 m
Silver 1988 Seoul K-2 500 m
Bronze 1988 Seoul K-4 500 m
World Championships
Gold 1986 Montreal K-1 500 m
Silver 1978 Belgrade K-4 500 m
Silver 1983 Tampere K-1 500 m
Bronze 1977 Sofia K-2 500 m
Bronze 1986 Montreal K-2 500 m

Vanja Gesheva-Tsvetkova (Bulgarian: Ваня Гешева-Цветкова, born April 6, 1960) is a Bulgarian sprint canoer who competed from the late 1970s to the late 1980s. Competing in two Summer Olympics, she won four medals with one gold (1988: K-1 500 m), two silvers (1980: K-1 500 m, 1988: K-2 500 m), and one bronze (1988: K-4 500 m).

Gesheva also won five medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with a gold (K-1 500 m: 1986), two silvers (K-1 500 m: 1983, K-4 500 m: 1978), and two bronzes (K-2 500 m: 1977, 1986).

References

1948: Karen Hoff (DEN) • 1952: Sylvi Saimo (FIN) • 1956: Yelizaveta Dementyeva (URS) • 1960: Antonina Seredina (URS) • 1964: Lyudmila Khvedosyuk (URS) • 1968: Lyudmila Pinayeva (URS) • 1972: Yulia Ryabchinskaya (URS} • 1976: Carola Zirzow (GDR) • 1980: Birgit Fischer (GDR) • 1984: Agneta Andersson (SWE) • 1988: Vanja Gesheva (BUL) • 1992: Birgit Fischer (GER) • 1996: Rita Kőbán (HUN) • 2000: Josefa Idem (ITA} • 2004: Natasa Janics (HUN) • 2008: Inna Osypenko (UKR)
1938: (600 m) Maggie Kalka (FIN) * 1950: Sylvi Saimo (FIN) * 1954: Therese Zenz (SAA) * 1958: Yelizaveta Kislova (URS) * 1963: Mariya Shubina (URS) * 1966: Lyudmila Pinayeva (URS) * 1970: Lyudmila Pinayeva (URS) * 1971: Lyudmila Pinayeva (URS) * 1973: Nina Gopova (URS) * 1974: Anke Ohde (GDR) * 1975: Anke Ohde (GDR) * 1977: Gudrun Klaus-Dittmar (GDR) * 1978: Roswitha Eberl (GDR) * 1979: Roswitha Eberl (GDR) * 1981: Birgit Fischer (GDR) * 1982: Birgit Fischer (GDR) * 1983: Birgit Fischer (GDR) * 1985: Birgit Schmidt-Fischer (GDR) * 1986: Vanja Gesheva (BUL) * 1987: Birgit Schmidt-Fischer (GDR) * 1989: Katrin Borchert (GDR) * 1990: Josefa Idem (ITA) * 1991: Katrin Borchert (GER) * 1993: Birgit Schmidt (GER) * 1994: Birgit Schmidt (GER) * 1995: Rita Kőbán (HUN) * 1997: Caroline Brunet (CAN) * 1998: Caroline Brunet (CAN) * 1999: Caroline Brunet (CAN) * 2001: Josefa Idem (ITA) * 2002: Katalin Kovács (HUN) * 2003: Katalin Kovács (HUN) * 2005: Nicole Reinhardt (GER) * 2006: Dalma Benedek (HUN) * 2007: Katalin Kovács (HUN) * 2009: Katalin Kovács (HUN) * 2010: Inna Osypenko (UKR) * 2011: Nicole Reinhardt (GER)