Yordanka Blagoeva

Yordanka Blagoeva

Personal information
Born	19 January 1947
Medal record Women's Athletics Competitor for  Bulgaria Olympic Games Silver 1972 Munich High Jump Bronze 1976 Montreal High Jump Universiade Gold 1965 Budapest High Jump

Yordanka Blagoeva (Bulgarian: Йорданка Благоева) (born 19 January 1947) is a Bulgarian athlete who competed mainly in the High Jump.

She competed for Bulgaria in the 1972 Summer Olympics held in Munich in the High Jump where she finished second. She returned four years later to the 1976 Summer Olympics held in Montreal, Canada this time only managing to win the bronze medal in the high jump.

References

Sports Reference

Universiade

Records
Preceded by Ulrike Meyfarth	Women's High Jump World Record Holder September 24, 1972 — August 24, 1974	Succeeded by Rosemarie Witschas
Sporting positions
Preceded by Katya Lazova	Women's Bulgarian National Champion 1972 — 1973	Succeeded by Stanka Valkanova
Preceded by Tatyana Kamareva	Women's Bulgarian National Champion 1979 — 1980	Succeeded by Lyudmila Andonova