Aleksandra Zhekova

Aleksandra Zhekova
Personal information
Full name Aleksandra Zhekova
Born 5 October 1987
Height 1.67 m (5 ft 5 12 in)
Weight 60 kg (130 lb; 9.4 st)
Sport
Country  Bulgaria

Aleksandra Zhekova (Bulgarian: Александра Жекова) (born October 5, 1987 in Sofia, Bulgaria) is a snowboarder from Bulgaria. She competed for Bulgaria at the 2010 Winter Olympics in snowboard cross and parallel giant slalom.[1] Zhekova was Bulgaria's flag bearer during the 2010 Winter Olympics opening ceremony.

At Winter X Games XVI, Zhekova became the first Bulgarian to win a medal at the X Games, capturing silver in Snowboard X.

References

Helene Olafsen (leading), Alexandra Zhekova, Tanja Frieden, Nelly Moenne Loccoz. Telluride, 19.12.2009, Quarter Final
Olympic Games
Preceded by
Ekaterina Dafovska
Flagbearer for  Bulgaria
Vancouver 2010
Succeeded by
Maria Kirkova