Antoaneta Frenkeva (Bulgarian: Антоанета Френкева, born 24 August 1971) is a former
breaststroke
Breaststroke is a swimming style in which the swimmer is on their chest and the torso does not rotate. It is the most popular recreational style due to the swimmer's head being out of the water a large portion of the time, and that it can be s ...
swimmer
Swimming is an individual or team racing sport that requires the use of one's entire body to move through water. The sport takes place in pools or open water (e.g., in a sea or lake). Competitive swimming is one of the most popular Olympic ...
from
Bulgaria
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, who won the silver medal in the 100 m breaststroke at the
1988 Summer Olympics
The 1988 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XXIV Olympiad () and commonly known as Seoul 1988 ( ko, 서울 1988, Seoul Cheon gubaek palsip-pal), was an international multi-sport event held from 17 September to 2 October ...
in
Seoul, South Korea
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, just behind her teammate
Tanya Dangalakova. In the same tournament the seventeen-year-old captured the bronze in the 200 m breaststroke.
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1971 births
Living people
Bulgarian female swimmers
Bulgarian female breaststroke swimmers
Swimmers at the 1988 Summer Olympics
Olympic swimmers for Bulgaria
Olympic silver medalists for Bulgaria
Olympic bronze medalists for Bulgaria
People from Smolyan
Place of birth missing (living people)
Olympic bronze medalists in swimming
Medalists at the 1988 Summer Olympics
Olympic silver medalists in swimming
20th-century Bulgarian women
20th-century Bulgarian people
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