Antoaneta Ivanova Todorova-Selenska ( bg, Антоанета Иванова Тодорова-Селенска; born 8 June 1963) is a retired female

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er from

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, who set the

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and the world's best year performance in 1981. She made her mark (71.88 m) at a meet in

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on 15 August 1981. Todorova was born in Samovodene,

Veliko Tarnovo Veliko Tarnovo ( bg, Велико Търново, Veliko Tărnovo, ; "Great Tarnovo") is a town in north central Bulgaria and the administrative centre of Veliko Tarnovo Province. Often referred as the "''City of the Tsars''", Veliko Tarnovo ...

, and competed in three

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(1980, 1988 and 1992).

International competitions

References

* * 1963 births Living people Sportspeople from Veliko Tarnovo Province Bulgarian female javelin throwers Olympic athletes of Bulgaria Athletes (track and field) at the 1980 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1988 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1992 Summer Olympics World record setters in athletics (track and field) World Athletics Championships athletes for Bulgaria Friendship Games medalists in athletics {{Bulgaria-athletics-bio-stub