Delyana Dacheva ( bg, Деляна Дачева) (born February 25, 1982) is a
Bulgarian
sprint canoer
Canoe sprint is a water sport in which athletes race canoes or kayaks on calm water.
Overview
Race categories vary by the number of athletes in the boat, the length of the course, and whether the boat is a canoe or kayak. Canoe sprints are som ...
who competed in the early to mid-2000s. She won two medals at the
ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with a silver (K-2 500 m:
2003
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) and a bronze (K-2 200 m:
2002
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).
Dacheva also finished sixth in the
K-2 500 m event at the
2004 Summer Olympics
The 2004 Summer Olympics ( el, Θερινοί Ολυμπιακοί Αγώνες 2004, ), officially the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad ( el, Αγώνες της 28ης Ολυμπιάδας, ) and also known as Athens 2004 ( el, Αθήνα 2004), ...
in
Athens.
In the period 2008 - 2009 Dacheva was invited to become a coach of the USA women's kayak national team. She took the team to
2009 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships
The 2009 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships were held 12–16 August 2009 in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada, on Lake Banook. The competition was organized by the International Canoe Federation (ICF). The Canadian city was selected to host the ...
competition.
Currently Delyana lives with her family in USA.She has hyphenated her name: Dacheva-Andonov after her husband.
References
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Sports-reference.com profile
1982 births
Bulgarian female canoeists
Canoeists at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Living people
Olympic canoeists for Bulgaria
ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships medalists in kayak
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