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Desislava Stoyanova ( bg, Десислава Стоянова); born 10 April 1992) is a retired Bulgarian

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. She was born in

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. She competed at six Biathlon World Championships between 2011 and 2017, and at the

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and

2018 Winter Olympics The 2018 Winter Olympics ( ko, 2018년 동계 올림픽, Icheon sip-pal nyeon Donggye Ollimpik), officially the XXIII Olympic Winter Games (french: Les XXIIIes Jeux olympiques d'hiver; ko, 제23회 동계 올림픽, Jeisipsamhoe Donggye Ollimpi ...

. Her best individual result in the Biathlon World Cup is a 22nd place in the sprint. Her best individual result at World Championships is the 38th place in the sprint at the Biathlon World Championships 2015. Her best Olympic individual result is the 61st place in the sprint at the 2014 Winter Olympics. She is engaged to fellow biathlete Dimitar Gerdzhikov from whom she has one child.

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* 1992 births Living people Biathletes at the 2014 Winter Olympics Biathletes at the 2018 Winter Olympics Bulgarian female biathletes Olympic biathletes of Bulgaria 21st-century Bulgarian women {{Bulgaria-sport-bio-stub