Diana Khristova Koleva-Tsvetanova (née Koleva, bg, Диана Колева; born 24 October 1959) is a former
Bulgaria
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badminton
Badminton is a racquet sport played using racquets to hit a shuttlecock across a net. Although it may be played with larger teams, the most common forms of the game are "singles" (with one player per side) and "doubles" (with two players pe ...
player. She competed in three consecutive
Summer Olympics
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in
1992 Barcelona,
1996 Atlanta
The 1996 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXVI Olympiad, also known as Atlanta 1996 and commonly referred to as the Centennial Olympic Games) were an international multi-sport event held from July 19 to August 4, 1996, in Atlanta, ...
, and
2000 Sydney. Koleva won sixteen times the
National Championships
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title from 1985 to 2003. She also won the women's singles title at the 1988/89 season of
European Circuit.
Achievements
IBF International Challenge/Series
''Women's singles''
''Women's doubles''
''Mixed doubles''
References
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1959 births
Living people
Sportspeople from Sofia
Bulgarian female badminton players
Olympic badminton players of Bulgaria
Badminton players at the 2000 Summer Olympics
Badminton players at the 1996 Summer Olympics
Badminton players at the 1992 Summer Olympics