Ekaterina Dafovska ( bg, Екатерина Дафовска) (born 28 November 1975,
Chepelare
Chepelare ( bg, Чепеларе ) is the principal town in Chepelare Municipality, part of Smolyan Province in Southern Bulgaria. It is situated in the central part of the Rhodopes, on the banks of Chepelare River. Chepelare is a popular winte ...
, Bulgaria) is a
Bulgaria
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biathlete
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. She took up the biathlon in 1992. She made the national team in 1993 and came in 29th in the 15-kilometer competition at the
Lillehammer Olympics the following year.
She won a gold Olympic medal at the 15 km Individual event during the
1998 Winter Olympics
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Nagano Nagano may refer to:
Places
* Nagano Prefecture, a prefecture in Japan
** Nagano (city), the capital city of the same prefecture
*** Nagano 1998, the 1998 Winter Olympics
*** Nagano Olympic Stadium, a baseball stadium in Nagano
*** Nagano Universi ...
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, her gold medal is the only one won by a Bulgarian at a Winter Olympic games.
Dafovska is an administrator from Chepelare
Chepelare ( bg, Чепеларе ) is the principal town in Chepelare Municipality, part of Smolyan Province in Southern Bulgaria. It is situated in the central part of the Rhodopes, on the banks of Chepelare River. Chepelare is a popular winte ...
.
Achievements
*1995 – Bronze in the World Championship in Media:Antholz-Anterselva, Italy
*1997 – Bronze in the World Championship in Brezno-Osrblie, Slovakia
*1998 – Gold in the Olympic games in Nagano, Japan
*2002 – Fifth place in the Olympic Games in Salt Lake City, USA
*2004 – Gold in the European Championship in Minsk, Belarus
*2006 – 8th in the Olympic games in Torino, Italy
References
1975 births
Living people
Bulgarian female biathletes
Olympic biathletes of Bulgaria
Olympic gold medalists for Bulgaria
Biathletes at the 1998 Winter Olympics
Biathletes at the 2002 Winter Olympics
Biathletes at the 2006 Winter Olympics
Olympic medalists in biathlon
Biathlon World Championships medalists
Medalists at the 1998 Winter Olympics
People from Chepelare
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