Ginka Zagorcheva-Boycheva, bg, Гинка Загорчева-Бойчева (born 12 April 1958) is a former
hurdling
Hurdling is the act of jumping over an obstacle at a high speed or in a sprint. In the early 19th century, hurdlers ran at and jumped over each hurdle (sometimes known as 'burgles'), landing on both feet and checking their forward motion. Today, ...
athlete from Bulgaria. She was born in
Plovdiv, and is most notable for winning the 100 metres hurdles at the
1987 World Championships. She held the world record for a year with a time of 12.25 sec, until it was beaten by
Yordanka Donkova
Yordanka Donkova ( bg, Йорданка Донкова) (born 28 September 1961) is a Bulgarian former hurdling athlete, notable for winning an Olympic gold medal and bronze medal as well as nine medals at European indoor and outdoor c ...
in August 1988. She also competed in the
women's 100 metres hurdles at the
1988 Summer Olympics
The 1988 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XXIV Olympiad () and commonly known as Seoul 1988 ( ko, 서울 1988, Seoul Cheon gubaek palsip-pal), was an international multi-sport event held from 17 September to 2 October ...
.
National titles
*Five-time Bulgarian National Champion at 100 m hurdles, 1983, 85, 87, 89 & 90.
International competitions
References
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World Championships
1958 births
Living people
Bulgarian female hurdlers
World Athletics Championships medalists
European Athletics Championships medalists
Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field)
Athletes (track and field) at the 1988 Summer Olympics
Olympic athletes for Bulgaria
Goodwill Games medalists in athletics
Sportspeople from Plovdiv
FISU World University Games gold medalists for Bulgaria
World Athletics Indoor Championships medalists
World Athletics Championships winners
Medalists at the 1985 Summer Universiade
Competitors at the 1986 Goodwill Games
People from Rakovski
Sportspeople from Plovdiv Province
Competitors at the 1984 Friendship Games
World record setters in athletics (track and field)
Bulgarian Athletics Championships winners
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