Neli Boteva ( bg, Нели Ботева, née Nedyalkova) (born 9 May 1974) is a

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 from

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who participated in four Olympiads in women's doubles. She first competed in the 1992 SummerOlympics as Nelly Nedyalkova in the women's doubles event with Bulgarian partner

Emilia Dimitrova Emilia Dimitrova (born 27 December 1970) is a Bulgarian badminton player. She competed in women's doubles at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona Barcelona ( , , ) is a city on the coast of northeastern Spain. It is the capital and large ...

, née Emmy Vlaar. They were defeated by

Bożena Bąk Bożena Bąk (born 28 January 1966) is a Polish badminton player. She competed in women's singles and women's doubles at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona Barcelona ( , , ) is a city on the coast of northeastern Spain. It is the capi ...

& Wioletta Wilk from

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in the round of 32 with 16-17, 8-15. Her second participation was at the

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with partner

Diana Koleva Diana Khristova Koleva-Tsvetanova (née Koleva, bg, Диана Колева; born 24 October 1959) is a former Bulgarian badminton player. She competed in three consecutive Summer Olympics The Summer Olympic Games (french: link=no, Jeux oly ...

where they lost in the first round to Japanese duo Tomomi Matsuo and Masako Sakamoto with 0-15, 4-15. In 2000 as Neli Boteva she participated at the

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again with partner Diana Koleva. They were defeated by Chinese duo

Gao Ling Gao Ling (; born 14 March 1979) is a Chinese former badminton player. Career Noted for her consistency, anticipation, forecourt prowess, and sporting smile, Gao is one of the most successful doubles players in the history of women's badminton. ...

and

Qin Yiyuan Qin Yiyuan (; born 14 February 1973) is a Chinese former world level badminton player. Qin played internationally for China from the mid-1990s through the 2000 Summer Olympics, a period during which her fellow countrywomen Ge Fei and Gu Jun dom ...

1-15, 9-15. Boteva also competed in the 2004 SummerOlympics in

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with partner

Petya Nedelcheva Petya Nedelcheva ( bg, Петя Неделчева; born 30 July 1983) is a Bulgarian badminton player. She was born in Stara Zagora, Bulgaria. At the Bulgarian National Badminton Championships she won more than 20 titles. Career A right-hande ...

. They were defeated by

Ella Tripp Ella Kate Tripp (born 7 November 1976; née Miles) is an English badminton player. Tripp competed in badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics in women's doubles with partner Joanne Wright. They beat Bulgarians in the first round and were defea ...

and Joanne Wright of

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in the round of 32 in a close 15-17, 14-17 match. She won the

Bulgarian National Badminton Championships The Bulgarian National Badminton Championships is a tournament organized to crown the best badminton players in Bulgaria. They are held since 1985. The same year the junior championships and the Bulgarian International (badminton), Bulgarian Interna ...

three times in Women's singles in 1995, 1999 and 2003 and 5 times in Women's doubles in 1993, 1996, 2000, 2002 & 2004. The National mixed doubles title she only won once in 2002 with partner Boris Kessov.

References

* 1974 births Living people Bulgarian female badminton players German female badminton players Olympic badminton players of Bulgaria Badminton players at the 2004 Summer Olympics Badminton players at the 2000 Summer Olympics Badminton players at the 1996 Summer Olympics Badminton players at the 1992 Summer Olympics {{Bulgaria-badminton-bio-stub