Nora Ivanova ( bg, Нора Иванова, born 1 June 1977), aka Nora Ivanova-Güner and later Nora Ivanova-Edletzberger, is a female sprinter of Bulgarian origin, who competed for Turkey before she obtained Austrian citizenship.

Running for Bulgaria

Nora Ivanova won the silver medal in

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and the gold medal in

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at the

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held in Nyíregyháza, Hungary. She was the gold medalist in the 100 m event and the bronze medalist in the 200 m event at the 1996 World Junior Championships held in

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. In 1997, she won the gold medal in 100 m at the European Athletics U23 Championships in Turku, Finland. Ivanova became in 1996 national champion in 100 m with 11.46, and in 1997 in indoor 60 m with 7.35.

Turkish citizen

During the

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in Athens, Greece, she met Turkish

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er Kemal Güner of Fenerbahçe Athletics. The couple married in 1999. She became a Turkish citizen and converted to

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adopting the Turkish name Nur Güner. However, she became known further as Nora Güner. The tall athlete at competed for Fenerbahçe Athletics. Nora Ivanova-Güner won the gold medal for Turkey in women's 200 m with 23.13 at the 55th Balkan Games held in Kavala, Greece. The next year, she earned two gold medals, one in 100 m and the other in 200 m at the

2001 Mediterranean Games The XIV Mediterranean Games ( ar, ألعاب البحر الأبيض المتوسط 2001), commonly known as the 2001 Mediterranean Games, were the 14th Mediterranean Games held in Tunis, Tunisia, from 2-15 September 2001, where 2,991 athletes ( ...

held in Tunis, Tunisia. As she had to care for her sick father Vladimir, she lived most of the time in Sofia apart from her husband. Kemal applied and obtained a residence permission to live in Bulgaria. In 2002, she decided to divorce and return to Bulgaria forever due to financial problems arisen through lack of sponsorships. After living with her husband in Sofia for a while, the couple divorced. She, however, continued to compete for Turkey. She is the Turkey's national record holder in 100 m with 11.25 (2001) and 200 m with 22.71 (2002).

Austrian citizen

Nora Ivanova obtained the Austrian citizenship in June 2006 adopting the family name Edletzberger. She became Austrian champion in 100 m and 200 m in 2007. She is a member of the club LCC Wien, where she is coached by Konstantin Milanov.

Achievements

100 m

200 m

4×100m relay

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Ivanova, Nora 1977 births Living people Bulgarian female sprinters Bulgarian emigrants to Turkey Naturalized citizens of Turkey Turkish female sprinters Fenerbahçe athletes Austrian female sprinters Austrian people of Bulgarian descent Austrian people of Turkish descent Bulgarian people of Turkish descent Converts to Islam Naturalised citizens of Austria Mediterranean Games gold medalists for Turkey Athletes (track and field) at the 2001 Mediterranean Games Mediterranean Games medalists in athletics Place of birth missing (living people)