Pepa Pavlova ( bg, Пепа Павлова) (born 1 January 1961) is a retired

Bulgaria Bulgaria (; bg, България, Bǎlgariya), officially the Republic of Bulgaria,, ) is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated on the eastern flank of the Balkans, and is bordered by Romania to the north, Serbia and North Macedon ...

n sprinter who specialized in the

400 metres The 400 metres, or 400-meter dash, is a sprint event in track and field competitions. It has been featured in the athletics (sport), athletics programme at the Summer Olympics since 1896 for men and since 1964 for women. On a standard outdoor runn ...

. She finished eighth in the

4 x 400 metres relay 4 (four) is a number, numeral and digit. It is the natural number following 3 and preceding 5. It is the smallest semiprime and composite number, and is considered unlucky in many East Asian cultures. In mathematics Four is the smallest c ...

at the 1983 World Championships, with teammates

Tsvetanka Ilieva Tsvetanka Ilieva (born 1 March 1963) is a retired Bulgarian sprinter who specialized in the 400 metres. She finished eighth in the 4 x 400 metres relay at the 1983 World Championships, with teammates Rositsa Stamenova, Pepa Pavlova and Yuliana ...

Rositsa Stamenova Rositsa Stamenova ( bg, Росица Стаменова, born 6 March 1955) is a retired sprinter from Bulgaria. She won two medals at the European Indoor Championships. Her personal best time was 50.82 seconds, achieved in August 1984 in Prague ...

and Yuliana Marinova. Her personal best time was 51.40 seconds, achieved in August 1986 in

Sofia Sofia ( ; bg, София, Sofiya, ) is the capital and largest city of Bulgaria. It is situated in the Sofia Valley at the foot of the Vitosha mountain in the western parts of the country. The city is built west of the Iskar river, and ha ...

.World women's all-time best 400m (last updated August 2001)
/ref>

References

* 1961 births Living people Bulgarian female sprinters Friendship Games medalists in athletics Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field) Universiade bronze medalists for Bulgaria {{Bulgaria-athletics-bio-stub