Staniliya Stamenova ( bg, Станилия Стаменова) (born 2 June 1988) is a

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 Macedo ...

n sprint canoer and former

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competitor. She won the gold medal in the C-1 200 m event at the

2015 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships The 2015 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships, the 41st edition of the World Championships, were held from 19–23 August 2015 in Milan, Italy. Explanation of events Canoe sprint competitions are broken up into Canadian canoe A canoe is a l ...

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and has won the gold in the same event at the

Canoe Sprint European Championships The Canoe Sprint European Championships (or European Canoe Sprint Championships) is an international canoeing and kayaking event organized by the European Canoe Association (ECA). It was first held in 1933 in Prague under the auspices of the Inter ...

three times, in 2012, 2014, and 2015.

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Bulgarian female canoeists Living people 1988 births ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships medalists in Canadian European Games competitors for Bulgaria Canoeists at the 2019 European Games Canoeists at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic canoeists for Bulgaria {{Bulgaria-canoe-bio-stub