Strashimira Filipova (

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: Страшимира Филипова) (born August 18, 1985) is a

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player. She represented the Bulgaria national team at the 2005 Women’s European Volleyball Championship, which marked her debut for the national side.

Career

Her youth years were spent with

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and she played for their senior team (2001-2003, 2004-2005). She has also donned the colours of the

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volleyball team (2003-2004). Filipova is also a former member of the

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team. Filipova initially focused on the

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, but switched to volleyball when she was in grade 9. In 2009, she was part of the squad that finished in third place at the

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. Filipova was a key member of the Bulgarian team that won a bronze medal at the

2011 Women's European Volleyball League The 2011 Women's European Volleyball League was the third edition of the annual Women's European Volleyball League, which featured Women's national volleyball teams from twelve European countries: Belarus, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Fran ...

. In 2011, she was chosen as the captain of the team for the

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, as Eva Yaneva was banned from participating in the tournament.

Awards

Individuals

* '' 2010 European Volleyball League "Best Server"

National team

- Bronze medal *

2012 Women's European Volleyball League The 2012 Women's European Volleyball League was the fourth edition of the annual Women's European Volleyball League, which featured women's national volleyball teams from twelve European countries. A preliminary league round was played from June 1 ...

- Silver medal *

2013 Women's European Volleyball League The 2013 Women's European Volleyball League was the fifth edition of the annual Women's European Volleyball League, which featured women's national volleyball teams from eight European countries. A preliminary league round was played from June 13 ...

- Bronze medal

References

External links

CEV Player Information
1985 births Bulgarian women's volleyball players Living people Middle blockers Sportspeople from Sofia {{Bulgaria-bio-stub