Svetla Bozhkova Gyuleva ( bg, Светла Божкова Гюлева; born March 13, 1951, in

Yambol Yambol ( bg, Ямбол ) is a town in Southeastern Bulgaria and administrative centre of Yambol Province. It lies on both banks of the Tundzha river in the historical region of Thrace. It is occasionally spelled ''Jambol''. Yambol is the admi ...

) is a retired female

discus throw The discus throw (), also known as disc throw, is a track and field event in which an athlete throws a heavy disk (mathematics), disc—called a discus—in an attempt to mark a farther distance than their competitors. It is an classical antiqui ...

er, who competed for

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at two

Summer Olympics The Summer Olympic Games (french: link=no, Jeux olympiques d'été), also known as the Games of the Olympiad, and often referred to as the Summer Olympics, is a major international multi-sport event normally held once every four years. The inau ...

: 1972 and 1980. A member of Tundzha Yambol and Levski-Spartak Club, she set her personal best (67.26 metres) in 1980.

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1951 births Living people Bulgarian female discus throwers Athletes (track and field) at the 1972 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1980 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for Bulgaria People from Yambol {{Bulgaria-athletics-bio-stub