Tsvetanka Ilieva (born 1 March 1963) is a retired

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n sprinter who specialized in the

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. She finished eighth in the

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at the 1983 World Championships, with teammates

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, Pepa Pavlova and Yuliana Marinova. Her personal best time was 51.89 seconds, achieved in August 1987 in

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.World women's all-time best 400m (last updated August 2001)
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* 1963 births Living people Athletes (track and field) at the 1988 Summer Olympics Bulgarian female sprinters Olympic athletes for Bulgaria Olympic female sprinters 21st-century Bulgarian women 21st-century Bulgarian people 20th-century Bulgarian women 20th-century Bulgarian people Bulgarian Athletics Championships winners {{Bulgaria-athletics-bio-stub