Violeta Tsvetkova ( bg, Виолета Цветкова, born 29 July 1955) is a retired

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middle-distance runner Middle-distance running events are track races longer than sprints, up to 3000 metres. The standard middle distances are the 800 metres, 1500 metres and mile run, although the 3000 metres may also be classified as a middle-distance event. The 1 ...

who specialized in the

800 metres The 800 metres, or meters ( US spelling), is a common track running event. It is the shortest commonly run middle-distance running event. The 800 metres is run over two laps of an outdoor (400-metre) track and has been an Olympic event since the ...

. She finished sixth at the 1979 European Indoor Championships, and fifth at the 1980 European Indoor Championships, Her personal best time was 2:01.07 minutes, achieved in June 1980 in

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.World women's all-time best 800m
(last updated 2001)

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1955 births Living people Bulgarian female middle-distance runners 20th-century Bulgarian women 20th-century Bulgarian people 21st-century Bulgarian women 21st-century Bulgarian people Bulgarian Athletics Championships winners {{Bulgaria-athletics-bio-stub