Ekaterina Dafovska ( bg, Екатерина Дафовска) (born 28 November 1975,

Chepelare Chepelare ( bg, Чепеларе ) is the principal town in Chepelare Municipality, part of Smolyan Province in Southern Bulgaria. It is situated in the central part of the Rhodopes, on the banks of Chepelare River. Chepelare is a popular wint ...

, Bulgaria) 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 ...

biathlete The biathlon is a winter sport that combines cross-country skiing and rifle shooting. It is treated as a race, with contestants skiing through a cross-country trail whose distance is divided into shooting rounds. The shooting rounds are not time ...

. She took up the biathlon in 1992. She made the national team in 1993 and came in 29th in the 15-kilometer competition at the Lillehammer Olympics the following year. She won a gold Olympic medal at the 15 km Individual event during the

1998 Winter Olympics The 1998 Winter Olympics, officially known as the and commonly known as Nagano 1998 ( ja, 長野1998), was a winter multi-sport event held from 7 to 22 February 1998, mainly in Nagano, Japan, with some events taking place in th ...

in Nagano.
, her gold medal is the only one won by a Bulgarian at a Winter Olympic games. Dafovska is an administrator from

Achievements

*1995 – Bronze in the World Championship in Media:Antholz-Anterselva, Italy *1997 – Bronze in the World Championship in Brezno-Osrblie, Slovakia *1998 – Gold in the Olympic games in Nagano, Japan *2002 – Fifth place in the Olympic Games in Salt Lake City, USA *2004 – Gold in the European Championship in Minsk, Belarus *2006 – 8th in the Olympic games in Torino, Italy

References

1975 births Living people Bulgarian female biathletes Olympic biathletes of Bulgaria Olympic gold medalists for Bulgaria Biathletes at the 1998 Winter Olympics Biathletes at the 2002 Winter Olympics Biathletes at the 2006 Winter Olympics Olympic medalists in biathlon Biathlon World Championships medalists Medalists at the 1998 Winter Olympics People from Chepelare {{Bulgaria-Winter-Olympic-medalist-stub