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Desislava Balabanova | |
Birth Date: | 25 November 1988 |
Birth Place: | Sofia, Bulgaria |
Weight: | 580NaN0 |
Sport: | Shooting |
Event: | 10 m air rifle (AR40) 50 m rifle 3 positions (STR3X20) |
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Desislava Balabanova (Bulgarian: Десислава Балабанова; born November 25, 1988, in Sofia) is a Bulgarian sport shooter.[1] Balabanova represented Bulgaria at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, where she competed in two rifle shooting events. She placed twenty-sixth out of forty-seven shooters in the women's 10 m air rifle, with a total score of 393 points.[2] Nearly a week later, Balabanova competed for her second event, 50 m rifle 3 positions, where she was able to shoot 192 targets in a kneeling position, and 191 each in prone and in standing, for a total score of 574 points, finishing only in twenty-eighth place.[3]