National Team: | Bulgaria |
Birth Date: | 12 March 1990 |
Country: | Bulgaria |
Sport: | Judo |
Disability: | Visual impairment |
Weight Class: | +70 kg |
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Updated: | 14 November 2017 |
Ivomira Mihaylova (Bulgarian: Ивомира Михайлова) (born 12 March 1990) is a Bulgarian judoka who competes in the +70 kg and +78 kg weight classes internationally, winning multiple medals at the IBSA European Judo Championships.
Ivomira Mihaylova was born on 12 March 1990.[1] At the 2009 International Blind Sports Federation European Judo Championships, she won the bronze medal in the +78 kg weight class.[2] Mihaylova finished fifth in the women's +70 kg class at the IBSF Judo World Championships in 2010, held in Colorado Springs, Colorado.[3]
She took part in the 2011 IBSA European Judo Championships, in Crawley, England. Mihaylova competed in two different weight classes, both the +70 kg and the +78 kg, winning the silver medal in the former and the gold medal in the latter.[2] She was nominated for Bulgarian Disabled Athlete of the Year later in 2011, alongside Alexander Kenanov, Dechko Ovcharov, Ruzhdi Ruzhdi and Stela Eneva.[4]
Mihaylova was selected for the Bulgarian team at the 2012 Summer Paralympics in London, England, in the women's +70 kg tournament. She reached the quarter-finals, where she lost to eventual silver medallist Turkey's Nazan Akin through an ippon.[5] [6]
In 2015, Mihaylova was ranked ninth in the world in her weight class.[7]