Radoslava Mavrodieva Explained
| Birth Date: | 13 March 1987 |
| Birth Place: | Sliven, Bulgaria |
| Weight: | 86kg (190lb) |
| Sport: | Athletics |
| Event: | Shot put |
| Updated: | 4 March 2019 |
Radoslava Mavrodieva-Yankova (bg|Радослава Мавродиева-Янкова) (born 13 March 1987, in Sliven[1]) is a Bulgarian athlete specialising in the shot put. She represented her country at the 2012 Summer Olympics failing to get a legal mark in the qualification. She won her first major medal, a bronze, at the 2015 European Indoor Championships.
She has personal bests of 18.95 metres outdoors (Stara Zagora 2018) and 19.12 metres indoors (Glasgow 2019).
Her younger sister, Zheniam, is also a shot putter.[2]
Competition record
| Representing |
|---|
| 2004 | World Junior Championships | Grosseto, Italy | 6th | 15.79 m |
| 2005 | European Junior Championships | Kaunas, Lithuania | 5th | 15.72 m |
| 2010 | European Championships | Barcelona, Spain | 18th (q) | 15.58 m |
| 2011 | European Indoor Championships | Paris, France | 12th (q) | 15.24 m |
| World Championships | Daegu, South Korea | 25th (q) | 15.76 m |
| 2012 | World Indoor Championships | Istanbul, Turkey | – | NM |
| European Championships | Helsinki, Finland | 6th | 18.14 m |
| Olympic Games | London, United Kingdom | – | NM |
| 2013 | European Indoor Championships | Gothenburg, Sweden | 10th (q) | 17.32 m |
| World Championships | Moscow, Russia | 19th (q) | 17.34 m |
| 2014 | World Indoor Championships | Sopot, Poland | 18th (q) | 16.48 m |
| European Championships | Zürich, Switzerland | 12th | 16.98 m |
| 2015 | European Indoor Championships | Prague, Czech Republic | 3rd | 17.83 m |
| 2016 | World Indoor Championships | Portland, United States | 6th | 18.00 m |
| European Championships | Amsterdam, Netherlands | 5th | 18.10 m |
| Olympic Games | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | 21st (q) | 17.20 m |
| 2017 | European Indoor Championships | Belgrade, Serbia | bgcolor=silver | 2nd | 18.36 m |
| World Championships | London, United Kingdom | 21st (q) | 16.99 m |
| 2018 | World Indoor Championships | Birmingham, United Kingdom | 15th | 16.33 m |
| European Championships | Berlin, Germany | 6th | 18.03 m |
| 2019 | European Indoor Championships | Glasgow, United Kingdom | bgcolor=gold | 1st | 19.12 m | |
Notes and References
- https://web.archive.org/web/20200418100432/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ma/radoslava-mavrodieva-1.html Sport-Reference profile
- http://www.european-athletics.org/mm/Document/EventsMeetings/General/01/27/52/88/wSP_Neutral.pdf 2015 EAIC biographies
