Sofiya Bozhanova Explained

Sofiya Bozhanova (Bulgarian: София Божанова) (born 4 October 1967) is a retired long and triple jumper from Bulgaria. She set the world's best year performance in 1994, jumping 14.98 metres at a meet in Stara Zagora on 16 July 1994. She won the bronze medal at the 1991 IAAF World Indoor Championships, held in Seville, Spain, but the new event was a non-championship contest.

Doping

Bozhanova tested positive for amphetamine at the 1994 European Athletics Championships and was subsequently banned from sports for 4 years.[1]

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Notes and References

  1. https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1309&dat=19941222&id=ViJOAAAAIBAJ&sjid=nBMEAAAAIBAJ&pg=1653,612788&hl=en Athletcis/Looking back at 1994 - Records and doping got the limelight