| Vania Stambolova | |
| Fullname: | Vania Stambolova |
| Birth Date: | 28 November 1983 |
| Birth Place: | Varna, People's Republic of Bulgaria |
| Pb: | 200 metres – 22.81 (2006) 400 metres – 49.53 (2006) 400 metres hurdles – 53.68 (2011) |
| Updated: | 21 March 2012 |
Vania Stambolova (Bulgarian: Ваня Стамболова) (born 28 November 1983) is a Bulgarian athlete. She competes in the 400 m hurdles and the 400 m event. At the 2006 IAAF World Indoor Championships she won a silver medal over 400 m. She also won a gold medal at the 2006 European Championships. At present, Stambolova is the highest paid female athlete in Bulgaria.
During the London 2012 Olympics, Stambolova tripped while competing in the 400m hurdles event and failed to finish.[1]
At the 2014 European Championships, she finished in 6th place in the 800 m, setting a personal best in the final.[2]
Stambolova tested positive for testosterone in January 2007, and was subsequently suspended for two years by the IAAF.[3]
According to World Athletics, Stambolova has not competed since 2019.
| Representing | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | World Championships | Helsinki, Finland | 28th (h) | 400 m hurdles | 58.99 | |
| 2006 | World Indoor Championships | Moscow, Russia | 2nd | 400 m | 50.21 | |
| Gothenburg, Sweden | 1st | 400 m | 49.85 | |||
| 2009 | Belgrade, Serbia | 1st | 400 m hurdles | 55.14 | ||
| World Championships | Berlin, Germany | 15th (sf) | 400 m hurdles | 56.12 | ||
| 2010 | World Indoor Championships | Doha, Qatar | 2nd | 400 m | 51.50 | |
| Barcelona, Spain | 2nd | 400 m hurdles | 53.82 | |||
| Split, Croatia | 3rd | 400 m hurdles | 54.89 | |||
| 2011 | European Indoor Championships | Paris, France | 4th | 400 m | 52.58 | |
| World Championships | Daegu, South Korea | 6th | 400 m hurdles | 54.23 | ||
| 2012 | World Indoor Championships | Istanbul, Turkey | 4th | 400 m | 51.99 | |
| 2014 | Zürich, Switzerland | 6th | 800 m | 2:00.91 | ||
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