Type | Competed in Olympic Games |
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Sex | Female |
Full name | Mariya Zdravkova•Grozdeva (Grigorova-) |
Used name | Mariya•Grozdeva |
Original name | Мария Здравкова•Гроздева (Григорова-) |
Born | 23 June 1972 in Sofia (BUL) |
Measurements | 163 cm / 63 kg |
Affiliations | CSKA Sofia, Sofia (BUL) / Levski Sopharma Shooting Club, Sopharma (BUL) / Levski Sofia, Sofia (BUL) |
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Mariya Grozdeva has been a fixture in Olympic pistol shooting finals since her début at the 1992 Olympics. There she won a bronze in the air pistol, a feat she repeated at the Atlanta Games. Four years later, she improved to gold, albeit in the sporting pistol event. She retained that title in Athens, while winning a third bronze in the air pistol. She reached her sixth Olympic final in Beijing, but with a fifth place, it became the first in which she did not medal. Remarkably, Grozdeva has never won a World Championship medal in her sport. In fact, she only twice competed in a World Championship final, once in 1994 (seventh in the air pistol) and again in 2002 (fourth in the sporting pistol). Grozdeva did claim various other prizes, including two World Cup Finals (1998, 2004), 15 World Cup wins, and seven European titles (air pistol 1994-95, 2009, sporting pistol 1997, 1999, 2003, 2009). In 2004, Grozdeva was voted Athlete of the Year in Bulgaria, the second time, after Vesela Lecheva, that this honor was won by a shooter.
Games | Discipline (Sport) | Event | Status | Team | Pos | Representing | 2nd NOC | As | ||
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1992 Summer Olympics | Shooting | Air Pistol, 10 metres, Women | Olympic | 3 | Bronze |
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Mariya Grozdeva | |||
Sporting Pistol, 25 metres, Women | Olympic | =18 | ||||||||
1996 Summer Olympics | Shooting | Air Pistol, 10 metres, Women | Olympic | 3 | Bronze |
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Mariya Grozdeva | |||
Sporting Pistol, 25 metres, Women | Olympic | =21 | ||||||||
2000 Summer Olympics | Shooting | Air Pistol, 10 metres, Women | Olympic | 38 |
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Mariya Grozdeva | ||||
Sporting Pistol, 25 metres, Women | Olympic | 1 | Gold | |||||||
2004 Summer Olympics | Shooting | Air Pistol, 10 metres, Women | Olympic | 3 | Bronze |
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Mariya Grozdeva | |||
Sporting Pistol, 25 metres, Women | Olympic | 1 | Gold | |||||||
2008 Summer Olympics | Shooting | Air Pistol, 10 metres, Women | Olympic | 11 |
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Mariya Grozdeva | ||||
Sporting Pistol, 25 metres, Women | Olympic | 5 | ||||||||
2012 Summer Olympics | Shooting | Air Pistol, 10 metres, Women | Olympic | 24 |
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Mariya Grozdeva | ||||
Sporting Pistol, 25 metres, Women | Olympic | 9 |
Games | Date | Sport | Event | Phase | Mark | Pos |
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2000 Summer Olympics | 22 September 2000 | Shooting | Sporting Pistol, 25 metres, Women (709.0 maximum) | Final Standings | 690.3 | 1 |
2000 Summer Olympics | 22 September 2000 | Shooting | Sporting Pistol, 25 metres, Women (Rapid, 300 maximum) | Preliminary Round | 589 | 2 |
2004 Summer Olympics | 18 August 2004 | Shooting | Sporting Pistol, 25 metres, Women (709.0 maximum) | Final Standings | 688.2 | 1 |
2004 Summer Olympics | 18 August 2004 | Shooting | Sporting Pistol, 25 metres, Women (109.0 maximum) | Final Round | 103.2 | 1 |
2012 Summer Olympics | 1 August 2012 | Shooting | Sporting Pistol, 25 metres, Women (Rapid, 300 maximum) | Qualification | 583 | 9 |
Games | Role | Details |
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2004 Summer Olympics | Flagbearer at the Opening Ceremony |
I’m pretty sure that CSKA Sofia is wrong, and that she has competed just for the Levski’s! CSKA was first registrated, and booth the Levskis are according to info found August 2017
Created: Morten Aarlia Torp at August 26, 2017 13:10, Last edited: Morten Aarlia Torp at August 26, 2017 13:10