Ginka Zagorcheva

Ginka Zagorcheva-Boycheva, Bulgarian: Гинка Загорчева-Бойчева (born April 12, 1958 in Plovdiv) is a former hurdling athlete from Bulgaria. Most notable for winning the 100 metres hurdles at the 1987 World Championships. She held the world record for a year with a time of 12.25 sec, until it was beaten by Yordanka Donkova in August 1988. She also competed in the women's 100 metres hurdles at the 1988 Summer Olympics.[1]

National titles

• Five-time Bulgarian National Champion at 100 m hurdles, 1983, 85, 87, 89 & 90.

International competitions

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing  Bulgaria
1982	European Championships	Athens, Greece	8th	100 m hurdles	13.14 sec
1983	World Championships	Helsinki, Finland	3rd	100 m hurdles	12.62
1984	Friendship Games	Prague, Czechoslovakia	6th	100 m hurdles	12.86
1985	World Indoor Games	Paris, France	5th	60 m hurdles	8.13
	European Indoor Championships	Athens, Greece	2nd	60 m hurdles	8.02
	IAAF World Cup	Canberra, Australia	2nd	100 m hurdles	12.72
1986	European Championships	Stuttgart, West Germany	3rd	100 m hurdles	12.70
1987	European Indoor Championships	Lievin, France	3rd	60 m hurdles	7.92
	World Indoor Championships	Indianapolis, U.S.	3rd	60 m hurdles	7.99
	World Championships	Rome, Italy	1st	100 m hurdles	12.34
1988	European Indoor Championships	Budapest, Hungary	4th	100 m hurdles	7.95
	Olympic Games	Seoul, South Korea	heats	100 m hurdles	dnf
1990	European Championships	Split, Yugoslavia	6th	100 m hurdles	13.02

References

1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Roberto Carmona Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 25 September 2017.

External links

• Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Ginka Zagorcheva". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2012-10-25.
• World Championships
• European Indoor Championships
• European Championships