Svetlana Leseva

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Svetlana Leseva
Personal information
Born (1967-03-18) 18 March 1967 (age 57)
Athletics
EventHigh jump
ClubSpartak Pleven
Trakia Club

Svetlana Mitkova Isaeva-Leseva (Bulgarian: Светлана Миткова Исаева-Лесева; born 18 March 1967 in Montana, Bulgaria) is a retired Bulgarian athlete who specialised in the high jump.[2] She represented her country at the 1992 Summer Olympics as well as two indoor and three outdoor World Championships. Her biggest success is the silver medal at the 1986 European Championships in Stuttgart.

Her personal best in the event is 2.00 metres outdoors (Dráma 1987) and 1.94 metres indoors (Pireaus 1994).

Competition record

Year Competition Venue Position Notes
Representing  Bulgaria
1983 European Junior Championships Schwechat, Austria 4th 1.85 m
1985 European Junior Championships Cottbus, East Germany 3rd 1.88 m
1986 European Indoor Championships
Madrid, Spain
7th 1.85 m
Goodwill Games
Moscow, Soviet Union
3rd 1.96 m
European Championships
Stuttgart, West Germany
2nd 1.93 m
1987 European Indoor Championships
Liévin, France
12th 1.85 m
Universiade
Zagreb, Yugoslavia
1st 1.95 m
World Championships
Rome, Italy
7th 1.93 m
1990 European Championships
Split, Yugoslavia
9th 1.89 m
1991 World Indoor Championships
Seville, Spain
8th 1.88 m
World Championships
Tokyo, Japan
13th (q) 1.86 m
1992 European Indoor Championships
Genoa, Italy
13th 1.85 m
Olympic Games
Barcelona, Spain
34th (q) 1.83 m
1994 Goodwill Games
St. Petersburg, Russia
6th 1.88 m
European Championships
Helsinki, Finland
7th 1.90 m
1995 World Indoor Championships
Barcelona, Spain
12th 1.85 m
World Championships
Gothenburg, Sweden
7th 1.93 m

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