Yana Kasova
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Women's athletics
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European Championships | ||
2002 Munich | 100 m hurdles |
Yana Kasova (
Career
She made her international debut at age sixteen at the 1998 World Junior Championships in Athletics, competing in the heats only. She returned two years later at the 2000 World Junior Championships in Athletics and was a semi-finalist.[1] That same year she won the national title in the 100 m hurdles and the 60 metres hurdles indoors. She failed to defend these titles in 2001 and did not have much success internationally either,[2][3] as she did not get past the heats at the 2001 European Athletics U23 Championships.[4]
Kasova won the third and last of her national titles at the Bulgarian Indoor Championships at the start of 2002.[3] Her career breakthrough came at the 2002 European Cup B Final, where she won the 100 m hurdles in a new personal best of 12.75 seconds.[5] This time ranked her tenth in the world for that year, and third among Europeans.[6][7] Desislava Mutafchieva was the winner at the Bulgarian Championships that year,[2] but at the 2002 European Athletics Championships Kasova came away with the bronze medal. She again dipped under thirteen seconds and was beaten only by Spanish-Nigerian Glory Alozie and Ukraine's Olena Krasovska.[8]
The following year she ran 12.95 seconds at the start of June (ultimately ranking in the global top forty that season).
She finished her career ranking fourth on the all-time Bulgarian rankings for the 100 m hurdles, behind world record breakers Yordanka Donkova, Ginka Zagorcheva and world medallist Svetla Dimitrova.[12]
National titles
- Bulgarian Athletics Championships
- 100 m hurdles: 2000[2]
- Bulgarian Indoor Championships
- 60 m hurdles: 2000, 2002[3]
International competitions
Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
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1998 | World Junior Championships | Annecy, France | 6th (heats) | 100 m hurdles | 13.98 |
2000 | World Junior Championships | Santiago, Chile | 8th (semis) | 100 m hurdles | 13.68 |
2001 | European U23 Championships | Amsterdam, Netherlands | 3rd (heats) | 100 m hurdles | 13.75 |
2002 | European Cup B Final | Banská Bystrica, Slovakia | 1st | 100 m hurdles | 12.75 |
European Championships | Munich, Germany | 3rd | 100 m hurdles | 12.91 |
See also
References
- ^ IAAF. Retrieved 15 October 2019.
- ^ a b c Bulgarian Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved 15 October 2019.
- ^ a b c Bulgarian Indoor Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved 15 October 2019.
- European Athletics Association, pp. 30–42.
- ^ European Cup B Final and First League. GBR Athletics. Retrieved 15 October 2019.
- ^ 100 Metres Hurdles – women – senior – outdoor – 2002. IAAF. Retrieved on 3 December 2015.
- ^ Yana Kasova. Track and Field Brinkster. Retrieved 15 October 2019.
- ^ European Championships (Women). GBR Athletics. Retrieved 15 October 2019.
- ^ 100 Metres Hurdles – women – senior – outdoor – 2003. IAAF. Retrieved 15 October 2019.
- ^ Vangelov, Aleksander (17 August 2003). Bulgarian team robbed by injury. IAAF. Retrieved 15 October 2019.
- ^ Дачев и Касова пропускат световното (in Bulgarian). Monitor (24 June 2005). Retrieved 15 October 2019.
- ^ 100 Metres Hurdles – women – senior – outdoor All-Time Best. IAAF. Retrieved 15 October 2019.