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	Stefka Kostadinova - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
		Stefka Kostadinova (born March 25, 1965) is a Bulgarian former athlete specialising in the high jump and current President of the Bulgarian Olympic Committee.
		Stefka Kostadinova won gold in the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta setting an olympic record of 2.05 m.
		Kostadinova is still the reigning world record holder in the women's high jump with 2.09 m which she jumped at the 1987 World Championships in Athletics in Rome.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Stefka_Kostadinova (445 words)

	NationMaster.com - Encyclopedia: Stefka Kostadinova (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
		Stefka Kostadinova (born March 25, 1965, Plovdiv, Bulgaria) is a famous Bulgarian athlete specialising in the high jump.
		Although Kostadinova had been denied the opportunity of competing at the 1984 Olympic Games in Los Angeles due to the boycott by the eastern bloc countries, it seemed that it would be a mere formality for her to atone for that disappointment by winning the gold medal at Seoul in 1988.
		Kostadinova missed her additional jump at 2.03m, while the American scraped over to secure the gold medal, leaving Stefka with the silver.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Stefka-Kostadinova (2126 words)

	Stefka_Kostadinova (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
		'''Stefka Kostadinova''' (born March 25, 1965, Plovdiv, Bulgaria) is a famous Bulgarian athlete specialising in the high jump and current President of the Bulgarian Olympic Committee.
		Kostadinova has taken part in altogether five IAAF World Indoor Championships in Athletics - Paris 1985, Indianapolis 1987, Budapest 1989, Toronto 1993 and Paris 1997, winning gold in all five of them.
		Kostadinova has been voted four times Sportsperson of the Year in Bulgaria (1985, 1987, 1995 and 1996) and five times Sportsperson of the Year on the Balkans.
	q-basic.xodox.de /Stefka_Kostadinova (473 words)

	Stefka Kostadinova
		Stefka maintained this good form into the 1996 season and seemed in good shape to take one last shot at winning an Olympic gold medal in Atlanta.
		Only Kostadinova and Bakoyianni negotiated the next height of 2.03m, but Stefka was in the lead as only she had cleared on her first attempt.
		Kostadinova put the result beyond doubt when she cleared 2.05m at the second attempt while Bakoyianni failed at that height.
	www.sporting-heroes.net /athletics-heroes/displayhero.asp?HeroID=847 (320 words)

	Stefka Kostadinova: bio and encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
		The 1996 summer olympics, formally known as the games of the xxvi olympiad and informally known as the centennial olympics, were held in 1996 in atlanta,...
		The 1987 world championships in athletics under the auspices of the international association of athletics federations were held in the olympic stadium in rome,...
		Kostadinova has been voted four times Sportsperson of the Year in Bulgaria[Click link for more facts about this topic] (1985, EHandler: no quick summary.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/s/st/stefka_kostadinova.htm (1398 words)

	STEFKA KOSTADINOVA (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
		Kostadinova war ab Mitte der 80er Jahre die dominierende Hochspringerin.
		Leichathletik-Weltmeisterschaften in Göteborg sicherte sie sich den Titel vor der Deutschen Alina Astafei und der Ukrainerin Inga Babakowa.
		Kostadinova hielt ihre gute Form und gewann bei den Olympischen Spielen 1996 in Atlanta mit 2,05 m erstmals die Olympische Goldmedaille.
	www.toonorama.com /encyclopedia/S/Stefka_Kostadinova (258 words)

	Stefka Kostadinova - TheBestLinks.com - Bulgaria, High jump, March 25, 1965, ...
		Stefka Kostadinova, Bulgaria, High jump, March 25, 1965, 1987, World record...
		Stefka Kostadinova (born March 25, 1965, Plovdiv, Bulgaria) was an athlete who specialised in the high jump.
		The World Championships of 1987 saw Kostadinova jump a world record of 2.09 metres to take the gold medal.
	www.thebestlinks.com /Stefka_Kostadinova.html (105 words)

	IAAF International Association of Athletics Federations - IAAF.org - News
		Stefka Kostadinova, the reigning World record holder for the women’s High Jump has become the first ever-woman chair of the Bulgarian Olympic Committee (BOC) after winning elections on Friday (11).
		Kostadinova becomes the seventh head of the BOC, which was formed in 1923, and will be involved in promoting Sofia’s bid for the 2014 winter Olympics.
		Kostadinova was Olympic champion in Atlanta in 1996, also won the silver medal in Seoul in 1988.
	www.iaaf.org /news/Kind=2/newsId=32569.html (583 words)

	Stefka Kostadinova (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
		Stefka Kostadinova won gold in the 1996 Summer Olympics (The 1996 summer olympics, formally known as the games of the xxvi olympiad and informally known as the centennial...)
		Kostadinova is a double world outdoor champion - from the World Championships (The 1987 world championships in athletics under the auspices of the international association of athletics federations...)
		Kostadinova has taken part in altogether five IAAF World Indoor Championships in Athletics[follow this hyperlink for a summary of this topic] - Paris (The capital and largest city of France; and international center of culture and commerce)
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /ref/stefka_kostadinova (1439 words)

	ZoomInfo Web Summary: Stefka Kostadinova (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
		Purvanov met with Bulgarian Olympic Committee (BOC) President Stefka Kostadinova and Youth and Sports State Agency president Vessela Lecheva to discuss their forthcoming meeting with Rogge.
		Kostadinova is the Bulgarian Olympic Committee chairman since 11th of November 2005.
		CNN - SOFIA, Bulgaria (AP) -- Former high jump champion Stefka Kostadinova was elected as the first woman president of Bulgaria's Olympic Committee on Friday, replacing the disgraced Ivan Slavkov.
	www.zoominfo.com /directory/Kostadinova_Stefka_173840044.htm (269 words)

	Stefka Kostadinova - One Language (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
		She finished the Plovdiv Sports School in 1982 initially concentrating on gymnastics and swimming, to transfer later to atheltics.
		Stefka Kostadinova won gold in the 1996 Summer Olypmics in Atlanta setting an olympic record of 2.05 m.
		Since 1999 Kostadinova has been the vice-president of the Bulgarian Athletics Federation, and since 2003 deputy sports minister of Bulgaria.
	www.onelang.com /encyclopedia/index.php/Stefka_Kostadinova (508 words)

	INTERNATIONAL OLYMPIC COMMITTEE - PASSION - THE OLYMPIC MUSEUM LAUSANNE
		After meeting IOC President Jacques Rogge at the IOC headquarters in Vidy, Stefka Kostadinova, the new President of the Bulgarian Olympic Committee, visited the Olympic Museum.
		Arriving in front of the Museum entrance, Stefka Kostadinova could see the exact replica (fibre glass uprights and bar) of her two high jump records: 2.09m at the world championships and 2.05m at the Olympic Games.
		In the philatelic area, she was surprised to discover a block of four stamps with her picture on them, which Bulgaria issued for the 1996 Games in Atlanta.
	www.olympic.org /uk/passion/museum/events/full_story_uk.asp?id=1579 (268 words)

	Athletics
		Kostadinova had competed at the European Junior Championships in 1981 (finishing 10th), but it was not until 1984 that she started her rapid improvement, increasing her personal best by 10cm to 2.00m.
		Within a year, Kostadinova was clearly the world's best jumper, setting the best three performances of 1985, including a best of 2.06m when winning at the European Cup in Moscow on 18 August.
		Kostadinova quickly addressed that issue the following year when she equalled the world record of 2.07m at Sofia on 25 May 1986.
	www.sporting-heroes.net /athletics-heroes/printableversion.asp?HeroID=844 (329 words)

	Stefka Kostadinova
		By the end of 1987, Stefka Kostadinova had clearly established herself as the world's best high jumper.
		She was the reigning world champion and world record holder, and had produced 14 of the 16 clearances ever made at 2.05 or higher.
		Although Kostadinova bounced back at Budapest on 5 March 1989 to win her third consecutive world title, her outdoor season that year was severely restricted due to a knee injury.
	www.sporting-heroes.net /athletics-heroes/displayhero.asp?HeroID=1948 (317 words)

	* Bulgarian Sport : Stefka Kostadinova * - Catalog for Bulgarian sport (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
		Her victorious career of the worlds best high jumper athlete was prepared by the young coach Nikolay Petrov, whom she later married in 1989.
		Stefka Kostadinova was a high jump Olympic Champion from Atlanta, 1996, and a silver medal winner from Seoul, 1988.
		Stefka is a European outdoor champion from Stutgard, 1986, and four-time indoor champion - Athens 1985, Lievenne 1987, Budapest 1988 and Paris 1994.
	get.info.bg /sport/dir.asp?d=0-3-Athletics-Stefka_Kostadinova (431 words)

	News Reports (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
		STEFKA KOSTADINOVA INVESTIGATED FOR FRAUD "Troud" and "24 Chassa" also give front-page prominence to the news of the launching of an investigation by the Plovdiv Regional Prosecutor's Office against famous Bulgarian former athlete Stefka Kostadinova on charges of fraud.
		According to her lawyer in Sofia, Stefka is being slandered by morally corrupt people.
		Sheitanov was hired by the families of the accused Bulgarians and according to the law in Libya, in order to be constituted as a defence lawyer in the case he has to work in cooperation with a Libyan lawyer.
	www.b-info.com /tools/miva/newsview.mv?url=news/2000-09/text/sep19.bta (1294 words)

	Lexikonia.de - Informationen zu Stefka Kostadinova
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		Kostadinova war ab Mitte der 1980er Jahre die dominierende Hochspringerin.
		Kostadinova hielt ihre gute Form und gewann bei den Olympische Sommerspiele 1996 1996 in Atlanta mit 2,05 m erstmals die Olympische Goldmedaille.
	www.lexikonia.de /218648_stefka_kostadinova.htm (235 words)

	Bulgaria 7 :: (Sports) Top Athlete Takes Helm of Bulgarian Olympic Committee (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
		Kostadinova garnered 42 of the votes at the runoff held at the Friday session of the organization.
		The candidates for the vacant post besides Kostadinova and Otsetova were Olympic wrestling champ Valentin Yordanov, former Sport Minister Vassil Ivanov, ex sports activist Plamen Krastev and Bulgarian astronaut Alexander Alexandrov.
		The chief of the Bulgarian Sports Agency and top Bulgarian sportperson Vessela Lecheva was also among the nominees, but she withdrew from the race.
	www.bulgaria7.com /content/sports-top-athlete-takes-helm-of-bulgarian-olympic-committee (313 words)

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		STEFKA KOSTADINOVA NAMED 1996 TOP ATHLETE IN THE BALKANS Sofia, December 18 (BTA) - High jump Olympic champion Bulgarian Stefka Kostadinova was named 1996 Athlete of the Year in the Balkans in a poll of the Sports Desk of the BTA.
		And yet the charming Stefka Kostadinova emerged the indisputable leader.
		Kostadinova came ahead of the second in the list, Naim Suleimanoglu of Turkey, and the third, Yugoslav basketballer Vlade Divac, currently playing for NBA's Charlotte Hornets.
	www.b-info.com /places/Bulgaria/news/96-12/dec19.bta (4200 words)

	Stefka Kostadinova?s abilities are indisputable - Standart / Стандaрт - standartnews.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
		Stefka Kostadinova?s abilities are indisputable - Standart / Стандaрт - standartnews.com
		I think that no matter who is the BOC's head he would have to work with the others in order sports could progress and not stop its development.
		- Stefka Kostadinova says that she is supported by many Olympic and world champions.
	www.standartnews.com /archive/2005/11/08/english/interview (261 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
		ATHLETICS\STEFKA KOSTADINOVA TAKES REST\FUTURE RETURN UNDER QUESTION\ Bulgarian women's high jump Olympic Champion, Stefka Kostadinova, announced she was withdrawing from active sport indefinitely.
		Stefka Kostadinova told BTA that she is not competing this year.
		According to Kostadinova, she will think about returning only in 1999.
	www.b-info.com /places/Bulgaria/news/98-03/mar25.bta (500 words)

	Irena Krasteva Takes over Bulgarian Olympic Committee until September, 28 - Standart / ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
		Stefka Kostadinova not included in the legal registration of the BOC Executive Committee due to clerical error
		Svetoslav Ivanov and sportswoman Stefka Kostadinova have not been legaly registered as such, despite their election to these posts a long time ago.
		It turned out that Olympic Champion in the high jump, Stefka Kostadinova, has not even been legally registered and as an ordinary member of the BOC Executive Bureau.
	www.standartnews.com /archive/2005/07/20/english/sport/s4501_2.htm (226 words)

	Kostadinova becomes BOC boss - Sport news (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
		FORMER high jump athlete and world record holder Stefka Kostadinova is the new president of the Bulgarian Olympic Committee.
		In the second round, Kostadinova received four more votes than her opponent and became the first woman in the history of Bulgarian sport to be elected BOC president.
		She said that her first task as BOC president would be to meet the Speaker of Parliament, Georgi Pirinski, and discuss the relationships between BOC and the State Agency for Youth and Sports.
	www.sofiaecho.com /article/kostadinova-becomes-boc-boss/id_12798/catid_71 (472 words)

	OLY-Bulgaria-President (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
		SOFIA, Bulgaria (AP) - Former high jump champion Stefka Kostadinova was elected as the first woman president of Bulgaria's Olympic Committee on Friday, replacing the disgraced Ivan Slavkov.
		Kostadinova, 40, won gold at the 1996 Games and has held the world record of 2.09 metres since '87.
		Slavkov was also fired in October as president of the country's soccer association.
	www.cp.org /premium/ONLINE/member/ogames/051111/o111109A.html (180 words)

	High jump - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
		At all but novice levels of competition, or where built-up landing areas are not available, the Fosbury Flop is now almost universally used, although Guernsey athlete Dale Garland used the straddle when placing fifth in the decathlon at the 2006 Commonwealth Games.
		The current men's world record of 2.45 m (8'0-1/2") was set in 1993 by Cuba's Javier Sotomayor, while the women's world record holder is Stefka Kostadinova of Bulgaria.
		In the 2004 Olympics, Sweden's Stefan Holm won the men's gold medal, and Russia's Yelena Slesarenko outjumped two-time world champion Hestrie Cloete to win the women's title.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/High_jump (1211 words)

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