Ginka Zagorcheva-Boycheva, bg, Гинка Загорчева-Бойчева (born 12 April 1958) is a former

hurdling Hurdling is the act of jumping over an obstacle at a high speed or in a sprint. In the early 19th century, hurdlers ran at and jumped over each hurdle (sometimes known as 'burgles'), landing on both feet and checking their forward motion. Today, ...

athlete from Bulgaria. She was born in

Plovdiv Plovdiv ( bg, Пловдив, ), is the second-largest city in Bulgaria, standing on the banks of the Maritsa river in the historical region of Thrace. It has a population of 346,893 and 675,000 in the greater metropolitan area. Plovdiv is the ...

, and is 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 The 1988 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XXIV Olympiad () and commonly known as Seoul 1988 ( ko, 서울 1988, Seoul Cheon gubaek palsip-pal), was an international multi-sport event held from 17 September to 2 October ...

National titles

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

International competitions

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World Championships
1958 births Living people Bulgarian female hurdlers World Athletics Championships medalists European Athletics Championships medalists Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field) Athletes (track and field) at the 1988 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for Bulgaria Goodwill Games medalists in athletics Sportspeople from Plovdiv FISU World University Games gold medalists for Bulgaria World Athletics Indoor Championships medalists World Athletics Championships winners Medalists at the 1985 Summer Universiade Competitors at the 1986 Goodwill Games People from Rakovski Sportspeople from Plovdiv Province Competitors at the 1984 Friendship Games World record setters in athletics (track and field) Bulgarian Athletics Championships winners {{Bulgaria-athletics-bio-stub