Mariya Zdravkova Kocheva ( bg, Мария Здравкова Кочева) (born February 26, 1974 in Silistra) is a retired

backstroke Backstroke or back crawl is one of the four swimming styles used in competitive events regulated by FINA, and the only one of these styles swum on the back. This swimming style has the advantage of easy breathing, but the disadvantage of swimm ...

swimmer from

Bulgaria Bulgaria (; bg, България, Bǎlgariya), officially the Republic of Bulgaria,, ) is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated on the eastern flank of the Balkans, and is bordered by Romania to the north, Serbia and North Macedo ...

. She was the only female member of the Bulgarian National Swimming Team (four men and one woman) at the

1992 Summer Olympics The 1992 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1992, ca, Jocs Olímpics d'estiu de 1992), officially known as the Games of the XXV Olympiad ( es, Juegos de la XXV Olimpiada, ca, Jocs de la XXV Olimpíada) and commonly known as ...

in Barcelona, Spain, where she didn't qualify for the finals in the women's 100 m backstroke (37th place) and the women's 200 m backstroke (36th place).

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1974 births Living people Female backstroke swimmers Bulgarian female swimmers Olympic swimmers of Bulgaria Swimmers at the 1992 Summer Olympics People from Silistra 20th-century Bulgarian women 21st-century Bulgarian women {{Bulgaria-swimming-bio-stub