Betina "Beti" Temelkova (, ; born 26 February 1997) is a

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. She won the gold medal in the 2018 European U23 Championships.

Judo career

Starting in 2017, Bulgarian-born Temelkova competed for Israel, where she resides with her Israeli husband and fellow judoka Israeli Olympian

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, although she received her full

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only in 2019. That year, Temelkova won the gold medal at the 2017 Tashkent Grand Prix. She also won gold medals in the 2017 Leibnitz Junior European Cup and the 2017 La Coruna Junior European Cup. Temelkova won the gold medal in the 2018 European U23 Championships.

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* * * 1997 births Living people Israeli female judoka Bulgarian female judoka Judoka at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics Bulgarian emigrants to Israel 21st-century Israeli sportswomen {{Israel-judo-bio-stub