Ina Deltcheva (; born 20 July 1977 in

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; alternate transliteration: Ina Delcheva) is a

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n retired group

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. She won a silver medal in the group all-around at the

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, and she also won medals at the

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and

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Career

Deltcheva began gymnastics in 1983 and competed for the Trakia club in her hometown of

. She joined the national team in 1992, and she began competing with the senior national group in 1993. At her first major competition with the group, the 1993 European Championships, she became the silver all-around medalist. In the event finals, they won a second silver medal with 6 ropes and a gold medal with 4 hoops + 2 pairs of clubs. The next season, she competed at her first

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. There, the group won bronze in the all-around. They again won silver in the 6 ropes final and won gold in the mixed apparatus final. In 1995, she won a silver all-around medal with the group at the 1995 European Championships, where they also won another silver with 5 hoops and won gold with 3 balls + 2 ribbons. Later that year, at the 1995 World Championships, they became all-around World champions. She last competed in 1996. At the 1996 World Championships, held in June, they won a second World title in the all-around, though they placed in neither event final. In August, at the

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, she and her teammates became the silver Olympic medalists. Deltcheva graduated from the

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Deltcheva, Ina 1977 births Living people Bulgarian rhythmic gymnasts Gymnasts at the 1996 Summer Olympics Olympic gymnasts for Bulgaria Olympic silver medalists for Bulgaria Olympic medalists in gymnastics Medalists at the 1996 Summer Olympics Gymnasts from Plovdiv Medalists at the Rhythmic Gymnastics World Championships