Sofiya Bozhanova () (born 4 October 1967) is a retired
long
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and
triple jump
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er from
Bulgaria
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. She set the world's best year performance in 1994, jumping 14.98 metres at a meet in
Stara Zagora
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on 16 July 1994. She won the bronze medal at the
1991 IAAF World Indoor Championships
The 3rd IAAF World Indoor Championships in Athletics were held at the Palacio Municipal de Deportes San Pablo in Seville, Spain from March 8 to March 10, 1991. It was the first Indoor Championships to include relay races as well as women's triple ...
, held in
Seville, Spain
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Seville ...
, but the new event was a non-championship contest.
Doping
Bozhanova tested positive for
amphetamine
Amphetamine (contracted from Alpha and beta carbon, alpha-methylphenethylamine, methylphenethylamine) is a central nervous system (CNS) stimulant that is used in the treatment of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), narcolepsy, an ...
at the
1994 European Athletics Championships
The 16th European Athletics Championships were held from 7 August to 14 August 1994 in the Olympic Stadium of Helsinki, Finland.
Men's results
Complete results were published.
Track
1986 , 1990 , 1994 , 1998 , 2002 ,
Field
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and was subsequently banned from sports for 4 years.
Athletics/Looking back at 1994 - Records and doping got the limelight
New Straits Times, 22 December 1994
References
IAAF Profile
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Doping cases in athletics
Bulgarian sportspeople in doping cases
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