Violeta Tsvetkova (, born 29 July 1955) is a retired

Bulgaria Bulgaria, officially the Republic of Bulgaria, is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated on the eastern portion of the Balkans directly south of the Danube river and west of the Black Sea. Bulgaria is bordered by Greece and Turkey t ...

middle-distance runner Middle-distance running events are track races longer than sprints, ranging from 500 metres up to . The standard middle distances are the 800 metres, 1500 metres and mile run, although the 3000 metres may also be classified as a middle-distanc ...

who specialized in the

800 metres The 800 metres, or 800 meters (American and British English spelling differences#-re.2C -er, US spelling), is a common track running event. It is the shortest commonly run middle-distance running event. The 800 metres is run over two laps of a ...

. She finished sixth at the 1979 European Indoor Championships, and fifth at the 1980 European Indoor Championships, Her personal best time was 2:01.07 minutes, achieved in June 1980 in

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.World women's all-time best 800m
(last updated 2001)

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1955 births Living people Bulgarian female middle-distance runners 20th-century Bulgarian sportswomen Bulgarian Athletics Championships winners {{Bulgaria-athletics-bio-stub