Boriana Stoyanova (BUL)

1983 World V Champion

Medal Total

World Championships:  1 Gold, 1 Bronze

European Championships:  2 Bronze

Boriana was born on July 3, 1968, in Sofia.  She trained at CSKA Sofia under coach Margarit Krasteva.  She is the only  Bulgarian woman gymnast to win a world title (vault, 1983).  She retired after the 1988 Olympics and began coaching.  She got married in 1990 and had a son the following year.  Stoyanova is divorced and still lives in Sofia.

Competition Results

 

1981

Junior Balkan Championships:  2nd UB, 6th B, 9th AA

 

1982

ITA-BUL-AUT Tri-Meet:  1st Team, 2nd AA

Junior European Championships:  2nd AA, 2nd V, 4th UB, 4th FX, 8th B

Moscow News:  2nd AA, 1st B, 2nd V
Riga International:  1st V

 

1983

Champions All:  2nd AA

Chunichi Cup:  8th AA

European Championships:  3rd V, 3rd FX, 10th AA

GBR-BUL Dual Meet:  1st Team, 3rd AA

Pre-Olympics:  2nd FX, 3rd AA, 3rd V, 3rd B, 5th UB
Tokyo Cup:  3rd B

World Championships:  1st V, 3rd FX, 4th AA

 

1984

Champions All:  1st AA
Olomouc (CSSR Spartakiade):  4th FX, 7th AA, 7th UB, 8th V

 

1985

Balkan Championships:  4th V, 9th AA

Chunichi Cup:  5th B, 6th V, 6th FX, 7th UB

Tokyo Cup:  4th V, 5th B

World Championships:  5th V, 11th AA

 

1986

Ahoy Cup:  7th AA, 6th V, 6th UB
American Cup:  2nd AA
Blume Memorial:  6th AA
BUL Championships:  1st V, 1st B, 1st FX

FRG-BUL Dual Meet:  1st Team, 1st AA

International Mixed Pairs:  8th Team

Kraft International:  2nd AA, 3rd UB
NED-BUL Dual Meet: 1st Team, 1st AA

World Cup:  5th FX, 6th AA, 6th V, 6th B, 8th UB

 

1987

Athens International:  1st V, 1st FX, 2nd AA, 2nd UB

Belgian Gym Masters:  2nd V, 3rd UB, 3rd B, 12th AA
Blume Memorial:  1st B

Champions All:  3rd AA

European Championships:  4th FX, 6th AA, 6th UB

Golden Sands International:  1st AA, 1st V, 1st UB, 1st FX

Joachim Blume Memorial:  2nd AA

Medico Cup:  1st AA, 1st V, 1st UB, 1st B, 2nd FX

World Championships:  5th V, 10th AA

 

1988

Champions All:  2nd AA

European Cup:  1st V, 2nd AA, 2nd B, 2nd FX, 4th UB
Golden Sands International:  2nd AA

Olympic Games:  4th V, 13th AA

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