Desislava Stoyanova (Bulgarian: Десислава Стоянова); born 10 April 1992) is a retired Bulgarian biathlete. She was born in Berkovitsa.[1] She competed at six Biathlon World Championships between 2011 and 2017, and at the 2014 and 2018 Winter Olympics. Her best individual result in the Biathlon World Cup is a 22nd place in the sprint. Her best individual result at the World Championships is 38th in the sprint at the Biathlon World Championships 2015. Her best Olympic individual result is the 61st place in the sprint at the 2014 Winter Olympics.[2] She is engaged to fellow biathlete Dimitar Gerdzhikov from whom she has one child.[3]

Stoyanova at ECH 2017

Biathlon results edit

All results are sourced from the International Biathlon Union.

Olympic Games edit

0 medals

Event Individual Sprint Pursuit Mass start Relay Mixed relay
  2014 Sochi 72nd 61st
  2018 Pyeongchang 79th 76th 16th

World Championships edit

0 medals

Event Individual Sprint Pursuit Mass start Relay Mixed relay Single mixed relay
  2011 Khanty-Mansiysk 95th 12th 24th
  2012 Ruhpolding 79th 94th 17th
  2013 Nové Město 108th 88th LAP
  2015 Kontiolahti 98th 37th 45th 23rd 18th
  2016 Oslo 55th 56th 49th 20th 16th
  2017 Hochfilzen 88th 70th 22nd 17th
  2019 Östersund 72nd 79th 20th
*During Olympic seasons competitions are only held for those events not included in the Olympic program.
**The single mixed relay was added as an event in 2019.

References edit

  1. ^ "Desislava Stoyanova - Player Profile - Biathlon". Eurosport. Retrieved 2020-10-27.
  2. ^ "Desislava STOYANOVA - Olympic Biathlon | Bulgaria". International Olympic Committee. 2019-04-07. Retrieved 2020-10-27.
  3. ^ "Десислава Стоянова и Димитър Герджиков станаха родители на момиченце". 23 December 2019.

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