Stoyka Krasteva
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Weight(s) | Flyweight | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 5' 4 (1.60 m) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nationality | Bulgarian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Stoyka Zhelyaskova Petrova September 18, 1985 Dobrich, Bulgaria | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Stoyka Krasteva (Bulgarian: Стойка Кръстева; born 18 September 1985), née Petrova, is a Bulgarian boxer who won a gold medal in the women's flyweight division at the 2020 Summer Olympics.[1][2] She was born in Dobrich, a town in northeastern Bulgaria.
Career[]
She is the first female boxer who represented Bulgaria in the 2012 Summer Olympics in London in the flyweight division. She lost in the quarterfinals to Great Britain's Nicola Adams 7–16.[3] In end of 2018 Krasteva retired from the sport.[4] Her family, husband and coach to return and in 2020 she returned on the ring.[5] In 2021 Krasteva qualified for the 2020 Summer Olympics in the Women's flyweight category. After 5 consecutive wins she won Bulgaria's first boxing gold medal since 1996, beating top-seeded Buse Naz Çakıroğlu of Turkey 5:0 in the final.[6]
Achievements[]
Year | Competition | Venue | Rank | Event |
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2011 | European Championships | Rotterdam, Netherlands | 3rd | Flyweight |
2014 | European Championships | Bucharest, Romania | 1st | Flyweight |
2016 | World Championships | Astana, Kazakhstan | 2nd | Bantamweight |
2018 | European Championships | Sofia, Bulgaria | 1st | Bantamweight |
World Championships | New Delhi, India | 2nd | Bantamweight | |
2021 | Summer Olympics | Tokyo, Japan | 1st | Flyweight |
References[]
- ^ "Stoyka Krasteva boxer profile, last fight". BOXNEWS24/7. Retrieved 7 June 2021.
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-12-05. Retrieved 2012-08-07.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- ^ "BBC Sport - Olympic Games - London 2012 - Women's Fly (51kg) : Boxing - Results". 2012-08-09. Archived from the original on August 9, 2012. Retrieved 2015-12-29.CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
- ^ Стойка Кръстева: Голямата ми цел е олимпийски медал
- ^ Пътят на Стойка Кръстева: От Върбица до върховете на боксовия ринг
- ^ Второ злато за България в Токио! Олимпийска титла за Стойка Кръстева
- Bulgarian women boxers
- Olympic boxers of Bulgaria
- Boxers at the 2012 Summer Olympics
- Boxers at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- AIBA Women's World Boxing Championships medalists
- Living people
- 1985 births
- People from Dobrich
- European Games competitors for Bulgaria
- Boxers at the 2015 European Games
- Flyweight boxers
- Medalists at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- Olympic gold medalists for Bulgaria
- Olympic medalists in boxing
- Bulgarian boxing biography stubs