Evgenia Radanova

Evgenia Radanova
Personal information
Full name Evgenia Radanova
Born (1977-11-04) 4 November 1977
Sofia, Bulgaria
Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight 65 kg (143 lb; 10.2 st)
Infobox last updated on
9 April 2009

Evgenia Radanova (Bulgarian: Евгения Раданова) (born 4 November 1977) is a Bulgarian female short track speed skater and racing cyclist who has participated in both the Summer and Winter Olympics.[1] She was the world record holder in the 500 m short track distance with 43.671s, which she set in Calgary, Canada on 19 October 2001. In the Salt Lake City 2002 Winter Olympic games she won a silver medal at the same distance and a bronze at 1500m. In Athens 2004 Summer games she took part in cycling, but did not get a medal. In the 2010 Vancouver Olympics in the women's 500 m she ended up 7th.

Radanova currently trains in Italy, although most of her career she spent with Slavia Sofia Sports Club and the National Sports Academy in Sofia, Bulgaria. In the Academy she studied coaching. Jeni's coach is Ivan Pandov. She weighs 65 kg and is 170 cm tall. Radanova has been severely injured at least twice, but has overcome the injuries to come back. In August 2014, Radanova was appointed as Bulgarian Minister of Youth and Sports on a temporary basis as part of the caretaker government of Georgi Bliznashki.[2]

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