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Ivomira Mihaylova

Personal information

National team

Bulgaria

Born

March 12, 1990 (age 34)

Sport

Country

Bulgaria

Sport

Judo

Disability

Visual impairment

Weight class

+70 kg

Medal record

Women's judo

Representing Bulgaria
IBSA European Judo Championships
	2011 Crawley	+78 kg
	2011 Crawley	+70 kg
	2009 Debrecen	+78 kg

Updated on 14 November 2017

Ivomira Mihaylova (Bulgarian: Ивомира Михайлова) (born 12 March 1990) is a Bulgarian judoka who competes in the +70 kg and +78 kg weight classes internationally, winning multiple medals at the IBSA European Judo Championships.

Career

Ivomira Mihaylova was born on 12 March 1990.^[1] At the 2009 International Blind Sports Federation European Judo Championships, she won the bronze medal in the +78 kg weight class.^[2] Mihaylova finished fifth in the women's +70 kg class at the IBSF Judo World Championships in 2010, held in Colorado Springs, Colorado.^[3]

She took part in the 2011 IBSA European Judo Championships, in Crawley, England. Mihaylova competed in two different weight classes, both the +70 kg and the +78 kg, winning the silver medal in the former and the gold medal in the latter.^[2] She was nominated for Bulgarian Disabled Athlete of the Year later in 2011, alongside Alexander Kenanov, Dechko Ovcharov, Ruzhdi Ruzhdi and Stela Eneva.^[4]

Mihaylova was selected for the Bulgarian team at the 2012 Summer Paralympics in London, England, in the women's +70 kg tournament. She reached the quarter-finals, where she lost to eventual silver medallist Turkey's Nazan Akin through an ippon.^[5]^[6]

In 2015, Mihaylova was ranked ninth in the world in her weight class.^[7]

References

^ "Ivomira Mihaylova Judoka". Judo Inside. Retrieved 14 November 2017.
^ ^a ^b "Ivomira Mihaylova" (in French). Coeur Handisport. Retrieved 14 November 2017.
^ "JUDO: Myles Porter Wins Bronze at Visually Impaired World Championships". Team USA. 27 March 2010. Archived from the original on November 15, 2017. Retrieved 14 November 2017.
^ "Bulgarian PM Notably Absent from '2011 Sports Personality' Nominations". Novinite. 12 December 2011. Retrieved 14 November 2017.
^ "Paralimpiyatlar'da Türkiye için hareketli gün". BBC News (in Turkish). 2 September 2012. Retrieved 14 November 2017.
^ "Londra'dan bir madalya daha". Borsa Gundem (in Turkish). 2 September 2012. Retrieved 14 November 2017.
^ Hale, Laura (25 April 2015). "American judoka Sarah Chung prepared for IBSA World Games". Parasport News. Retrieved 14 November 2017.

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