Evgenia Radanova

Evgenia Radanova

Personal information
Full name	Evgenia Radanova
Born	(1977-11-04) 4 November 1977 Sofia, Bulgaria
Height	170 cm (5 ft 7 in)
Weight	65 kg (143 lb)
Medal record Women's short track speed skating Representing  Bulgaria Olympic Games 2002 Salt Lake City 500 meters 2006 Turin 500 meters 2002 Salt Lake City 1500 meters World Championships 2000 Sheffield 500 m 2003 Warsaw 1000 m 1999 Sofia 500 m 2001 Jeonju 1500 m 2002 Montréal 500 m 2002 Montréal 3000 m 1995 Gjovik 3000 m 1998 Vienna 1500 m 1998 Vienna 3000 m 1999 Sofia 3000 m relay 2001 Jeonju Overall 2001 Jeonju 3000 m 2001 Jeonju 3000 m relay 2002 Montréal Overall 2002 Montréal 1000 m 2003 Warsaw 3000 m relay

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. 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]

References

External links

• Career information from Torino2006.org
• Speed skater Evgenia Radanova ready to raise new generation
• Evgenia Radanova at Cycling Archives