Stanka Zlateva
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Representing  Bulgaria
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| Olympic Games | ||
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2008 Beijing | 72 kg |
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2012 London | 72 kg |
| World Championships | ||
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2006 Guangzhou | 72 kg |
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2007 Baku | 72 kg |
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2008 Tokyo | 72 kg |
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2010 Moscow | 72 kg |
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2011 Istanbul | 72 kg |
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2009 Herning | 72 kg |
| European Championships | ||
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2006 Moscow | 72 kg |
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2007 Sofia | 72 kg |
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2008 Tampere | 72 kg |
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2009 Vilnius | 72 kg |
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2010 Baku | 72 kg |
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2014 Vantaa | 75 kg |
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2005 Varna | 72 kg |
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2011 Dortmund | 72 kg |
Stanka Zlateva Hristova (Bulgarian: Станка Златева Христова; born 1 March 1983 in Krushare, Sliven Province) is a retired female Bulgarian freestyle wrestler. She competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing and the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, winning silver medals in the latter two events. She was named World Female Wrestler of the Year in 2006 and 2007 and Bulgarian Sportsperson of the Year in 2007, 2010 and 2011.
Stanka Zlateva grew up in an athletic family. Her original mentor was her brother, who was older than her by 8 years, who was also a wrestling champion and had earned medals in high school tournaments. He trained the young Stanka in different sports from age of 10. He admits that his sister's progress in sports surprised him to the extent that shortly, wrestling with his younger sister became a difficult challenge and served as a great training for him. By the time she was 12, she was able to pin her brother in a matter of seconds in wrestling matches. Despite his wish to serve his own training goals, she was no longer interested in wrestling her 20-year-old brother. In an informal wrestling match, when she was 13, she competed against the local 17-year-old male wrestling champion in the province of Sliven in Bulgaria. She pinned him two minutes after the start of the match. This event resulted in public attention for young Zlateva's wrestling skills. Subsequently, in 1997 at age 14, she was formally engaged in wrestling training by a professional coach, Demir Demirev and subsequently she was trained by Valeri Raychev in the Kyustendil sports club and in the national team, as well as with Ognyan Raychev in the national team. Since 2006, she has been competing for Levski Sofia, where her coach is former world champion and triple European champion Simeon Shterev. Zlateva formerly attended the sports school "Pierre de Coubertin" in Yambol.
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