Ivet Lalova-Collio

Ivet Miroslavova Lalova-Collio (Bulgarian: Ивет Мирославова Лалова-Колио, born 18 May 1984 in Sofia) is a Bulgarian athlete who specialises in the 100 metres and 200 metres sprint events. She is the 13th-fastest woman in the history of the 100 metres.[1] She finished fourth in the 100 metres and fifth in the 200 metres at the 2004 Summer Olympics. Her career was interrupted for two years between June 2005 and May 2007 due to a leg injury. In June 2012 she won gold at the 2012 European Athletics Championships in the Women's 100 metres. In July 2016 she won two silver medals at the 2016 European Athletics Championships in both the Women's 100 and 200 metres. She has participated at four editions of the Olympic Games.

Ivet Lalova-Collio
Ivet Lalova-Collio in 2013 IAAF World Championships in Moscow
Personal information
Nationality Bulgaria
Born (1984-05-18) 18 May 1984
Sofia, Bulgaria
Height168 cm (5 ft 6 in)
Weight55 kg (121 lb)
Sport
SportAthletics
Event(s)60 metres, 100 metres, 200 metres
Coached byK.Milanov (1996-2011)
Roberto Bonomi (2011-present)
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)
  • 100 m: 10.77 (2004)
  • 200 m: 22.32 (2015)
Medal record
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
European Championships 1 2 0
European Indoor Championships 1 0 1
European Junior Championships 2 0 0
Total 4 2 1
European Championships
2012 Helsinki100 m
2016 Amsterdam100 m
2016 Amsterdam200 m
European Indoor Championships
2005 Madrid200 m
2013 Gothenburg60 m
European Junior Championships
2003 Tampere100 m
2003 Tampere200 m

Biography

Childhood and junior years

Lalova's parents, Miroslav Lalov and Liliya Lalova, were athletes. Miroslav was the Bulgarian 200 metres champion in 1966. Lalova began competing in swimming and gymnastics at age 10, and soon switched to track and field. She became the Bulgarian Youth champion in the 100 metres competition in 2000, and placed fourth in the 200 metres at the 2001 IAAF World Youth Championships. At the 2003 European Athletics Junior Championships, she won both the 100 metres and 200 metres events.[2]

Senior career

Early success and first gold (2004-2005)

On 19 June 2004 in Plovdiv, Lalova tied with Irina Privalova as the sixth fastest woman in 100 metres history (at that time), recording a time of 10.77 seconds.[3] At the 2004 Summer Olympics, she placed 4th overall in the women's 100m competition, and 5th in the 200m. At the 2005 European Athletics Indoor Championships, she was awarded a gold medal for her time of 22.91 seconds in the 200m.

Femur injury (2005)

On 14 June 2005, Lalova's career was interrupted when she broke her right femur after a collision with another athlete while warming up for the 100m sprint at the Athens Super Grand Prix.[4][5] In June 2006, the Bulgarian Olympic Committee awarded her the IOC "Sports and Fair Play" prize for her conduct in the aftermath of the incident, when she declined to seek compensation from her fellow competitor or the event's organizers.

Lalova was appointed to the European Athletic Association Athletes Commission for 2006–2010 following an election held in August at the 2006 European Athletics Championships.[6]

Return to racing (2007-2011)

Lalova returned to competitive racing on 29 May 2007, at the Artur Takač Memorial in Belgrade, winning the 100m in a time of 11.26 seconds.[7] In August 2007 she reached the quarterfinals of the women's 100m sprint at the IAAF World Championship in Osaka but failed to progress, finishing in fifth place with a time of 11.33 seconds.[8]

At the 2008 Summer Olympics, Lalova was eliminated in the semifinals of the Women's 100m, finishing her heat in seventh place with a time of 11.51 seconds, and was eliminated in the second round of the Women's 200m.

In March 2011 she moved to Italy, joining the group of Professor Roberto Bonomi. Later in 2011 she started her season with 11.08 and 22.66 and after a week won the 100m Diamond League event in Oslo with 11.01 (2.1 m/s). After another week she ran the second best time of her career - 10.96 s (+0.8 m/s wind) during the Balkan Championships in Sliven, Bulgaria.[9]

Second career gold (2012-2014)
Ivet Lalova after winning the 2012 European Athletics Championships Women's 100 m event

At the 2012 European Athletics Championships in Helsinki, Lalova ran the distance in 11.06 during Round 1, setting the leading European result of the year so far. She went on to win her heat in the semifinals, as well as the final on 28 June, beating Olesya Povh and Lina Grinčikaitė for her second career gold medal from a major championship.

At the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, Lalova finished second in her heat during the quarterfinals on Women's 100 Metres, equaling her season best of 11.06. She was eliminated in the semifinals, where she ran the distance for 11.31, finishing 6th in her heat and 19th overall. At the 200 metres distance she finished 5th in her heat with a season-best time of 22.91. In the semifinals she ran the distance for 22.98, finishing 6th in her heat and missing on a place in the final.

In December 2012 Lalova opened her own sports club under the name Ivet Lalova Sprint Academy, meant to help amateur, children, youth and professional athletes in Bulgaria.

In her first 2013 IAAF Diamond League appearance, Lalova finished third in the 200m sprint at the Golden Gala in Rome, with a personal season-best time of 22.78 (+1.2 m/s). This was also the best time for a European athlete so far throughout the year.[10] She continued well in the next round at the Bislett Games in Oslo, winning the 100m sprint with a season best of 11.04 (+1.2 m/s). She then finished 3rd in the 200m at the British Grand Prix on 30 June, with a time of 23.02.[11][12][13]

At the 2014 European Athletics Championships, she finished 5th in the Women's 100 m with a time of 11:33. In the 200 m event she ran a season best time of 23.17 in the first round, but only finished 6th in her semi-final group with 23.30 and did not qualify for the final.[14]

First World Championships final (2015-2016)

At the 2015 World Championships in Athletics in Beijing Lalova recorded a season best 11.09 in the 100 metre qualifiers, but failed to pass the semifinal stage. In the 200 metre discipline she recorded a season best time of 22.54, qualifying for the semifinals. There she ran the distance in 22.32, qualifying for the final and setting a new personal best. In the final she finished 7th with a time of 22.41, becoming only the third Bulgarian female athlete to participate in a 200m final at a World Championship, and the first one since the World Finals in Rome in 1987.

In the first 200 m event of the 2016 IAAF Diamond League, the Shanghai Golden Grand Prix, Lalova reached the final, placing 4th with a time of 23.04.[15] On 18 May she won the silver medal in the 100 m event at the 2016 Beijing IAAF World Challenge, with a season best time of 11.11.[16] Lalova then participated in her second Diamond League event of the year, the 2016 Golden Gala in Rome, finishing 4th in the 100 m final with a time of 11.15.[17] On 6 June she won the Women's 100 m at the 2016 Gala Dei Castelli in Bellinzona, Switzerland, setting a time of 11.19 in the semi-final, and 11.20 in the final itself.[18] Lalova's third Diamond League event of the year was at the 2016 Bislett Games in Oslo, Norway, where she won the bronze medal in the 200 m event with a season's best time of 22.78.[19]

Double Silver medalist at Euro Championships (2016-present)

At the 2016 European Athletics Championships in Amsterdam Lalova recorded a season best time of 22.57 in the Women's 200 metres semifinal, tied with Dina Asher-Smith for the fastest qualifying time in the discipline. In the final she improved her time to 22.52 and won Silver, her second major medal from European Championships and the first 200 m Euro medal ever for Bulgaria. In the Women's 100 metres Lalova won her heat in the semifinals with a time of 11.26, before clinching her second Silver of the tournament with 11.20 in the final.

Lalova opened her 2017 season by winning both the Women's 100 and 200 metres events at the Golden Grand Prix in Kawasaki, the third round of that year's IAAF World Challenge. She first triumphed in the 200 metres final with a time of 22.98, before winning gold in the 100 metres competition later that day with a time of 11.40.[20][21]

Personal life

Personal best

Results were last updated on 2 June 2016.[22]

Discipline Time Date Location Event Notes
100 metres 10.77 19 June 2004 Plovdiv, Bulgaria Europe Cup (first league) [23]
200 metres 22.32 27 August 2015 Beijing, China World Championships
50 metres indoor 6.23 14 February 2012 Liévin, France
60 metres indoor 7.12 3 March 2013 Gothenburg, Sweden European Indoor Championships
200 metres indoor 22.87 1 February 2004 Sofia, Bulgaria

Competition record
Representing  Bulgaria
YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventMeasureNotes
2003 European Junior Championships Tampere 1st 100 m 11.43
1st 200 m 22.88
2004 Olympic Games Athens 4th 100 m 11.00
5th 200 m 22.57
2005 European Indoor Championships Madrid 1st 200 m 22.91 NR
2007 World Championships Osaka Quarter 100 m 11.33
2008 Olympic Games Beijing Semi 100 m 11.51 [24]
Quarter 200 m 23.15 [25]
2009 World Championships Berlin Quarter 100 m 11.54 [26]
Heats 200 m 23.60 SB
2010 European Championships Barcelona Round 1 100 m 11.58
2011 World Championships Daegu 7th 100 m 11.27 [27]
Semi 200 m 23.03 [28]
2012 European Championships Helsinki 1st 100 m 11.28
Olympic Games London Semi 100 m 11.31 [29]
Semi 200 m 22.98 SB
2013 European Indoor Championships Gothenburg 3rd 60 m 7.12 PB
World Championships Moscow Semi 100 m 11.10
Semi 200 m 22.81
2014 European Championships Zurich 5th 100 m 11.33 [30]
Semi 200 m 23.30 [31]
2015 World Championships Beijing Semi 100 m 11.13 [32]
7th 200 m 22.41 [33]
2016 European Championships Amsterdam 2nd 100 m 11.20
2nd 200 m 22.52 SB
Olympic Games Rio de Janeiro Semi 100 m DNS
8th 200 m 22.69 [34]
2017 World Championships London Semi 100 m 11.25 SB
Semi 200 m 22.96
2018 European Championships Berlin 5th 200 m 22.82 [35]
2019 World Championships Doha 7th 200 m 22.77 [36]
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See also

References
  1. Bulgarian Sprinter Ivet Lalova Shows Great Form in Novi Sad, Novinite, 20 June 2011
  2. Vangelov, Aleksandar (14 July 2004). "Lalova – New Name, Hot Property". IAAF. Retrieved 1 June 2007.
  3. "100 Metres All Time Women". IAAF. 11 May 2008. Retrieved 12 May 2008.
  4. Lachkov, Nikolai (27 June 2005). "Lalova breaks leg in Athens". The Sofia Echo. Retrieved 13 November 2006.
  5. Ramsak, Bob (2 November 2005). "Lalova making a steady recovery". IAAF. Retrieved 19 August 2008.
  6. "Top European stars meet in Lausanne". European Athletic Association. 7 November 2006. Archived from the original on 27 September 2007. Retrieved 4 March 2007.
  7. Ramsak, Bob (29 May 2007). "Powell returns with 9.97 world lead – Belgrade report". IAAF. Retrieved 1 June 2007.
  8. "Ивет Лалова отпадна още на 1/4-финалите на 100 метра". www.sport1.bg (in Bulgarian). 26 August 2007. Archived from the original on 27 September 2007. Retrieved 27 August 2007.
  9. "Ivet Lalova". ivetlalova.com. Archived from the original on 8 January 2013. Retrieved 28 June 2012.
  10. Страхотна Ивет трета на 200 м на Диамантената лига в Рим (Sportal.bg)(Bulgarian)
  11. Diamond League Oslo - Official Results Archived 29 October 2013 at the Wayback Machine
  12. 2013 Diamond League - Ivet Lalova Profile
  13. 2013 Diamond League Standings Archived 29 October 2013 at the Wayback Machine
  14. "Competitions - European Athletics Championships - European Athletics". 17 October 2014. Archived from the original on 17 October 2014. Retrieved 10 August 2015.
  15. IAAF Diamond League Results - Shanghai 2016
  16. IAAF World Challenge Results - Beijing 2016
  17. IAAF Diamond League Results - Rome 2016
  18. Ивет Лалова най-бърза в Швейцария (Sportal.bg, in Bulgarian)
  19. IAAF Diamond League Results - Oslo 2016
  20. "Лалова-Колио откри сезона с победа на 200 м в Япония". www.sportal.bg (in Bulgarian). 21 May 2017. Retrieved 22 May 2017.
  21. "Ивет с победа и на 100 м в Кавазаки". www.sportal.bg (in Bulgarian). 21 May 2017. Retrieved 22 May 2017.
  22. IAAF Profiles - Ivet Lalova-Collio
  23. As of July 2016, tied with Irina Privalova as the 13th fastest woman in 100 metres history.
  24. She ran a better crono (11.33) in the Quarter-finals.
  25. She ran a better crono (23.13) in Round 1.
  26. She ran a season's best crono in the heats (11.48).
  27. She ran a better crono in the heats (11.09) and the Semi-finals (11.23).
  28. She ran a season's best crono (22.63) in the heats.
  29. She ran a better crono (11.06) in the Quarter-finals.
  30. She ran a better crono (11.15) in the Semi-finals.
  31. She ran a season's best crono (23.17) in Round 1.
  32. She ran a season's best crono (11.09) in the heats.
  33. She ran a personal best crono (22.32) in the Semi-finals.
  34. She ran a season's best crono (22.42) in the Semi-finals.
  35. She ran a better crono (22.65) in the Semi-finals.
  36. She ran a better crono (22.58) in the Semi-finals.
Olympic Games
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Rio de Janeiro 2016		 Succeeded by
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