Maria Grozdeva

Maria Zdravkova Grozdeva (Bulgarian: Мария Здравкова Гроздева, née Григорова, Grigorova; born on 23 June 1972 ) is a Bulgarian sport shooter, concentrating on both 25 metre pistol and 10 metre air pistol. She is the only woman to have successfully defended 25 metre pistol title at the Olympic Games. Apart from her five Olympic medals including two gold medals, she also has been successful at CISM World Championships and ISSF World Cups. She is also the current holder of the final world record in 25 metre pistol. Grozdeva was born in Sofia.

Maria Grozdeva
Grozdeva in 2014
Personal information
Full nameMaria Zdravkova Grozdeva
Born23 June 1972 (1972-06-23) (age 48)
Sofia, Bulgaria
Medal record
Women's shooting
Representing  Bulgaria
Olympic Games
2000 Sydney 25 m pistol
2004 Athens 25 m pistol
1992 Barcelona 10 m air pistol
1996 Atlanta 10 m air pistol
2004 Athens 10 m air pistol

Olympic results
Event 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012
25 metre pistol 18th
574		 21st
574		 Gold
589+101.3		 Gold
585+103.2		 5th
583+203.6		 9th
583
10 metre air pistol Bronze
383+98.6		 Bronze
389+99.5		 38th
367		 Bronze
386+96.3		 11th
382		 24th
378

Records
Current world records held in 25 metre pistol
Women (CISM) Individual 590  Li Duihong (CHN)
 Maria Grozdeva (BUL)
 Stephanie Thurmann (GER)
 Zhang Mengyuan (CHN)
 Doreen Vennekamp (GER)		 1993
1996
2015
June 2, 2018
June 2, 2018		 (NOR)
(SWE)
(KOR)
Thun (SUI)
Thun (SUI)

VIP Brother 3

On 17 March 2009 Mariya became a contestant on the third season of the reality show VIP Brother (the Bulgarian version of the Big Brother celebrity edition).

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References
  • Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Mariya Grozdeva". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2020-04-18.
  • Grozdeva's profile at ISSF NEWS



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