Svetla Otsetova

Svetla Otsetova[1] (Bulgarian: Светла Оцетова, born 23 November 1950) is a Bulgarian rower.

Svetla Otsetova
Medal record
Women's rowing
Representing  Bulgaria
Olympic Games
1976 Montreal Double sculls
World Rowing Championships
1978 Karapiro Double sculls
1977 Amsterdam Double sculls
1979 Bled Double sculls
1975 Nottingham Double sculls

She won a gold medal with Zdravka Yordanova in women's double sculls rowing in the 1976 Montreal Olympics.[2] She also competed at the 1980 Summer Olympics.[3]

She is the third woman in history to serve in the International Olympic Committee. Otsetova was the president of the Bulgarian Rowing Federation[4] until 2012. She is also a recipient of the Order of Stara Planina (1st class).

References
  1. Bulgarians in FISA
  2. "1976 Summer Olympics – Montreal, Canada –Rowing" Archived 17 September 2008 at the Wayback Machine– databaseOlympics.com (Retrieved on 9 March 2008)
  3. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Svetla Otsetova Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 1 September 2018.
  4. Gergov, Nikolay (21 August 2009). "Оцетова поиска БОК. Костадинова отива при Борисов, иска нов имот" (in Bulgarian). 7sport.net. Retrieved 31 October 2015.


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