DEMIREVA Mirela

Date of Birth: 28 Sep 1989

Age: 31

Gender: Female

Olympic Scholarship

Place of birth: SOFIA

Birth Country:

Bulgaria

Place of residence : NETHERLANDS

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Athletics	Women's High Jump	12

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Olympic Stadium - High Jump B	Women's High Jump Qualification - Group A	Finished
	Olympic Stadium - High Jump A	Women's High Jump Final	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Olympic Games

Year	Location	High Jump
2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA	2nd (1.97)

World Athletics Championships

Year	Location	High Jump
2019	Doha, QAT	10th (1.89)
2017	London, GBR	7th (1.92)
2015	Beijing, CHN	9th (1.88)
2013	Moscow, RUS	Qual. (1.83)

European Championships

Year	Location	High Jump
2018	Berlin, GER	2nd (2.00)

Diamond League overview - Three best ranks per season and event since 2017

Year	High Jump
2020	1 x 4th, 1 x 5th
2019	2 x 2nd, 2 x 3rd, 2 x 5th
2018	1 x 1st, 3 x 2nd, 1 x 4th
2017	1 x 5th, 2 x 7th, 3 x 8th

Diamond League - Ten best performances since 2020

Rank	Year	Event	Location	Result
1	2018	High Jump	Rabat, MAR	1.94
2	2019	High Jump	Monaco, MON	1.94
2	2019	High Jump	Doha, QAT	1.91
2	2018	High Jump	Stockholm, SWE	2.00
2	2018	High Jump	Rome, ITA	1.94
2	2018	High Jump	Shanghai, CHN	1.94
3	2019	High Jump	Lausanne, SUI	1.97
3	2019	High Jump	Oslo, NOR	1.94
4	2020	High Jump	Monaco, MON	1.84
4	2018	High Jump	Paris Saint-Denis, FRA	1.94

World Athletics Continental Tour - Ten best performances since 2020

Rank	Year	Event	Competition	Location	Result
4	2021	High Jump	World Athletics Continental Tour	Turku, FIN	1.88

World Challenge - Ten best performances since 2020

Rank	Year	Event	Competition	Location	Result
2	2019	High Jump	World Challenge	Hengelo, NED	1.91
2	2018	High Jump	World Challenge	Hengelo, NED	1.94

World Indoor Championships

Year	Location	High Jump
2018	Birmingham, GBR	6th (1.89)

Legend
SF - Semifinal, QF - Quarterfinal, 1R - 1st Round, Qual. - Qualification, QR - Qualification Round, DNF - Did Not Finish, DNS - Did Not Start, DQ - Disqualified, NM - No Mark, [Relay athlete without time] - Did not run in final

Occupation:

Political Science - New Bulgarian University, Sofia, BUL

Languages spoken:

Bulgarian, English

ARV Ilion [Zoetermeer, NED]

Rini van Leeuwen [personal], NED, from 2014

Sporting relatives:

Both her parents represented Bulgaria internationally in athletics. Her mother Valya Demireva competed in the 4x100m relay at the 1988 Olympic Games in Seoul, and her father Krasimir Demirev competed in 400m hurdles at the 1991 World Championships in Tokyo, Japan. (duma.bg, 09 Mar 2013; 7sport.net, 19 Feb 2008; SportsDeskOnline, 08 May 2020)

She took up high jumping in 2004. (worldathletics.org, 29 Apr 2017)

"I was almost raised at the track because my mother and father were both athletes. I started out as a sprinter but my high jump journey started by accident. I was aged about 14 when I saw some people high jumping at the track and it looked like fun. I was tall and skinny, so a natural fit for the event, and when I first tried to jump I thought it was cool. The very next day I entered my first high jump competition which I won. That was the point I thought, okay, I want to be a professional high jumper." (worldathletics.org, 22 Mar 2018)

To compete at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (bgathletic.com, 23 Mar 2020)

Bulgarian high jumper Stefka Kostadinova. (worldathletics.org, 22 Mar 2018)

Her father. (duma.bg, 09 Mar 2013)

Philosophy:

"What I really love about high jump is that feeling of flying in the air and that sense of freedom during that moment. What I also like is the objectivity of the event. You either make a height or you don't make a height. It is a sport in which you don't lose a lot of energy thinking about other people and I really like that. I also love the fact that the high jump is a very technical discipline. You need to be very precise and very smart to execute it well." (worldathletics.org, 22 Mar 2018)

In 2016 she was named Athlete of the Year at the Bulgarian national sports awards gala in Sofia, Bulgaria. (viasport.bg, 20 Dec 2016)

General Interest

General
SILENT TRAINING
She says that music does not play any role in her training routine. "I never listen to music during my training. For a high jumper, rhythm is very important in my training and it is an individual matter and I can only find that inside. I can't listen to music and my body simultaneously. For the same reason, I don't prepare music for a competition. I don't need it to boost my mood or motivation, so usually I listen to music at home, in the evenings, and when I do I don't do anything else, I just sit back and listen." (worldathletics.org, 27 Mar 2020)

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Legend

:: Gold Medal Event
:: Silver Medal Event
:: Bronze Medal Event

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