EFTIMOVA Inna

Bulgaria

Athletics

Date of Birth: 19 Jun 1988

Age: 33

Gender: Female

Place of birth: SOFIA

Birth Country:

Bulgaria

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Athletics	Women's 100m
	Women's 200m

Schedule

Change

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Olympic Stadium - Track	Women's 100m Round 1 - Heat 5	Finished
	Olympic Stadium - Track	Women's 200m Round 1 - Heat 3	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Athlete:

Olympic Games

Year	Location	100m	200m
2008	Beijing, CHN	Heats (11.67)	QF (23.48)

World Athletics Championships

Year	Location	100m
2019	Doha, QAT	Heats (11.79)
2015	Beijing, CHN	Heats (11.50)
2011	Daegu, KOR	DQ
2007	Osaka, JPN	Heats (11.66)

European Games

Year	Location	100m
2019	Minsk, BLR	Heat 4 (11.71)

European Championships

Year	Location	100m	200m
2018	Berlin, GER	SF (11.52)	SF (23.62)

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

Hobbies:

Painting, art. (Bulgarian Olympic Team Facebook page, 12 Jul 2021; sportal.bg, 04 Feb 2016)

Occupation:

Athlete

Education:

Graphic Design - New Bulgarian University, Sofia, BUL

Family:

Partner Aleksandur

Languages spoken:

Bulgarian, English

Club name:

Danube Ruse [Bulgaria]

Coach:

Valia Demireva [personal], BUL; Evgeni Ignatov [club], BUL

Start:

She began running at school, and began competing in 2000. (Bulgarian Olympic Team Facebook page, 12 Jul 2021; sportal.bg, 04 Feb 2016)

Reason:

"I was very active as a child and I was encouraged to try athletics by a physical education teacher at school. I also remembered watching my brother Miroslav compete in athletics so I begged my mother to give it a try." (sportal.bg, 04 Feb 2016)

Ambition:

To compete at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (Facebook page, 01 Jul 2021)

Memorable:

Competing at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, and qualifying for the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (bnt.bg, 19 Jul 2021; Facebook page, 01 Jul 2021)

Influence:

Coach Valia Demireva and mentor Ivo Marinov. (Facebook page, 01 Jul 2021)

General Interest

General
SANCTION
She tested positive for the banned synthetic growth hormone somatropin at the 2011 World Championships in Daegu, Republic of Korea. She accepted the finding and did not request to have a B sample tested, and was subsequently banned for two years. (reuters.com, 18 May 2012; sportal.bg, 16 Oct 2013; iaaf.org, 01 Jan 2014)

OTHER ACTIVITIES
She set-up her own arts and crafts page online where she sells handmade products called Artina Custom. (Artina Custom Facebook page, 12 Feb 2021; Instagram profile, 01 Jan 2021; Artina Custom Instagram page, 29 Jan 2018)

Social Media

Legend

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

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