GROZDEVA Maria

Olympic Games

Year	Location	10m Air Pistol	25m Pistol
2012	London, GBR	24	9
2008	Beijing, CHN	11	5
2004	Athens, GRE	3	1
2000	Sydney, NSW, AUS	38	1
1996	Atlanta, GA, USA	3	21
1992	Barcelona, ESP	3	18

World Championships

Year	Location	10m Air Pistol	25m Pistol	10m Air Pistol - Team
2018	Changwon, KOR	37	25	-
2014	Granada, ESP	24	15	-
2010	Munich, GER	17	17	-
2006	Zagreb, CRO	15	16	-
1994	Milan, ITA	-	-	2
1990	Moscow, URS	-	-	3

European Championships

Year	Location	10m Air Pistol	25m Pistol	10m Air Pistol Team X	10m Air Pistol - Team	25m Pistol - Team	25m Standard Pistol - Team X
2021	Osijek, CRO	17	13	17	7	2	-
2020	Wroclaw, POL	5	-	18	8	-	-
2019	Osijek, CRO	21	-	37	-	-	-
2019	Bologna, ITA	-	29	-	-	-	4
2018	Gyor, HUN	6	-	18	-	-	-
2017	Maribor, SLO	13	-	-	-	-	-
2017	Baku, AZE	-	3	-	-	-	-

European Championships

Year	Location	10m Air Pistol	25m Pistol	10m Air Pistol Team X	10m Air Pistol - Team	25m Pistol - Team	25m Standard Pistol - Team X
2021	Osijek, CRO	17	13	17	7	2	-
2020	Wroclaw, POL	5	-	18	8	-	-
2019	Osijek, CRO	21	-	37	-	-	-
2019	Bologna, ITA	-	29	-	-	-	4
2018	Gyor, HUN	6	-	18	-	-	-
2017	Maribor, SLO	13	-	-	-	-	-
2017	Baku, AZE	-	3	-	-	-	-

World Cup Final

Year	Location	25m Pistol	10m Air Pistol Team X
2019	Putian, CHN	16	10
2016	Bologna, ITA	9	-

World Cup overview - Three best ranks per season and event since 2017

Year	10m Air Pistol	25m Pistol	10m Air Pistol Team	10m Air Pistol - Team
2021	1 x 50th	1 x 28th	1 x 16th	1 x 1st
2019	1 x 19th, 1 x 35th, 1 x 49th	1 x 1st, 1 x 26th, 1 x 27th	1 x 18th, 1 x 40th	-
2018	1 x 9th, 1 x 22nd, 1 x 26th	1 x 1st, 1 x 13th, 1 x 22nd	1 x 17th	-
2017	1 x 16th, 1 x 27th, 1 x 31st	1 x 11th, 1 x 17th, 1 x 25th	-	-

World Cup - Ten best performances since 2017

Rank	Year	Event	Location
1	2021	Women's 10m Air Pistol - Team	Osijek, CRO
1	2019	25m Pistol	Beijing, CHN
1	2018	25m Pistol	Fort Benning, GA, USA
9	2018	10m Air Pistol	Fort Benning, GA, USA
11	2017	25m Pistol	New Delhi, IND
13	2018	25m Pistol	Guadalajara, MEX
16	2021	10m Air Pistol Team	Osijek, CRO
16	2017	10m Air Pistol	Munich, GER
17	2018	10m Air Pistol Team	Munich, GER
17	2017	25m Pistol	Qabala, AZE

Legend
X - Mixed, DNS - Did Not Start, DSQ - Disqualified

Athlete, Sports Administrator

Vasil Levski National Sports Academy, Sofia, BUL

Husband Valeri Grigorov, three children

Bulgarian, English

Valeri Grigorov [husband, personal], BUL

Right eye, right hand (issf-sports.org, 2019)

Her training was disrupted by a shoulder injury in 2019. (gong.bg, 29 Apr 2019)

She took up the sport at age 11 with the CSKA club in Sofia, Bulgaria. (tribune.bg, 09 Feb 2020; actualno.com, 03 May 2019; eley.co.uk, 31 Dec 2009)

To compete at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (tribune.bg, 09 Feb 2020)

She was Bulgaria's flag bearer at the opening ceremonies of the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens and the 2015 European Games in Baku, Azerbaijan. (inews.bg, 27 Jul 2016; gettyimages.com, 12 Jun 2015)

She was named Athlete of the Year for 2004 by the Bulgarian sports journalists. (bgolympic.org, 14 Jun 2019; BNN, 23 Dec 2004)