Penka Stoyanova was a Bulgarian basketball player who competed in the 1976 Summer Olympics and in the 1980 Summer Olympics.
11 Facts About Penka Stoyanova
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Penka Stoyanova was born in Karlovo on January 21,1950.
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Penka Stoyanova is a medalist with the national team: silver - from the Olympic Games in Moscow, USSR, 1980, and bronze - from the Olympic Games in Montreal, Canada in 1976.
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Penka Stoyanova won a silver medal at the tournament in Varna, Bulgaria, in 1972 and a bronze medal in Clermont Ferrand in 1976.
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Penka Stoyanova has eight first places for 12 Balkan Games and two third places at a youth festival and Universiade.
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Penka Stoyanova is a three-time champion of Bulgaria with "Maritsa" with coach Tencho Nachev in 1971,1973, and 1974 and four times, silver and bronze medalist in the Bulgarian basketball championship.
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Penka Stoyanova was the captain of all national teams, and from 1974 to 1981, she was the captain of the representation of the women's national team, which competed for the first time at the World Cup in Prague, Czechoslovakia, in 1967.
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Penka Stoyanova is the first Bulgarian basketball player to play professional basketball abroad.
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Penka Stoyanova was declared an honorary citizen in the city of Karlovo in 1985 and the town of Plovdiv in 2000.
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Penka Stoyanova was among the torchbearers of the Olympic flame for the game in Athens, Greece, in 2004.
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Penka Stoyanova was included in the FIBA list in 2007 of 35 players who contributed to the creation of world basketball in the 1950s.