Tereza Moncheva Marinova is a Bulgarian athlete who specialised in the triple jump.
13 Facts About Tereza Marinova
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Tereza Marinova was the gold medallist in that event at the 2000 Summer Olympics and a bronze medallist at the 2001 World Championships in Athletics and 1998 European Athletics Championships.
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Tereza Marinova won triple jump titles at the 2001 IAAF World Indoor Championships and 2002 European Athletics Indoor Championships.
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Tereza Marinova made her international debut in 1994 and retired in 2008.
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Tereza Marinova won three triple jump titles at the Bulgarian Indoor Athletics Championships, as well as the long jump title in 2000.
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Tereza Marinova did not compete internationally after the 2004 World Indoor Championships until 2006.
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Tereza Marinova finished sixth at the 2006 European Athletics Championships.
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Tereza Marinova's father Moncho was a prominent 800 metres runner who once set a Bulgarian record and still holds the Bulgarian one mile record, and her brother Tsvetomir was a talented 400 metres runner.
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Tereza Marinova retired from athletics shortly before the start of the 2008 Summer Olympics.
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Tereza Marinova was one of the commentators for the Bulgarian National Television during the 2012 Summer Olympics.
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Tereza Marinova is currently an instructor at the National Sports Academy.
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Tereza Marinova gave birth to her first child, a girl named Darina, on 17 February 2011.
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Tereza Marinova's second child, a boy called Kalin, was born on 23 December 2012.