Tereza Moncheva Marinova (; born 5 September 1977 in Pleven) is a Bulgarian athlete who specialised in the triple jump. She 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. She won triple jump titles at the 2001 IAAF World Indoor Championships and 2002 European Athletics Indoor Championships. She made her international debut in 1994 and retired in 2008.
Her personal best in the triple jump of , set during her Olympic win, is the Bulgarian national record. Marinova's winning jump of at the 1996 World Junior Championships in Athletics remains the world under-20 record for the triple jump. She also has a best of in the long jump, set indoors in 2002.
At the Bulgarian Athletics Championships, she won three triple jump titles (1995, 1996, 2003) and one long jump title in 2000.Bulgarian Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved 2020-06-12. She also won three triple jump titles at the Bulgarian Indoor Athletics Championships (1996, 1999, 2006), as well as the long jump title in 2000.Bulgarian Indoor Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved 2020-06-12. Marinova won six Balkan championships indoors and outdoors.Balkan Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved 2020-06-12.Balkan Indoor Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved 2020-06-12.
Career
In her earlier days she became both European Junior and World Junior champion, and she still holds the world junior record at triple jump. At the 2000 Summer Olympics she won the gold medal with a personal best jump of 15.20 metres.
In long jump her personal best is 6.46 m. She did not compete internationally after the 2004 World Indoor Championships until 2006. She finished sixth at the 2006 European Athletics Championships.
Her 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.
Tereza Marinova retired from athletics shortly before the start of the 2008 Summer Olympics. Nine months after that she started work as an athletics instructor. Marinova was one of the commentators for the Bulgarian National Television during the 2012 Summer Olympics. She is currently an instructor at the National Sports Academy.
Personal life
Marinova gave birth to her first child, a girl named Darina, on 17 February 2011. Her second child, a boy called Kalin, was born on 23 December 2012.
International competitions 1994World Junior ChampionshipsLisbon, Portugal15th (q)Triple jump12.82 m (wind: +0.8 m/s)1995European Junior ChampionshipsNyíregyháza, Hungary1stTriple jump13.901996European Indoor ChampionshipsStockholm, Sweden16th (q)Triple jump13.40 mBalkan ChampionshipsNiš, Yugoslavia1stTriple jump14.02 mWorld Junior ChampionshipsSydney, Australia1stTriple jump14.62 m (wind: +1.0 m/s)1997World Indoor ChampionshipsParis, France8thTriple jump14.00 mEuropean CupPrague, Czech Republic2ndTriple jump13.99 mWorld ChampionshipsAthens, Greece6thTriple jump14.34 m1998European ChampionshipsValencia, Spain9thTriple jump13.81 mEuropean ChampionshipsBudapest, Hungary 3rdTriple jump14.50 m1999Balkan Indoor ChampionshipsPiraeus, Greece1stTriple jump14.70 mWorld Indoor ChampionshipsMaebashi, Japan4thTriple jump14.76 mEuropean CupAthens, Greece2ndTriple jump14.40 m 2000Balkan ChampionshipsKavala, Greece1stLong jump6.46 m1stTriple jump14.44 mSummer OlympicsSydney, Australia 1stTriple jump15.20 m PB2001Balkan Indoor ChampionshipsPiraeus, Greece1stTriple jump14.54 mWorld Indoor ChampionshipsLisbon, Portugal 1stTriple jump14.91 mWorld ChampionshipsEdmonton, Canada 3rdTriple jump14.58 mGoodwill GamesBrisbane, Australia2ndTriple jump14.37 m2002European Indoor ChampionshipsVienna, Austria 1stTriple jump14.71 m2003Balkan Indoor ChampionshipsAthens, Greece3rdTriple jump14.40 mWorld Indoor ChampionshipsBirmingham, United Kingdom10th (q)Triple jump14.09 m2004Balkan Indoor ChampionshipsPaiania, Greece2ndTriple jump14.43 mWorld Indoor ChampionshipsBudapest, Hungary16th (q)Triple jump14.13 m2006Balkan Indoor ChampionshipsPiraeus, Greece1stTriple jump14.49 mWorld Indoor ChampionshipsMoscow, Russia6thTriple jump14.37 mEuropean Cup First League BThessaloniki, Greece6thLong jump6.14 m2ndTriple jump14.21 mEuropean Championships Gothenburg, Sweden 6thTriple jump14.20 m
National titles Bulgarian Athletics Championships Triple jump: 1995, 1996, 2003 Long jump: 2000 Bulgarian Indoor Athletics Championships Triple jump: 1996, 1999, 2006 Long jump: 2000
Honours
Bulgarian Sportsperson of the Year - 2000
See also Bulgaria at the 2000 Summer Olympics List of 2000 Summer Olympics medal winners List of Olympic medalists in athletics (women) List of World Athletics Championships medalists (women) List of IAAF World Indoor Championships medalists (women) List of European Athletics Championships medalists (women) List of European Athletics Indoor Championships medalists (women) Triple jump at the Olympics List of Bulgarians List of Bulgarian sportspeople
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