Ivanka Bonova

Ivanka Bonova (Bulgarian: Иванка Бонова, born 4 April 1949) is a retired Bulgarian sprinter and middle-distance runner who specialized in the women's 400 and 800 metres.

She was born in Raduil, and represented the clubs Balkan and Levski-Spartak Club.^[1] In the 800 metres she finished fourth at the 1976 European Indoor Championships^[2] and seventh at the 1979 European Indoor Championships.^[3] She also competed at the 1976 Summer Olympics in the 4 x 400 metres relay, but the Bulgarian team failed to progress past round one.^[1]

Her personal best time was 1:59.7 minutes, achieved in July 1980 in Sofia.^[4] She had 53.54 seconds in the 400 metres, achieved in 1980.^[1]

References

1. "Ivanka Bonova". Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 6 January 2009. Retrieved 5 February 2010.
2. "1976 European Indoor Championships, women's 800 metres final". Die Leichtatletik-Statistik-Seite. Retrieved 5 February 2010.
3. "1979 European Indoor Championships, women's 800 metres final". Die Leichtatletik-Statistik-Seite. Retrieved 5 February 2010.
4. World women's all-time best 800m (last updated 2001)