ATHLETE

Mariya Petkova

1950 - Today

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Mariya Dimitrova Petkova (Bulgarian: Мария Димитрова Петкова, née Vergova (Вергова); born 3 November 1950 in Plovdiv) is a retired Bulgarian discus thrower. In 1976 she won an Olympic silver medal behind Evelin Schlaak, a standing that would repeat itself in 1980. This year she also achieved a personal best throw of 71.80 metres. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Mariya Petkova has received more than 18,491 page views. Her biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). Mariya Petkova is the 669th most popular athlete (up from 936th in 2019), the 200th most popular biography from Bulgaria (up from 217th in 2019) and the 6th most popular Bulgarian Athlete.

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  • 1.65

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Mariya Petkova ranks 669 out of 6,025. Before her are Konrad Stäheli, Anne-Marie Colchen, Vera Nikolić, Sven Thofelt, Anatoly Khrapaty, and Anatoly Mikhaylov. After her are Norma Croker, Adalberts Bubenko, Renan, Duncan McNaughton, Tamás Mendelényi, and Wyomia Tyus.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1950, Mariya Petkova ranks 375. Before her are Wendie Malick, Vladislav Bogićević, Maricica Puică, Patty Murray, Rick Baker, and Michael Paul Chan. After her are Paolo Pulici, Anna Jantar, Mauro Bellugi, John Paul Young, Lee Wan-koo, and René Fasel.

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In Bulgaria

Among people born in Bulgaria, Mariya Petkova ranks 200 out of 415. Before her are Aleksandar Shalamanov (1941), Dragan Tsankov (1828), Teodor Teodorov (1859), Dora Gabe (1888), Yordan Yovkov (1880), and Dimitar Dobrev (1931). After her are Nadya Nozharova (1916), Charles Champaud (1865), Kostas Varnalis (1884), Konstantin Stoilov (1853), Georgi Kyoseivanov (1884), and Stefan Toshev (1859).

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Among ATHLETES In Bulgaria

Among athletes born in Bulgaria, Mariya Petkova ranks 6. Before her are Stefka Kostadinova (1965), Ivanka Khristova (1941), Naim Süleymanoğlu (1967), Magdalena Georgieva (1962), and Yordanka Blagoeva (1947). After her are Diana Yorgova (1942), Yordanka Donkova (1961), Vladimir Ivanov (null), Khristo Markov (1965), Norair Nurikyan (1948), and Boris Nikolov (1929).

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