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Stefka Kostadinova

1965 - Today

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Stefka Georgieva Kostadinova (Bulgarian: Стефка Георгиева Костадинова; born 25 March 1965) is a Bulgarian former athlete who competed in the high jump. Her world record of 2.09 metres stood since 1987 until being broken by Yaroslava Mahuchikh in 2024 (record not verified). She is the 1996 Olympic champion, a two-time World champion, and a five-time World Indoor champion. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Stefka Kostadinova has received more than 440,168 page views. Her biography is available in 48 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 45 in 2019). Stefka Kostadinova is the 17th most popular athlete (up from 93rd in 2019), the 41st most popular biography from Bulgaria (up from 101st in 2019) and the most popular Bulgarian Athlete.

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  • 440k

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  • 60.48

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 48

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 12.26

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.21

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Stefka Kostadinova ranks 17 out of 6,025. Before her are Fanny Blankers-Koen, Javier Sotomayor, Ray Ewry, Thomas Burke, Felix Baumgartner, and Mike Powell. After her are Florence Griffith Joyner, Ellery Harding Clark, Iolanda Balaș, Hannes Kolehmainen, Tamara Press, and Marita Koch.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1965, Stefka Kostadinova ranks 25. Before her are Gong Li, Ben Stiller, Sarah Jessica Parker, Dr. Dre, Mohammed Deif, and Rodney King. After her are Infanta Cristina of Spain, Oleksandr Syrskyi, Brooke Shields, Ange Postecoglou, Viola Davis, and Slash.

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In Bulgaria

Among people born in Bulgaria, Stefka Kostadinova ranks 41 out of 415. Before her are Peter I of Bulgaria (927), Kristalina Georgieva (1953), Boris Christoff (1914), Nicolai Ghiaurov (1929), John of Rila (876), and Hristo Botev (1848). After her are Irina Bokova (1952), Ivan Sratsimir of Bulgaria (1324), Nikola Zhekov (1865), Ratko Janev (1939), Petar Mladenov (1936), and Chernorizets Hrabar (890).

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Among ATHLETES In Bulgaria

Among athletes born in Bulgaria, Stefka Kostadinova ranks 1. After her are Ivanka Khristova (1941), Naim Süleymanoğlu (1967), Magdalena Georgieva (1962), Yordanka Blagoeva (1947), Mariya Petkova (1950), Diana Yorgova (1942), Yordanka Donkova (1961), Khristo Markov (1965), Norair Nurikyan (1948), Boris Nikolov (1929), and Mikhail Zhelev (1943).

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