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| Nationality |  Bulgaria | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 18 September 2004 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Track and Field | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Event | Long Jump | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Achievements and titles | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Personal best(s) | Long jump: 6.97m (Veliko Tarnovo, 2024) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Plamena Mitkova (born 18 September 2004) is a Bulgarian track and field athlete who won the long jump at the World Junior Athletics Championships in 2022.
Mitkova won the Bulgarian national title in July 2022, jumping 6.19m in the Stadion Ivaylo in Veliko Tarnovo. [1] In August, 2022 Mitkova triumphed in the long jump at the World Jumior Athletics Championships, jumping a personal best 6.66m. [2]
She competed at the 2023 European Athletics Indoor Championships in Istanbul, jumping 6.25 metres without qualifying for the final. [3] Mitkova won silver in the long jump at the 2023 European Athletics U20 Championships in Jerusalem with a jump of 6.54 metres. [4]
Competing at the 2024 European Athletics Championships in Rome, she finished in 7th place with a personal best jump of 6.80 metres. [5] Later that month, she won the Bulgarian title national with a personal best distance of 6.97 metres in Veliko Tarnovo. [6] She competed in the long jump at the 2024 Paris Olympics. [7]
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World U20 Champions in women's long jump | |
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