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Stoyanka Kurbatova

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Stoyanka Kurbatova
Medal record
Women's rowing
Representing  Bulgaria
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 1976 Montreal Coxless pair
Bronze medal – third place 1980 Moscow Coxless pair

Stoyanka Kurbatova (née Gruycheva, Bulgarian: Стоянка Курбатова, née Груйчева, born 18 March 1955) is a Bulgarian rower and Olympic champion.

She was born in Plovdiv.[1]

Kurbatova, competing under her maiden name Gruycheva, became Olympic champion in 1976 in the coxless pairs event, with Siyka Kelbecheva.[1][2] In 1980, she received a bronze medal in the same competition.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c Бикова, Диана (26 April 2003). "Две пловдивчанки още живеят в плен на лодката" (in Bulgarian). Новинар. Retrieved 9 February 2011.
  2. ^ Кючуков, Ивайло (17 July 2008). "На днешната дата преди 32 години са открити XXI Олимпийски игри" (in Bulgarian). kyuchukov. Archived from the original on 7 July 2011. Retrieved 9 February 2011.
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