Iva Prandzheva

Iva Prandzheva (Bulgarian: Ива Пранджева, born 15 February 1972 in Plovdiv) is a former Bulgarian athlete who was successful in both long jump and triple jump. She had to retire from athletics in 2000 after she was caught doping for the second time and was subsequently banned for life.

Her best performance came at the 1995 World Championships where she won a silver medal jumping 15.18 metres, a personal best. The winner of the event, Inessa Kravets, set a new world record (15.50 metres) which still stands.

Prandzheva competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics, but failed a blood drug test testing positive to Methandrostenolone and was banned for two years. She came back after the ban and qualified for the 2000 Summer Olympics, but was caught doping again. This time she tested positive for the anabolic steroid Nandrolone and she was subsequently banned from sports for life.[1][2]

She competed in Survivor BG 2009 and was both the Runner - Up and Main Antagonist.

Achievements
YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventNotes
Representing  Bulgaria
1990 World Junior Championships Plovdiv, Bulgaria 1st Long jump 6.53 m (wind: +1.3 m/s)
1993 World Championships Stuttgart, Germany 3rd Triple jump 14.23 m
1994 European Championships Helsinki, Finland 8th Long jump 6.56 m (wind: 1.1 m/s)
— Triple jump NM
1995 World Indoor Championships Barcelona, Spain 2nd Triple jump 14.71 m
World Championships Gothenburg, Sweden 2nd Triple jump 15.18 m
1996 European Indoor Championships Stockholm, Sweden 1st Triple jump 14.54 m
Olympic Games Atlanta, United States DSQ (steroids) Triple jump
1999 World Indoor Championships Maebashi, Japan 2nd Triple jump 14.94 m
3rd Long jump 6.78 m
2000 European Indoor Championships Ghent, Belgium 3rd Triple jump 14.63 m
3rd Long jump 6.80 m

See also

References
  1. rediff.com: Roll of dishonour
  2. Tom Knight: Life ban for Bulgarian, 14 September 2000


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