Bulgarian canoeist

Maria Mintscheva (sometimes listed as Mariya Mincheva) (Bulgarian: Мария Минчева), born 7 February 1952) is a Bulgarian sprint canoer who competed in the late 1970s and early 1980s. She won two medals in the K-4 500 m event at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with a gold in 1977 and a silver in 1978.

Mintscheva also competed in two Summer Olympics, earning her best finish of seventh in the K-2 500 m event at Montreal in 1976.

References

• ICF medalists for Olympic and World Championships – Part 1: fla*er (now sprint): 1936–2007 at WebCite (archived 2009-01-21). Additional archives: Wayback Machine.
• ICF medalists for Olympic and World Championships – Part 2: rest of fla*er (now sprint) and remaining canoeing disciplines: 1936–2007 at WebCite (archived 2009-11-09)
• Maria Mintscheva at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)