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Ekaterina Dafovska
Bulgarian biathlete
Ekaterina Dafovska (Bulgarian: Екатерина Дафовска) (born 28 November 1975, Chepelare, Bulgaria) is a Bulgarian biathlete. She took up the biathlon in 1992. She made the national team in 1993 and came in 29th in the 15-kilometer compe*ion at the Lillehammer Olympics the following year. She won a gold Olympic medal at the 15:km Individual event during the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano. As of 2021, her gold medal is the only one won by a Bulgarian at a Winter Olympic games.
Dafovska is an administrator from Chepelare.
Achievements
- 1995 – Bronze in the World Championship in Media:Antholz-Anterselva, Italy
- 1997 – Bronze in the World Championship in Brezno-Osrblie, Slovakia
- 1998 – Gold in the Olympic games in Nagano, *an
- 2002 – Fifth place in the Olympic Games in Salt Lake City, USA
- 2004 – Gold in the European Championship in Minsk, Belarus
- 2006 – Eight in the Olympic games in Torino, Italy