Tsvetelina Abrasheva

Tsvetelina Abrasheva
Personal information
Country represented Bulgaria
Born (1977-05-27) 27 May 1977
Sofia, Bulgaria
Height 1.67 m (5 ft 5 12 in)
Retired 1997

Tsvetelina Abrasheva (Bulgarian: Цветелина Абрашева; born 27 May 1977)[1] is a Bulgarian former competitive figure skater. Having started skating at age three,[2] she represented Bulgaria at the 1994 Winter Olympics, placing 24th, and won the silver medal at the 1996 Ondrej Nepela Memorial. After tearing cruciate ligaments in the knee, she struggled to recover and retired from competition.[2]

Abrasheva married a journalist who played hockey in around 2000 and had a child two years later.[2] She became a sports journalist for Bulgarian National Television in around 2002 or 2003 and began commentating Olympic events in 2006.[3]

Results

International
Event 1990–91 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98
Winter Olympics 24th
European Champ. 29th
Karl Schäfer 12th 10th
Ondrej Nepela 2nd 5th
International: Junior
World Junior Champ. 25th
National
Bulgarian Champ.

References

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