HIGH JUMPER • BULGARIA • 1965

Olympic Champion, two-time World Champion and five-time Indoor World Champion, World Record holder athlete

Best results

Personal best:

209 cm WR
1987, Rome
(outdoor)

206 cm WR
1988, Athens
(indoor)

4x World Record holder
(2x outdoor, 2x indoor)

Olympic Games:

1x 1. place
1996, Atlanta: 205 cm

1x 2. place
1988, Seoul: 201 cm

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World Championships:

2x 1. place
1987, Rome: 209 cm WR
1995, Gothenburg: 201 cm

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Indoor World Championships:

5x 1. place
1985, Paris: 197 cm
1987, Indianapolis: 205 cm CR
1989, Budapest: 202 cm
1993, Toronto: 202 cm
1997, Paris: 202 cm

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At the Jumping Gala:

2x participant
1993 – 200 cm – 1. place
1996 – 201 cm – 1. place

The personal story of museum founder János Angyal about this pair of sport shoes

Stefka Kostadinova arrived at the 1993 Jumping Gala in Salgótarján as a World Record Holder and Indoor World Champion and she enchanted the audience with a victorious jump of 200 centimetres. As the Olympic Champion of Atlanta she made her participation in 1996 memorable with a fantastic result of 201 centimetres. She has been the president of the Bulgarian Olympic Committee since 2005. It speaks about her popularity that she was voted president for a further four years on May 5, 2021 as the only nominee.

Our Museum presents the spike shoes she wore when she won gold at the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta.