Svetlana Staneva

In this Bulgarian name, the patronymic is Kamenova and the family name is Staneva.
Svetlana Staneva
Personal information
Native nameСветлана Каменова Станева
Full nameSvetlana Kamenova Staneva
Born (1990-06-26) 26 June 1990 (age 34)
Dobrich,[1] Bulgaria[citation needed]
Sport
CountryBulgaria
SportBoxing
Weight class57 kg
Medal record
Women's boxing
Representing  Bulgaria
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2023 New Delhi Featherweight
European Games
Silver medal – second place 2023 Kraków-Małopolska Featherweight
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2024 Belgrade Featherweight
Silver medal – second place 2014 Bucharest Featherweight
Silver medal – second place 2022 Budva Featherweight

Svetlana Kamenova Staneva (Bulgarian: Светлана Каменова Станева; born 26 June 1990)[2] is a Bulgarian boxer competing in the featherweight (57 kg) division. She won the silver medal in the women's featherweight event at the 2023 European Games held in Poland.[2][3] She won the gold medal in her event at the 2024 European Amateur Boxing Championships held in Belgrade, Serbia. Staneva represented Bulgaria at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France.

Career

In 2012, Staneva competed at the AIBA Women's World Boxing Championships held in Qinhuangdao, China.[4] She won the silver medal in the featherweight event at the 2014 Women's European Amateur Boxing Championships held in Bucharest, Romania.[5] Staneva competed in the featherweight event at the 2014 AIBA Women's World Boxing Championships held in Jeju City, South Korea.[6] She was eliminated in her second match.[6]

Staneva competed at the 2016 European Boxing Olympic Qualification Tournament hoping to qualify for the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.[7] A month later, she competed in the lightweight event at the 2016 AIBA Women's World Boxing Championships held in Astana, Kazakhstan where she was eliminated in her first match.

Staneva won the silver medal in the featherweight event at the 2022 Women's European Amateur Boxing Championships held in Budva, Montenegro.[8] She won one of the bronze medals in the featherweight event at the 2023 IBA Women's World Boxing Championships held in New Delhi, India.[9] At first, she did not win a medal but she was awarded a bronze medal after Lin Yu-ting of Chinese Taipei was disqualified.[9]

Staneva won the silver medal in the women's featherweight event at the 2023 European Games held in Poland.[2][3] As a result, she secured a quota place for the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France.[10] In the final, she lost against Amina Zidani of France.[2]

In April 2024, she won the gold medal in her event at the European Amateur Boxing Championships held in Belgrade, Serbia.[11] She defeated Daria Abramova of Russia in her gold medal match.[11] In August 2024, she competed in the women's 57 kg event at the 2024 Summer Olympics held in Paris, France. She was eliminated in her second match by Lin Yu-ting of Chinese Taipei,[12] after getting defeated by her two years earlier in a nullified match; Staneva fuelled the controversy surrounding Lin by making an X gesture after the match.[13]

References

  1. ^ "Светлана Станева играе шах преди първия си боксов мач" (in Bulgarian). 24chasa.bg. 2 March 2024. Retrieved 7 August 2024.
  2. ^ a b c d "Boxing Results Book" (PDF). 2023 European Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 February 2024. Retrieved 28 March 2024.
  3. ^ a b Burke, Patrick (2 July 2023). "Orie claims final boxing gold of Kraków-Małopolska 2023 European Games". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 28 March 2024.
  4. ^ "Women's Feather 57kg" (PDF). AIBA. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 October 2013. Retrieved 14 May 2012.
  5. ^ Goddard, Emily (7 June 2014). "Ireland's Taylor secures sixth European women's boxing title". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 28 March 2024.
  6. ^ a b "Women's Feather (57 kg)" (PDF). 2014 AIBA Women's World Boxing Championships. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 April 2021. Retrieved 29 March 2024.
  7. ^ Etchells, Daniel (17 April 2016). "Hosts Turkey end AIBA European Olympic Qualification Event on a high note". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 29 March 2024.
  8. ^ Houston, Michael (22 October 2022). "Harrington return helps Ireland top medals table at Women's European Boxing Championships". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 28 March 2024.
  9. ^ a b Chakraborty, Amlan (26 March 2023). "Two disqualified for failing to meet eligibility criteria at world champs". Reuters. Retrieved 28 March 2024.
  10. ^ Burke, Patrick (28 June 2023). "Olympic champions Harrington and Sürmeneli among 36 to secure boxing quota places for Paris 2024". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 28 March 2024.
  11. ^ a b "2024 European Amateur Boxing Championships Results Book" (PDF). Amateur Boxing Results. Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 April 2024. Retrieved 2 May 2024.
  12. ^ "Taiwan's Yu-ting beats Staneva to ensure medal amid boxing gender debate".
  13. ^ Reilly, Bridget (4 August 2024). "Lin Yu-ting's Olympics opponent fans flames with 'X' gesture". Retrieved 6 August 2024.