Ekaterina Dafovska

Ekaterina Dafovska

Medal record
Women's biathlon
Representing  Bulgaria
Olympic Games
	1998 Nagano	15 km individual
World Championships
	1995 Antholz-Anterselva	15 km individual
	1997 Brezno-Osrblie	15 km individual

Ekaterina Stefanova Dafovska (Bulgarian: Екатерина Стефанова Дафовска; born 28 November 1975 in Chepelare, Bulgaria)^[1] is a Bulgarian former biathlete. She took up the biathlon in 1990. She made the national team in 1993 and came in 29th in the 15-kilometer competition at the Lillehammer Olympics the following year.^[2] She won a gold Olympic medal at the 15 km Individual event during the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano.^[3][4] As of 2023^[update], her gold medal is the only one won by a Bulgarian at a Winter Olympic Games.

Dafovska is an administrator from Chepelare.^[2]

Biathlon Results

Olympic Games

1 medal (1 gold, 0 silver, 0 bronze)

Event	Individual	Sprint	Pursuit	Mass start	Relay
1994 Lillehammer	—	29th	—	—	13th
1998 Nagano	Gold	29th	—	—	16th
2002 Salt Lake City	5th	10th	15th	—	4th
2006 Turin	11th	33rd	28th	8th	8th

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*Pursuit was first added in 2002, mass start in 2006.

World Championships

2 medals (0 gold, 0 silver, 2 bronze)

Event	Individual	Sprint	Pursuit	Mass start	Relay	Team
1995 Anterholt[6]	Bronze	31st	—	7th	—	—
1997 Brezno-Osrblie[7]	Bronze	5th	19th	11th	—	8th
1999 Kohtilanti[8]	—	14th	14th	—	9th	—
1999 Oslo[9]	10th	—	—	6th	—	—
2001 Pokljuka[10]	18th	18th	10th	18th	6th	—
2002 Oslo[11]	—	—	—	4th	—	—
2003 Khanty-Mansisyk[12]	8th	29th	25th	11th	7th	—
2004 Oberhof[13]	17th	21st	16th	6th	6th	—
2005 Hochfilzen[14]	5th	—	12th	22nd	8th	—

*Team was removed as an event in 1998 and pursuit was added in 1997 with mass relay first being added in 1999.

World Cup

Season	Overall
1993-94	38th
1994-95	25th
1995-96	47th
1996-97	17th
1997-98	16th
1998-99	11th
2000-01	19th
2001-02	11th
2002-03	4th
2003-04	14th
2004-05	21st
2005-06	27th

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Individual Victories

4 victories {1 In, 1 Sp, 2 Pu)

Season	Date	Location	Discipline	Level
2002-03 4 victories (1 In, 1 Sp, 2 Pu)	22 December 2002	Brezno-Osrblie	10km Pursuit[16]	Biathlon World Cup
	8 January 2003	Oberhof	7.5km Sprint[17]	Biathlon World Cup
	19 January 2003	Ruhpolding	10km Pursuit[18]	Biathlon World Cup
	23 January 2003	Antholz-Anterselva	15km Individual[19]	Biathlon World Cup

References

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3. "THE XVIII WINTER GAMES: ROUNDUP; Hackl Aims For 3d Gold In the Luge - New York Times". The New York Times. Germany; Nagano (Japan). 1998-02-09. Retrieved 2014-02-02.
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