Maria Kirkova

Personal information
Nickname	Mimi
Nationality	Bulgarian
Born	(1986-01-02) 2 January 1986 (age 38) Sofia, Bulgaria
Height	165 cm (65 in)
Weight	65 kg (143 lb)
Sport
Country	Bulgaria
Sport	Alpine skiing
Event(s)	Downhill, super-G, giant slalom, slalom, combined
Achievements and titles
Olympic finals	2006 Winter Olympics: Slalom–DNF 2010 Winter Olympics: Downhill–33 Super-G–DNF Slalom–DNF Giant slalom–DNF

Maria Kirkova ( Bulgarian: Мария Киркова; born 2 January 1986) is a Bulgarian female skier. She was the flagbearer for Bulgaria and a competitor during the 2014 Winter Olympics and took part in the Alpine skiing events at all four Winter Olympics between 2006 and 2018 as well as the FIS Alpine World Ski Championships in 2003 and six championship from 2007 to 2017. ^[1]

Olympic Games

Kirkova made her Olympic debut in Slalom during the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, but did not finish the course. She then competed in the women's downhill, super-G, slalom and giant slalom in the 2010 Winter Olympics, in all of these she failed to finish, except for the downhill, in which she came 33rd. During the 2014 Winter Olympics, she competed in slalom and giant slalom. She finished 36th in the giant slalom. At the 2018 Winter Olympics she finished 35th in the slalom and 40th in the giant slalom. She also participated at seven world championships between 2003 and 2017. ^[1]

Results

Winter Olympics

• 2006 Winter Olympics:
  • Slalom – DNF

• 2010 Winter Olympics:
  • Downhill–33
  • Super-G–DNF
  • Slalom–DNF
  • Giant slalom–DNF

• 2014 Winter Olympics:
  • Slalom–DNF
  • Giant slalom–36

• 2018 Winter Olympics
  • Giant slalom – 40
  • Slalom – 35

World Championships

• FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2007:
  • Giant slalom – 44
  • Slalom – 45
  • Super-G – 28
  • Super combined – 22

References

External links

• Maria Kirkova at the International Ski and Snowboard Federation

• Maria Kirkova at Vancouver2010.com
• Maria Kirkova at Sochi2014.com Archived 2014-07-04 at the Wayback Machine

Olympic Games
Preceded by Aleksandra Zhekova	Flagbearer for   Bulgaria Sochi 2014	Succeeded by Radoslav Yankov

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