Svetla Mitkova-Sınırtaş

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Medal record
Women's Athletics
Competitor for Bulgaria
World Championships
Bronze	1995 Gothenburg	Shot put

Svetla Mitkova-Sinirtas (born June 17, 1964 in Medovo, Bulgaria) is a retired athlete who competed in shot put and discus throw. She represented her home country Bulgaria up to 1999, when she gained a Turkish citizenship by marriage. She competed in every World Championship from the inaugural 1983 edition to 1999, the highlight being a bronze medal in 1995. Her personal best results, 20.91 in shot put and 69.72 in discus, were both set in Sofia in 1987.

[edit] Major achievements

Year	Tournament	Venue	Result	Extra
1988	Olympic Games	Seoul, South Korea	4th	Discus
1991	World Championships	Tokyo, Japan	10th	Shot put
1992	European Indoor Championships	Genoa, Italy	2nd	Shot put
	Olympic Games	Barcelona, Spain	6th	Shot put
1993	World Championships	Stuttgart, Germany	10th	Shot put
1994	European Indoor Championships	Paris, France	3rd	Shot put
	European Championships	Helsinki, Finland	3rd	Shot put
1995	World Championships	Gothenburg, Sweden	3rd	Shot put
1997	World Championships	Athens, Greece	9th	Shot put