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24 years ago, Stefka Kostadinova became the first and only Bulgarian athlete to win the “Golden Four” chain jackpot in athletics.
It existed from 1993 to 1997, covering tournaments in Oslo, Zurich, Brussels, and Berlin.
The athlete, who won all four races, shares a 20kg gold jackpot.
In 1996, Stefka was the undisputed winner in all four women’s high jump tournaments. She shares the award with other great names in world athletics: Frankie Fredericks of Namibia, who ruled the 200-meter dash, Welson Kipketer, a Kenyan with a Danish passport, best in the 800-meter dash, Jonathan Edwards of England, world record. who was the best throwing disc.
This was only the second and last time the award was divided by five. In the first edition in 1993, the gold was shared by Maria Mutola (800m), Sonia O’Sullivan (5000m), Trine Hatestad (spear), Michael Johnson (400m) and Nuredin Morseli (1500m).
In 1994, Colin Jackson (110m hurdles) and Mike Powell (long jump) shared 10kg of gold each. In 1995, Gwen Torrance (200m), Sonia O’Sullivan, Natalia Shikolenko (copy) and Michael Johnson shared five kilograms each.
And in the last edition there are three winners: Gabriela Sabo (3000/5000 m), again Fredericks (100 m) and Hisham el Geruj (1500 m / 1 mile).
CHANGE TO IVAN SLAVKOV NEXT, STILL A WORLDWIDE RECORD
Stefka Kostadinova has chaired our Olympic Committee for a third term.
He replaced legend Ivan Slavkov-Bateto after the scandal with his expulsion from the IOC in 2005 after the Athens Olympics and has been in office ever since.
Before that, he was briefly vice president of DAMS, the predecessor of the Ministry of Sports.
Sunday will mark exactly 33 years since Stefka Kostadinova set her world record in high jump, surpassing an incredible 209cm in Rome. Since then, such a height has not been possible for any athlete on the planet. Several tried, but to no avail.
In Rome, at the World Cup, Stefka fought a battle with Tamara Bikova from the USSR, who, however, surrendered after two failures in 206 and one in 208 cm.
The Bulgarian raises the bar to 209 cm and exceeds it from her second attempt, with a very serious difference from the bar.
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