# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/mariya-petkova
# Generated: 2026-08-14T11:03:37.978Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/mariya-petkova"
name: "Mariya Petkova"
slug: "mariya-petkova"
description: "Mariya Dimitrova Petkova is a retired Bulgarian discus thrower. In 1976 she won an Olympic silver medal behind Evelin Schlaak, a standing that would repeat itself in 1980. This year she also achieved a personal best throw of 71.80 metres. In 1982 she won a European Championship silver medal behind countrywoman Tsvetanka Khristova, who is twelve years younger. One year later Petkova won the bronze medal at the first World Championships in Athletics."
tagline: "Athletics competitor"
gender: "female"
category:
  name: "Athletes"
  slug: "athletes"
profileType:
  name: "Athlete"
  slug: "athlete"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131"
birthDate: "1950-11-03"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           48.89
  momentum:             0.9677419354838709
  historical:           19.27141866666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  45
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "Марія Вергова-Петкова"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ماريا پيتكوڤا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Мария Вергова-Петкова"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Maria Vergova-Petkova"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maria_Petkovov%C3%A1"
    title: "Maria Petkovová"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marija_Petkowa"
    title: "Marija Petkowa"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mariya_Petkova"
    title: "Mariya Petkova"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maria_Petkova"
    title: "Maria Petkova"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mariya_Petkova"
    title: "Mariya Petkova"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ماریا پتکووا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Maria Petkova"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Maria Vergova"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marija_Petkova"
    title: "Marija Petkova"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marija_Vergova-Petkova"
    title: "Marija Vergova-Petkova"
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    title: "マリア・ベルゴワ"
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    title: "Marija Petkova"
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    title: "Marija Vergova-Petkova"
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  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maria_Petkova"
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    title: "Marija Petkowa"
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    title: "Вергова, Мария"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Marija Petkova"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Марија Вергова-Петкова"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Maria Vergova-Petkova"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mariya_Petkova"
    title: "Mariya Petkova"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q258505"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump