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Aneliya Nuneva-Vechernikova (Bulgarian:Анелия Нунева-Вечерниковa; born June 30, 1962) is a retiredsprinter fromBulgaria who competed mainly in the100 metres. In the final of the 100 m at the1988 Summer Olympic Games she was drawn in lane four alongside the favorite,Florence Griffith-Joyner. She got out of the blocks well and challenged Griffith-Joyner up to about seventy metres when she abruptly pulled a muscle, resulting in her crossing the line in last place and injured. She reached the Olympic final again in 1992, finishing sixth. Her greatest successes were winning silver medals at the1986 European Championships and1987 World Indoor Championships. She was trained byGeorgi Draganov.
| Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1982 | European Championships | Athens,Greece | 4th | 100 m | 11.30(wind: -0.5 m/s) |
| 6th | 200 m | 22.93(wind: +0.9 m/s) | |||
| 4th | 4 × 100 m | 43.10 | |||
| 1983 | World Championships | Helsinki,Finland | semi-final | 100 m | 11.31 |
| 6th | 200m | 22.68(wind 1.5) | |||
| 1984 | European Indoor Championships | Gothenburg,Sweden | 2nd | 60 m | 7.23 |
| Friendship Games | Prague,Czechoslovakia | 3rd | 100 m | 11.10 | |
| 5th | 200 m | 22.84 | |||
| 1st | 4 × 100 m | 42.62 | |||
| 1985 | World Cup | Canberra,Australia | 4th | 100 m | 11.50 |
| 1986 | Goodwill Games | Moscow,Soviet Union | 7th | 100 m | 11.40 |
| European Championships | Stuttgart,West Germany | 2nd | 100 m | 11.04(wind: +0.8 m/s) | |
| 2nd | 4 × 100 m | 42.68 | |||
| 1987 | European Indoor Championships | Lievin,France | 2nd | 60 m | 7.06 |
| World Indoor Championships | Indianapolis,United States | 2nd | 60 m | 7.10 | |
| World Championships | Rome, Italy | 6th | 100 m | 11.09 | |
| 4th | 4 × 100 m | 47.71 | |||
| 1988 | Olympic Games | Seoul, South Korea | 8th | 100 m | 11.49 |
| 1992 | European Indoor Championships | Genoa,Italy | 2nd | 60 m | 7.29 |
| Olympic Games | Barcelona, Spain | 6th | 100 m | 11.10 | |
| 1994 | European Championships | Helsinki, Finland | 4th | 100 m | 11.40(wind: +0.6 m/s) |
| 3rd | 4 × 100 m | 43.00 |
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