Ivomira Mihaylova

Ivomira Mihaylova was born on 12 March 1990.^[1] At the 2009 International Blind Sports Federation European Judo Championships, she won the bronze medal in the +78 kg weight class.^[2] Mihaylova finished fifth in the women's +70 kg class at the IBSF Judo World Championships in 2010, held in Colorado Springs, Colorado.^[3]

She took part in the 2011 IBSA European Judo Championships, in Crawley, England. Mihaylova competed in two different weight classes, both the +70 kg and the +78 kg, winning the silver medal in the former and the gold medal in the latter.^[2] She was nominated for Bulgarian Disabled Athlete of the Year later in 2011, alongside Alexander Kenanov, Dechko Ovcharov, Ruzhdi Ruzhdi and Stela Eneva.^[4]

Mihaylova was selected for the Bulgarian team at the 2012 Summer Paralympics in London, England, in the women's +70 kg tournament. She reached the quarter-finals, where she lost to eventual silver medallist Turkey's Nazan Akin through an ippon.^[5][6]

In 2015, Mihaylova was ranked ninth in the world in her weight class.^[7]

• Ivomira Mihaylova at JudoInside.com

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