Ivanka Moralieva

Ivanka Moralieva (Bulgarian: Иванка Моралиева; born 15 October 1983) is a Bulgarian former swimmer, who specialized in long-distance freestyle events and open water marathon.[1] Since 2001, she holds a Bulgarian record in the 1500 m freestyle from the World Championships in Fukuoka, Japan (16:55.53). She also won a bronze medal in the 25 km, as an open water swimmer, at the 2004 European Aquatics Championships in Madrid, Spain (4:41:21.2).[2]

Ivanka Moralieva

Personal information
Full name	Ivanka Moralieva
National team	Bulgaria
Born	15 October 1983 Smolyan, Bulgaria
Height	1.66 m (5 ft 5 in)
Weight	62 kg (137 lb)
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Strokes	Freestyle, open water
Club	Levski Sofia
Medal record Women's swimming Representing Bulgaria European Championships 2004 Madrid 25 km open water

Moralieva made her first Bulgarian team, as a 17-year-old, at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. There, she failed to advance to the succeeding round in any of her individual events, finishing thirty-fourth in the 200 m freestyle (2:07.61), thirtieth in the 400 m freestyle (4:19.10), and twentieth in the 800 m freestyle (8:52.61).[3][4][5]

At the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Moralieva qualified only for two swimming events with five days in between. She posted FINA B-standard entry times of 4:22.41 (400 m freestyle) and 8:55.15 (800 m freestyle) from the European Championships.[6][7] On the second day of the Games, Moralieva placed thirty-sixth overall in the 400 m freestyle. Swimming in heat one, she saved a fifth spot over Croatia's Anita Galić, who finished behind her in last place by 0.17 of a second, with a time of 4:25.92.[8][9] In her second event, 800 m freestyle, Moralieva challenged seven other swimmers on the second heat, including Germany's Jana Henke, who won a bronze in Barcelona twelve years before (1992). She rounded out a field to last place by a 5.17-second margin behind Ukraine's Olga Beresnyeva in 9:03.13. Moralieva failed to reach the top 8 final, as she placed twenty-sixth overall from the morning's preliminaries.[10][11]

References

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2. "Popov, Jedrzejczak show fine form". NDTV. 17 May 2004. Archived from the original on 29 June 2013. Retrieved 30 April 2013.
3. "Sydney 2000: Swimming – Women's 200m Freestyle Heat 2" (PDF). Sydney 2000. LA84 Foundation. p. 183. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 August 2011. Retrieved 19 April 2013.
4. "Sydney 2000: Swimming – Women's 400m Freestyle Heat 1" (PDF). Sydney 2000. LA84 Foundation. p. 189. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 August 2011. Retrieved 19 April 2013.
5. "Sydney 2000: Swimming – Women's 800m Freestyle Heat 1" (PDF). Sydney 2000. LA84 Foundation. p. 195. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 August 2011. Retrieved 30 April 2013.
6. "Swimming – Women's 400m Freestyle Startlist (Heat 1)" (PDF). Athens 2004. Omega Timing. Retrieved 26 April 2013.
7. "Swimming – Women's 800m Freestyle Startlist (Heat 2)" (PDF). Athens 2004. Omega Timing. Retrieved 22 April 2013.
8. "Women's 400m Freestyle Heat 2". Athens 2004. BBC Sport. 15 August 2004. Retrieved 31 January 2013.
9. Thomas, Stephen (15 August 2004). "Women's 400 Freestyle Prelims: France's Manaudou Powers to 4:06.76 to Lead a Fast, Wide-Open Field for the Final". Swimming World Magazine. Archived from the original on 30 June 2013. Retrieved 26 April 2013.
10. "Women's 800m Freestyle Heat 2". Athens 2004. BBC Sport. 18 August 2004. Retrieved 31 January 2013.
11. Thomas, Stephen (19 August 2004). "Women's 800 Freestyle Prelims, Day 6: Manaudou, #1 Qualifier, Sets French Record, 8:25.91; Munz and Keller in Finals". Swimming World Magazine. Archived from the original on 3 December 2005. Retrieved 19 April 2013.