Mirela Krasimirova Demireva (; born 28 September 1989) is a Bulgarian high jumper.
Career Demireva did not reach the final at the 2006 World Junior Championships, but won the silver medal at the 2008 World Junior Championships. She was again knocked out in the first round at the 2011 European U23 Championships.8th European Athletics U23 Championships Ostrava, Czech Republic 14 – 17 July 2011 Results High Jump Women Qualification (PDF)
At the senior level she finished eighth at the 2012 European ChampionshipsEuropean Athletics Championships Helsinki, Finland 27 June – 1 July 2012 Results High Jump Women Final (PDF) and seventh at the 2013 European Indoor Championships.European Athletics Indoor Championships Göteborg, Sweden 28 February – 3 March 2013 Results High Jump Women Final (PDF) She also competed at the 2013 World Championships without reaching the final.
At the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro 2016 Demireva won a silver medal, jumping 1.97 m. She also won two consecutive silver medals at the European Championships (2016–18). Demireva was the 2016 Bulgarian Sportsperson of the Year and came in second place during the 2018 edition of the award.
Her personal best jump is , achieved in June 2018 at the Diamond League meeting in Stockholm.
Achievements Representing 2006World Junior ChampionshipsBeijing, China16th (q)1.78 m2007European Junior ChampionshipsHengelo, Netherlands3rd1.82 m2008World Junior ChampionshipsBydgoszcz, Poland2nd1.86 m2009European U23 ChampionshipsKaunas, Lithuania7th1.83 m2011European U23 ChampionshipsOstrava, Czech Republic17th (q)1.80 m2012European ChampionshipsHelsinki, Finland8th1.92 m2013European Indoor ChampionshipsGothenburg, Sweden7th1.87 m2015World ChampionshipsBeijing, China9th1.88 m2016European ChampionshipsAmsterdam, Netherlands2nd1.96 mOlympic GamesRio de Janeiro, Brazil2nd1.97 m2017World ChampionshipsLondon, United Kingdom7th1.92 m2018World Indoor ChampionshipsBirmingham, United Kingdom6th1.89 mEuropean ChampionshipsBerlin, Germany2nd2.00 m2019World ChampionshipsDoha, Qatar10th1.89 m2021Olympic GamesTokyo, Japan12th1.93 m2022World Indoor ChampionshipsBelgrade, Serbia8th1.88 mEuropean ChampionshipsMunich, Germany9th1.86 m2024Balkan Championshipsİzmir, Turkey2nd1.86 mEuropean ChampionshipsRome, Italy4th1.93 mOlympic GamesParis, France19th (q)1.88 m
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