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Bulgarian sport shooter

Vesela Letcheva
Personal information
Full name Vesela Nikolaeva Lecheva
Born May 20, 1964 (1964-05-20) (age 58)
Veliko Tarnovo, Bulgaria

Vesela Nikolaeva Lecheva (Bulgarian: Весела Николаева Лечева; born May 20, 1964)[1] is a Bulgarian sport shooter and current politician from the Bulgarian Socialist Party (BSP).

Sports career[edit]

She won the Silver medal in the 50 m rifle 3 pos in the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul and 10 m air rifle in 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona. Lecheva was born in Veliko Tarnovo.[2][3][4]

Since 13 November 2000, Lecheva has been a member of the executive bureau of the Bulgarian Olympic Committee.[1] She is married to businessman Manol Velev and they have one child.[1]

Political career[edit]

In 2019, Lecheva was the Bulgarian Socialist Party’s candidate for the elections for mayor of Veliko Tarnovo. She lost to Daniel Panov and finished with 22.22%.[5]

In October 2019, Lecheva visited Samovodene to campaign for BSP’s candidate Margarita Surmenova for mayor of Samovodene.[6]

She was appointed Youth and Sports Minister to the new Donev government in August 2022.[7]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c

    “Профил и биография на Весела Лечева” (in Bulgarian). personi.dir.bg. 2014. Archived from the original on November 17, 2015. Retrieved October 21, 2014.

  2. ^ “ISSF Profile”. International Shooting Sport Federation. Retrieved 24 June 2013.
  3. ^ “Sports-reference Profile”. Sports-reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 23 June 2013.
  4. ^ “.Database Olympics Profile”. www.databaseolympics.com. Archived from the original on 24 March 2013. Retrieved 23 June 2013.
  5. ^ “Резултати :: Местни избори 27 октомври 2019”. results.cik.bg. Retrieved 19 November 2020.
  6. ^ “Весела Лечева в Самоводене: “Самоводене има потенциал да бъде село с европейска визия” : RegNews.NET – Новини по всяко време”. regnews.net. Retrieved 20 November 2020.
  7. ^ “Bulgarian Politics: Who are the New Ministers in the Caretaker Government and When are Next Elections – Novinite.com – Sofia News Agency”. www.novinite.com. Retrieved 24 August 2022.

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