Emilia Dragieva

Emilia Dragieva (, née Petkanova (Петканова); born 11 January 1965) is a Bulgarian former track and field athlete who specialised in the high jump. Her personal best was , which she set while winning her sole international medal – a bronze at the 1987 IAAF World Indoor Championships.

Career Dragieva emerged during a period of very high quality Bulgarian women high jumpers. At the 1986 Bulgarian Athletics Championships she placed third with a mark of behind Stefka Kostadinova and Svetlana Isayeva – at this meet Kostadinova equalled the then-women's high jump world record of (matching the feat of yet another Bulgarian Lyudmila Andonova). Dragieva improved her own best to in Stara Zagora.

Dragieva made her international debut at a major tournament at the 1987 European Athletics Indoor Championships and she placed seventh with her best jump of . This performance ranked her third in the world indoors that year. Her jump was also the best ever indoors by a European under-23 athlete. This record lasted until 2002, when Marina Kuptsova improved it by three centimetres.

Despite the promise shown in the 1987 season, she only major one further appearance for Bulgaria at a high-profile event, coming fifth at the 1988 European Athletics Indoor Championships with a mark of .

After retiring from competition she remained involved in the sport and was the venue co-ordinator for the 2015 European Team Championships events that were held in Stara Zagora.

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