Svetlana Staneva

Svetlana Kamenova Staneva (; born 26 June 1990) is a Bulgarian boxer competing in the featherweight (57kg) division. She won the silver medal in the women's featherweight event at the 2023 European Games held in Poland. She won the gold medal in her event at the 2024 European Amateur Boxing Championships held in Belgrade, Serbia. Staneva represented Bulgaria at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France.

Career

In 2012, Staneva competed at the AIBA Women's World Boxing Championships held in Qinhuangdao, China. She won the silver medal in the featherweight event at the 2014 Women's European Amateur Boxing Championships held in Bucharest, Romania. Staneva competed in the featherweight event at the 2014 AIBA Women's World Boxing Championships held in Jeju City, South Korea. She was eliminated in her second match. A month later, she competed in the lightweight event at the 2016 AIBA Women's World Boxing Championships held in Astana, Kazakhstan where she was eliminated in her first match.

Staneva won the silver medal in the featherweight event at the 2022 Women's European Amateur Boxing Championships held in Budva, Montenegro. She won one of the bronze medals in the featherweight event at the 2023 IBA Women's World Boxing Championships held in New Delhi, India. At first, she did not win a medal but she was awarded a bronze medal after Lin Yu-ting of Chinese Taipei was disqualified. In the final, she lost against Amina Zidani of France. She defeated Daria Abramova of Russia in her gold medal match. after getting defeated by her two years earlier in a nullified match; Staneva fuelled the controversy surrounding Lin by making an X gesture after the match.