Tezdzhan Naimova

Tezdzhan Naimova (; first name also rendered as Тезжан, Tezzhan or Tezcan, born 1 May 1987) is retired Bulgarian sprinter. She specialized in both the 60, 100 and 200 metres.

In 2013, Naimova received a lifetime competition ban following a second anti-doping offence.

Junior career Born in Parvomay of Turkish ethnicity, Naimova took up athletics at the age of 10 and was initially trained by Tanyo Tanev, but changed to former triple jumper Stoyko Tsonov, who has been her coach since seventh grade. She competed in the 200 metres at the 2004 World Junior Championships, but was knocked out in the semi-final. Naimova's idol growing up was compatriot Tereza Marinova. That season her time was only beat by Kim Gevaert, who won the 2007 European Athletics Indoor Championships in 7.10 seconds. Naimova finished fifth in the same race. In the summer, she competed at both the 100 and 200 metres at the 2007 World Championships. She again reached the semi-finals, but finished fifth there in both events, one place short of reaching the final races. She lowered her personal best times to 11.04 seconds in the 100 metres, achieved in July in Plovdiv; and 22.43 seconds in the 200 metres, achieved in June in Sofia. All results achieved after this date would be stricken, including the Olympic Games participation.

In 2013 Naimova tested positive for the banned steroid drostanolone right after winning the 60 metres event at the 2013 European Athletics Indoor Championships held in Gothenburg in March. In September 2013, she was officially stripped of the 60m title and banned for life from athletics. Subsequently Ukraine's Mariya Ryemyen, who came second in the Gothenburg final, was declared the gold medalist of the 60m event, with France's Myriam Soumaré taking the silver medal and Bulgaria's Ivet Lalova the bronze.

Post-athletics Following her retirement, Naimova has worked as a physical trainer.