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Bulgarian badminton player
Neli Boteva
(
Bulgarian
:
Нели Ботева
, nee
Nedyalkova
) (born 9 May 1974) is a
badminton
player from
Bulgaria
who participated in four Olympiads in women's doubles.
She first competed in the
1992 SummerOlympics
as Nelly Nedyalkova in the women's doubles event with Bulgarian partner
Emilia Dimitrova
, nee Emmy Vlaar. They were defeated by
Bo?ena B?k
& Wioletta Wilk from
Poland
in the round of 32 with 16-17, 8-15. Her second participation was at the
1996 Summer Olympics
in
Atlanta
,
United States
with partner
Diana Koleva
where they lost in the first round to Japanese duo
Tomomi Matsuo
and
Masako Sakamoto
with 0-15, 4-15. In 2000 as Neli Boteva she participated at the
2000 Summer Olympics
in
Australia
again with partner Diana Koleva. They were defeated by Chinese duo
Gao Ling
and
Qin Yiyuan
1-15, 9-15. Boteva also competed in the
2004 SummerOlympics
in
Athens
with partner
Petya Nedelcheva
. They were defeated by
Ella Tripp
and
Joanne Wright
of
Great Britain
in the round of 32 in a close 15-17, 14-17 match.
She won the
Bulgarian National Badminton Championships
three times in Women's singles in 1995, 1999 and 2003 and 5 times in Women's doubles in 1993, 1996, 2000, 2002 & 2004. The National mixed doubles title she only won once in 2002 with partner Boris Kessov.
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