Vesela Letcheva
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).
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Full name | Vesela Nikolaeva Lecheva | |||||||||||||||||
Born | May 20, 1964 59) Veliko Tarnovo, Bulgaria | (age|||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Sports career
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
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
- "Профил и биография на Весела Лечева" (in Bulgarian). personi.dir.bg. 2014. Archived from the original on November 17, 2015. Retrieved October 21, 2014.
- "ISSF Profile". International Shooting Sport Federation. Retrieved 24 June 2013.
- "Sports-reference Profile". Sports-reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 23 June 2013.
- ".Database Olympics Profile". www.databaseolympics.com. Archived from the original on 24 March 2013. Retrieved 23 June 2013.
- "Резултати :: Местни избори 27 октомври 2019". results.cik.bg. Retrieved 19 November 2020.
- "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.
- "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.