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).

Vesela Letcheva
Personal information
Full nameVesela Nikolaeva Lecheva
BornMay 20, 1964 (1964-05-20) (age 59)
Veliko Tarnovo, Bulgaria
Medal record
Women's shooting
Representing  Bulgaria
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 1988 Seoul 50 m rifle 3 positions
Silver medal – second place 1992 Barcelona 10 m air rifle

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
  1. "Профил и биография на Весела Лечева" (in Bulgarian). personi.dir.bg. 2014. Archived from the original on November 17, 2015. Retrieved October 21, 2014.
  2. "ISSF Profile". International Shooting Sport Federation. Retrieved 24 June 2013.
  3. "Sports-reference Profile". Sports-reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 23 June 2013.
  4. ".Database Olympics Profile". www.databaseolympics.com. Archived from the original on 24 March 2013. Retrieved 23 June 2013.
  5. "Резултати :: Местни избори 27 октомври 2019". results.cik.bg. Retrieved 19 November 2020.
  6. "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.
  7. "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.


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