Delyana Dacheva

Delyana Dacheva
Medal record
Women's canoe sprint
World Championships
Silver medal – second place2003 GainesvilleK-2 500 m
Bronze medal – third place2002 SevilleK-2 200 m
Bronze medal – third place2004 PoznanK-2 1000 m
Bronze medal – third placeU23 2005 PlovdivK-1 500 m

Delyana Dacheva (Bulgarian: Деляна Дачева) (born February 25, 1982) is a Bulgarian sprint canoer who competed in the early to mid-2000s. She won two medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with a silver (K-2 500 m: 2003) and a bronze (K-2 200 m: 2002).

Dacheva also finished sixth in the K-2 500 m event at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens.

In the period 2008 - 2009 Dacheva was invited to become a coach of the USA women's kayak national team. She took the team to 2009 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships competition.

Personal life

Currently Delyana lives with her family in the United States. She has hyphenated her name: Dacheva-Andonov after her husband.

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