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Biographical information

RolesCompeted in Olympic Games
SexFemale
Full nameNonka Decheva•Matova (Shatarova-)
Used nameNonka•Matova
Original nameНонка Дечева•Матова (Шатарова-)
Born20 October 1954 in Plovdiv, Plovdiv (BUL)
Measurements165 cm / 65 kg
AffiliationsAssociation for Police Sport, Sofia
NOC Bulgaria

Results

Games Discipline (Sport) / Event NOC / Team Pos Medal As
1976 Summer Olympics Shooting BUL Nonka Matova
Small-Bore Rifle, Three Positions, 50 metres, Open (Olympic) =11
1980 Summer Olympics Shooting BUL Nonka Matova
Small-Bore Rifle, Three Positions, 50 metres, Open (Olympic) 6
Small-Bore Rifle, Prone, 50 metres, Open (Olympic) 7
1988 Summer Olympics Shooting BUL Nonka Matova
Air Rifle, 10 metres, Women (Olympic) =12
Small-Bore Rifle, Three Positions, 50 metres, Women (Olympic) =11
1992 Summer Olympics Shooting BUL Nonka Matova
Small-Bore Rifle, Three Positions, 50 metres, Women (Olympic) 2 Silver
1996 Summer Olympics Shooting BUL Nonka Matova
Air Rifle, 10 metres, Women (Olympic) =20
Small-Bore Rifle, Three Positions, 50 metres, Women (Olympic) 5
2000 Summer Olympics Shooting BUL Nonka Matova
Air Rifle, 10 metres, Women (Olympic) =36
Small-Bore Rifle, Three Positions, 50 metres, Women (Olympic) =14

Special Notes

  • Listed in Olympians Who Won a Medal at the World Shooting Championships (5–5–4 1974 Bern/Thun silver: 50 m small-bore rifle 3 positions and 50 m small-bore rifle 3 positions team, bronze: 50 m small-bore rifle prone (competed as Nonka Shatarova); 1985 Ciudad de México gold: 10 m air rifle team; 1986 Suhl gold: 50 m small-bore rifle 3 positions team, silver: 50 m small-bore rifle prone and 50 m small-bore rifle prone team; 1987 Budapest gold: 10 m air rifle team; 1989 Sarajevo gold: 10 m air rifle team, bronze: 10 m air rifle; 1990 Moskva gold: 50 m small-bore rifle 3 positions team, silver: 50 m small-bore rifle prone team; 1998 Barcelona bronze: 50 m small-bore rifle 3 positions and 50 m small-bore rifle 3 positions team)