Betina Temelkova

Betina Temelkova
Personal information
Native nameБетина Темелкова
בטינה טמלקובה‎
Born (1997-02-26) 26 February 1997 (age 27)
OccupationJudoka
SpouseBaruch Shmailov
Sport
Country Bulgaria (1997–2016)
 Israel (2017–19)
SportJudo
Weight class‍–‍52 kg
Achievements and titles
World Champ.R64 (2018)
European Champ.R16 (2018)
Medal record
Women's judo
Representing  Bulgaria
European Junior Championships
Silver medal – second place 2015 Oberwart ‍–‍52 kg
World Cadets Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2013 Miami ‍–‍48 kg
European Cadet Championships
Gold medal – first place 2012 Bar ‍–‍48 kg
Silver medal – second place 2014 Athens ‍–‍52 kg
Youth Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 2014 Nanjing ‍–‍52 kg
European Youth Olympic Festival
Silver medal – second place 2013 Utrecht ‍–‍48 kg
Representing  Israel
IJF Grand Prix
Gold medal – first place 2017 Tashkent ‍–‍52 kg
European U23 Championships
Gold medal – first place 2018 Győr ‍–‍52 kg
European Junior Championships
Silver medal – second place 2017 Maribor ‍–‍52 kg
Profile at external databases
IJF39552
JudoInside.com74786
Updated on 19 February 2022

Betina "Beti" Temelkova (Bulgarian: Бетина "Бети" Темелкова, Hebrew: בטינה "בטי" טמלקובה; born 26 February 1997) is a Bulgarian-Israeli[1][2][3] female judoka. She won the gold medal in the 2018 European U23 Judo Championships.

Judo career

Starting in 2017, Bulgarian-born Temelkova competed for Israel, where she resides with her Israeli husband and fellow judoka Israeli Olympian Baruch Shmailov, although she received her full Israeli citizenship only in 2019.[3]

That year, she won the gold medal at the 2017 Tashkent Grand Prix.[4][5] She also won gold medals in the 2017 Leibnitz Junior European Cup and the 2017 La Coruna Junior European Cup.[6]

She won the gold medal in the 2018 European U23 Judo Championships.[6]

References

  1. ^ "Betina Temelkova". International Judo Federation. Retrieved 19 February 2022.
  2. ^ "Betina Temelkova". JudoInside.com. Retrieved 19 February 2022.
  3. ^ a b Aharoni, Oren (26 March 2019). "Betina Temelkova got an Israeli ID". Ynet sport (in Hebrew). Retrieved 19 February 2022.
  4. ^ "2017 Grand Prix Tashkent". International Judo Federation. Retrieved 19 February 2022.
  5. ^ "2017 Grand Prix Tashkent". JudoInside.com. Retrieved 19 February 2022.
  6. ^ a b "Betina TEMELKOVA / IJF.org". www.ijf.org.


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