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At the 1992 European Championships she won a bronze medal in the vault and was ranked fourth on floor. But after a series of surgeries she slowly start walking again, but was left with a spastic limp, needed assistance for balance, and still had no feeling in her hands. His daughter was one of South Africa’s top elite gymnasts.
Mitova’s eventual full recovery was dubbed “Mitova’s Miracle” and made the cover of International Gymnast.
European Championships: 4th-AA
Medeco Cup: 3rd-AA
1991
DTB Cup: 5th-AA, 5th-VT, 4th-FX
Dutch Open: 1st-AA
European Cup: 4th-AA, 3rd-FX
BUL-FRA Dual Meet: 2nd-AA
Gander Memorial: 5th-AA
Hungarian International: 4th-AA
Jr. European Championships: 2nd-AA, 4th-VT, 6th-UB, 8th-BB, 2nd-FX
Rome Grand Prix: 5th-AA
Sofia International: 1st-AA
Swiss Cup: 2nd-Team
World Championships: 16th-AA, 6th-FX
1992
European Championships: 12th-AA, 3rd-VT, 4th-FX
World Championships: 4th-BB, 5th-VT, 9th-FX
Olympic Games: 11th-AA, 8th-FX
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However her career ended in tragedy when Silvia suffered a broken neck in a training accident one month after the 1992 Olympics. Her best results where a sixth on the floor exercise, fourth on the beam, and fifth on the vault, all in 1991.
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During the early 1990s Silvia Mitova was one of the few WAGs who can truly be described as a fan favorite.
In addition to the 1992 Olympic Games, she competed at the 1991 and 1992 World Championships. Team European Championships: 4th AA
Golden Sands: 3rd AA, 1st V
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1989
International Junior Championships: 12th-AA, 6th-BB
Druzhba: 3rd-Team, 8th-VT, 3rd-B, 4th-FX
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It marked the transition of one of WAG’s most tragic stories into one of its greatest redemption stories. The resulting accident left her paralyzed at just 16 years old.
Fans launched an international effort to raise the funds needed for Silvia’s medical expenses. First Mitova was able to regain the ability to walk. European Championships: 2nd AA, 2nd FX, 4th V, 6th UB, 8th B
Swiss Cup: 2nd Team
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Silviya Mitova was the daughter of 1972 Olympic gymnast Maya Blagoeva and Bulgarian Olympic coach Zarko Mitov.
It resulted in a series of major surgeries taking place in both France and South Africa. Mitova was granted a stay in South Africa on the initiative of a family of local gymnasts, despite political difficulties because the country was still under apartheid. Junior Championships: 12th AA, 6th B
Jr. Friendship Tournament (Druzhba): 3rd Team, 3rd B, 4th FX, 8th V
The family returned to Bulgaria and later emigrated to the United States, where they ran a gym, called Silvia’s Gymnastics, in Pennsylvania.
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Then doctors were able to reverse most of the major side effects such as allowing her to regain feeling in her hands and a resolving a knob in her neck.Team European Championships: 4th AA