Ivet Lalova-Collio
- January 4, 2024
- Sprinter
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Ivet Lalova-Collio Biography
| Name | Ivet Lalova-Collio |
| Birthday | May 18 |
| Birth Year | 1984 |
| Place Of Birth | Sofia |
| Birth Country | Bulgaria |
| Birth Sign | Taurus |
| Siblings | Ani Lalova |
| Spouse | Simone Collio (m. 2013) |
Ivet Lalova-Collio is one of the most popular and richest Sprinter who was born on May 18, 1984 in Sofia, Bulgaria. Lalova’s parents, Miroslav Lalov and Liliya Lalova, were athletes. Miroslav was the Bulgarian 200 metres champion in 1966. Lalova began competing in swimming and gymnastics at age 10, and soon switched to track and field. She became the Bulgarian Youth champion in the 100 metres competition in 2000, and placed fourth in the 200 metres at the 2001 IAAF World Youth Championships. At the 2003 European Athletics Junior Championships, she won both the 100 metres and 200 metres events.
Lalova was appointed to the European Athletic Association Athletes Commission for 2006–2010 following an election held in August at the 2006 European Athletics Championships.
At the 2008 Summer Olympics, Lalova was eliminated in the semifinals of the Women’s 100m, finishing her heat in seventh place with a time of 11.51 seconds, and was eliminated in the second round of the Women’s 200m.
In March 2011 she moved to Italy, joining the group of Professor Roberto Bonomi. Later in 2011 she started her season with 11.08 and 22.66 and after a week won the 100m Diamond League event in Oslo with 11.01 (2.1 m/s). After another week she ran the second best time of her career – 10.96 s (+0.8 m/s wind) during the Balkan Championships in Sliven, Bulgaria.
On 14 June 2005, Lalova’s career was interrupted when she broke her right femur after a collision with another athlete while warming up for the 100m sprint at the Athens Super Grand Prix. In June 2006, the Bulgarian Olympic Committee awarded her the IOC “Sports and Fair Play” prize for her conduct in the aftermath of the incident, when she declined to seek compensation from her fellow competitor or the event’s organizers.
Ivet Lalova-Collio Net Worth
| Net Worth | $5 Million |
| Source Of Income | Sprinter |
| House | Living in own house. |
Ivet Lalova-Collio is one of the richest Sprinter from Bulgaria. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Ivet Lalova-Collio 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)
Ivet Miroslavova Lalova-Collio (Bulgarian: Ивет Мирославова Лалова-Колио , born 18 May 1984 in Sofia) is a Bulgarian athlete who specialises in the 100 metres and 200 metres sprint events. She is the 12th-fastest woman in the history of the 100 metres and is tied with Irina Privalova for the fastest time by a sprinter not of West African descent. She finished fourth in the 100 metres and fifth in the 200 metres at the 2004 Summer Olympics. Her career was interrupted for two years between June 2005 and May 2007 due to a leg injury. In June 2012 she won gold at the 2012 European Athletics Championships in the Women’s 100 metres. In July 2016 she won two silver medals at the 2016 European Athletics Championships in both the Women’s 100 and 200 metres. She has participated at four editions of the Olympic Games.
On 19 June 2004 in Plovdiv, Lalova tied with Irina Privalova as the sixth fastest woman in 100 metres history (at that time), recording a time of 10.77 seconds. At the 2004 Summer Olympics, she placed 4th overall in the women’s 100m competition, and 5th in the 200m. At the 2005 European Athletics Indoor Championships, she was awarded a gold medal for her time of 22.91 seconds in the 200m.
Lalova returned to competitive racing on 29 May 2007, at the Artur Takač Memorial in Belgrade, winning the 100m in a time of 11.26 seconds. In August 2007 she reached the quarterfinals of the women’s 100m sprint at the IAAF World Championship in Osaka but failed to progress, finishing in fifth place with a time of 11.33 seconds.
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At the 2014 European Athletics Championships, she finished 5th in the Women’s 100 m with a time of 11:33. In the 200 m event she ran a season best time of 23.17 in the first round, but only finished 6th in her semi-final group with 23.30 and did not qualify for the final.
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Ivet Ranked on the list of most popular Sprinter. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Bulgaria. Ivet Lalova-Collio celebrates birthday on May 18 of every year.
At the 2016 European Athletics Championships in Amsterdam Lalova recorded a season best time of 22.57 in the Women’s 200 metres semifinal, tied with Dina Asher-Smith for the fastest qualifying time in the discipline. In the final she improved her time to 22.52 and won Silver, her second major medal from European Championships and the first 200 m Euro medal ever for Bulgaria. In the Women’s 100 metres Lalova won her heat in the semifinals with a time of 11.26, before clinching her second Silver of the tournament with 11.20 in the final.