Vesela Nikolaeva Lecheva (Bulgarian: Весела Николаева Лечева; born May 20, 1964)[1] is a Bulgarian sport shooter and current politician from the Bulgarian Socialist Party (BSP).
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Full name | Vesela Nikolaeva Lecheva | ||||||||||||||||
Born | May 20, 1964 (1964-05-20) (age 58) Veliko Tarnovo, Bulgaria | ||||||||||||||||
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She won the Silver medal in the 50 m rifle 3 pos in the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul and 10 m air rifle in 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona. Lecheva was born in Veliko Tarnovo.[2][3][4]
Since 13 November 2000, Lecheva has been a member of the executive bureau of the Bulgarian Olympic Committee.[1] She is married to businessman Manol Velev and they have one child.[1]
In 2019, Lecheva was the Bulgarian Socialist Party's candidate for the elections for mayor of Veliko Tarnovo. She lost to Daniel Panov and finished with 22.22%.[5]
In October 2019, Lecheva visited Samovodene to campaign for BSP's candidate Margarita Surmenova for mayor of Samovodene.[6]
She was appointed Youth and Sports Minister to the new Donev government in August 2022.[7]
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