{{Short description|Bulgarian athletics competitor}} '''Ivanka Bonova''' ({{langx|bg|Иванка Бонова}}, born 4 April 1949) is a retired Bulgarian sprinter and middle-distance runner who specialized in the women's 400 and 800 metres.

She was born in Raduil, and represented the clubs Balkan and Levski-Spartak Club.<ref name=sref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/bo/ivanka-bonova-1.html |title=Ivanka Bonova |publisher=Sports-Reference.com |accessdate=5 February 2010 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090106110426/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/bo/ivanka-bonova-1.html |archivedate= 6 January 2009 }}</ref> In the 800 metres she finished fourth at the 1976 European Indoor Championships<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.maik-richter.de/results/indoor/europe/1976/f76_03.html|title=1976 European Indoor Championships, women's 800 metres final|publisher=Die Leichtatletik-Statistik-Seite|accessdate=5 February 2010}}</ref> and seventh at the 1979 European Indoor Championships.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.maik-richter.de/results/indoor/europe/1979/f79_03.html|title=1979 European Indoor Championships, women's 800 metres final|publisher=Die Leichtatletik-Statistik-Seite|accessdate=5 February 2010}}</ref> She also competed at the 1976 Summer Olympics in the 4 x 400 metres relay, but the Bulgarian team failed to progress past round one.<ref name=sref/>

Her personal best time was 1:59.7 minutes, achieved in July 1980 in Sofia.<ref>[http://hem.bredband.net/athletics/atb-d04.htm World women's all-time best 800m] (last updated 2001)</ref> She had 53.54 seconds in the 400 metres, achieved in 1980.<ref name=sref/>

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