{{Short description|Bulgarian javelin thrower (1953–2020)}} '''Ivanka Vancheva''' ({{langx|bg|'''Иванка Ванчева'''}}; 31 October 1953 – 5 August 2020) was a javelin thrower from Bulgaria, who set her personal best in 1980, throwing 65.38 metres. She competed for her native country at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, USSR, finishing in fifth place in the overall-rankings.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/65704 |title=Ivanka Vancheva |work=Olympedia |accessdate=9 August 2020}}</ref>
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==External links== *[https://web.archive.org/web/20121104084420/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/zo/ileana-zorgo-raduly-1.html sports-reference]
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