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Place of Birth: Sofia, Sofia City Province, Bulgaria
About Silvia Mitova
- Silvia Zarkova Mitova (later Hutchinson, Bulgarian: ?????? ??????? ??????, born 29 June 1976) is a retired Bulgarian artistic gymnast.
- A five-time Bulgarian Champion, she placed fourth-sixth in some individual events at the 1991 and 1992 world championships.
- She competed in all events at the 1992 Summer Olympics with the best result of eighth place in the floor exercise.
- The same year she won a bronze medal in the vault at the European championships.Mitova was born to the Olympic gymnast Maya Blagoeva and Olympic gymnastics coach Zarko Mitov.
- One month after the 1992 Olympics Mitova received a serious neck injury while training on a trampoline.
- She was paralyzed, but partly regained mobility after a series of surgeries.
- Despite political difficulties of the Cold War era she was allowed to stay for three months in South Africa, where she underwent further neurosurgery free of charge – the costs were covered by local sponsors.
- She then returned to Bulgaria and immigrated to the United States, where she married Artie Hutchinson and changed her last name.
- Currently she runs the Silvia’s Gymnastics gym in Pennsylvania, together with her husband and parents.
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