Silvia Miteva
Miteva is coached by her mother Silvia Dicheva-Miteva, who was a rhythmic gymnast for Bulgaria in the 1980s. She was a European and World champion. Miteva's father, Dimitar Mitev, is a Brevet judge and junior men's national coach in artistic gymnastics.
Miteva has been competing for the Bulgaria national team since 2001 and was one of the first players who were not based in Sofia to make her breakthrough at the time.
In 2012, she won bronze in all-around at the Sofia World Cup behind silver medalist Daria Kondakova. Miteva competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London. She qualified for the finals and finished 8th overall.
In 2013, Miteva won the silver medal in All-around behind Russian gymnast Margarita Mamun at the 2013 Moscow Grand Prix. She also won silver in (ribbon, clubs) and bronze in (hoop, ball) finals. She won the all-around silver medal at the following Grand Prix in Holon, Israel. Miteva competed in home crowd at the 2013 Sofia World Cup, she won the silver medal in all-around behind Yana Kudryavtseva. At the event finals, Miteva won the gold medal in ribbon her first gold medal in a world cup, she won the silver medal in hoop and ball (tied with Neta Rivkin) and bronze in clubs.
