Alexandra Jekova
Helene Olafsen (leading), Alexandra Jekova, Tanja Frieden, Nelly Moenne Loccoz. Telluride, 19.12.2009, Quarter Final
Personal information
Born (1987-10-05) 5 October 1987
Sofia, Bulgaria
Height1.67 m (5 ft 5+1⁄2 in)
Weight60 kg (132 lb; 9 st 6 lb)
Sport
Country Bulgaria

Alexandra Jekova (Bulgarian: Александра Жекова) (born October 5, 1987) is a snowboarder from Bulgaria. She competed for Bulgaria at the 2010 Winter Olympics in snowboard cross and parallel giant slalom.[1] Jekova was Bulgaria's flag bearer during the 2010 Winter Olympics opening ceremony. She finished 5th in the 2014 Olympics cross event and 6th at the 2018 Olympics.

At Winter X Games XVI, Jekova became the first Bulgarian to win a medal at the X Games, capturing silver in Snowboard X.

World Cup

Snowboard Cross Podiums

Season Date Location Place
2005–200614 Jan 2006Italy Kronplatz, Italy3rd
2006–200711 Mar 2007United States Lake Placid, United States2nd
2007–200813 Mar 2008Italy Valmalenco, Italy2nd
2009–201012 Sep 2009Argentina Chapelco, Argentina2nd
2010–20118 Dec 2010Austria Lech am Arlberg, Austria3rd
17 Dec 2010United States Telluride, United States2nd
24 Mar 2011Switzerland Arosa, Switzerland1st
25 Mar 2011Switzerland Arosa, Switzerland1st
2011–201219 Jan 2012Switzerland Veysonnaz, Switzerland2nd
22 Jan 2012Switzerland Veysonnaz, Switzerland3rd
8 Feb 2012Canada Blue Mountain, Canada2nd
14 Mar 2012Italy Valmalenco, Italy2nd
2012–201314 Dec 2012United States Telluride, United States3rd
2013–201411 Jan 2014Andorra Vallnord, Andorra2nd
11 Mar 2014Switzerland Veysonnaz, Switzerland3rd
2015–20165 Mar 2016Switzerland Veysonnaz, Switzerland1st

Parallel Giant Slalom Podium

Season Date Location Place
2006–200716 Feb 2007Japan Furano, Japan3rd

References

  1. ↑ "Vancouver 2010 Profile". Archived from the original on 2010-04-09. Retrieved 2010-02-13.
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