Background
Lilyana was born in Plovdiv, and represented the club Trakiya Plovdiv.
Lilyana was born in Plovdiv, and represented the club Trakiya Plovdiv.
She also reached the final of the 800 metres event, but did not finish the race. She competed once at the Olympic Games, in 1976. Here she finished second in her initial 800 metres heat, but was knocked out in the semi-finals.
She also competed in the 4 x 400 metres relay, but the team did not progress past the first round.
Other than Tomova-Todorova, these medals were taken by Svetla Zlateva, Stefka Yordanova, Rositsa Pekhlivanova, Nikolina Shtereva and Totka Petrova.