Career
Apart from her five Olympic medals including two gold medals, she also has been successful at CISM World Championships and ISSF World Cups. She is also the current holder of the final world record in 25 metre pistol. Grozdeva was born in Sofia.
On 17 March 2009 Mariya became a contestant on the third season of the reality show Very Important Person Brother (the Bulgarian version of the Big Brother celebrity edition).