Silvia Dimitrova Miteva is a retired Bulgarian individual rhythmic gymnast.
Background
Miteva was coached by her mother Silvia Dicheva-Miteva, who was a rhythmic gymnast for Bulgaria in the 1980s.
Career
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 not based in Sofia to make her breakthrough at the time. Miteva made her international debut in 2003 and competed a total of four world championships.
Miteva competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London.
She qualified for the finals and finished 8th overall. She then competed at the 2013 World Championships in Kiev, Ukraine where she qualified in all four event finals, she finished 4th in ball, 6th in hoop, 8th in clubs and ribbon.
Miteva finished 9th at the 2013 World Championships All-around final. Miteva kissed the floor after her ribbon routine and tears in her eyes as she waved her goodbye at the audience.