Background
She was born in Sliven, and represented the clubs Sliven, Levski-Spartak Club and Tundzha Yambol during her career.
She was born in Sliven, and represented the clubs Sliven, Levski-Spartak Club and Tundzha Yambol during her career.
She was only 0.1 seconds behind the silver medalist Natalia Marasescu, but beat the fourth placer with a full six seconds. She competed at the 1976 Summer Olympics without reaching the final. In round one, only the top four runners in each of the initial heats progressed, and Pekhlivanova finished sixth in her heat with 4:13.11 minutes.
Other than Pekhlivanova, these medals were taken by Svetla Zlateva (1972), Stefka Yordanova (1973), Nikolina Shtereva (1976, 1979), Lilyana Tomova (1976) and Totka Petrova (1977, 1978).