Lidiya Gusheva
{{short description|Bulgarian long jumper}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2020}}
{{Infobox sportsperson
| name = Lidiya Gusheva
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| nationality = Bulgarian
| sport = Athletics
| event = Long jump
| club = Trakia Plovdiv
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1952|2|11|df=yes}}
| birth_place = Plovdiv, Bulgaria
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| height = 1.63 m
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Lidiya Gusheva ({{langx|bg|Лидия Гушева}}; born 11 February 1952) is a Bulgarian athlete who specialized in the long jump and the 100 metres hurdles.
Long jump
Winning gold medals at the 1977 and 1978 Balkan Championships,{{cite web|url=http://www.gbrathletics.com/ic/bg.htm|title=Balkan Games/Championships|work=GBR Athletics|publisher=Athletics Weekly|accessdate=23 April 2025}} Gusheva also reached multiplee continental and one global final. She finished ninth at the 1977 Summer Universiade,{{cite news |title=Final results |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/47668803/the-san-bernardino-county-sun/ |accessdate=22 March 2020 |publisher=The San Bernardino County Sun |date=24 August 1977 |page=52}} tenth at the 1978 European Indoor Championships,{{cite web|url=http://maik-richter.de/results/indoor/europe/1978/f78_07.html|title=1978 European Indoor Championships, women's long jump final|publisher=Die Leichtatletik-Statistik-Seite|accessdate=23 April 2025}} eleventh at the 1978 European Championships,{{cite web|url=http://todor66.com/athletics/europe/1978/Women_Long_Jump.html|title=Women Long Jump Athletics XII European Championships 1978 Praga, Czehoslovakia|publisher=Todor Krastev|accessdate=23 April 2025}} third at the 1979 European Cup,{{cite web|url=http://www.gbrathletics.com/ic/epw.htm|title=European Cup A Final and Super League (Women)|work=GBR Athletics|publisher=Athletics Weekly|accessdate=23 April 2025}} eighth at the 1979 Summer Universiade,{{cite news |title=Final results |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/47210652/news-press/ |accessdate=22 March 2020 |work=The News-Press |date=13 September 1979 |page=30}} fourth at the 1980 European Indoor Championships,{{cite web|url=http://maik-richter.de/results/indoor/europe/1980/f80_07.html|title=1980 European Indoor Championships, women's long jump final|publisher=Die Leichtatletik-Statistik-Seite|accessdate=23 April 2025}} and twelfth at the 1980 Summer Olympics.{{Olympedia}}
Hurdles
In the 60 or 100 metres hurdles, she finished sixth at the 1978 European Indoor Championships{{cite web|url=http://maik-richter.de/results/indoor/europe/1978/f78_05.html|title=1978 European Indoor Championships, women's 60 metres hurdles final|publisher=Die Leichtatletik-Statistik-Seite|accessdate=23 April 2025}} and fifth at the 1981 European Indoor Championships.{{cite web|url=http://maik-richter.de/results/indoor/europe/1981/f81_05.html|title=1981 European Indoor Championships, women's 50 metres hurdles final|publisher=Die Leichtatletik-Statistik-Seite|accessdate=23 April 2025}} She competed at the 1976 European Indoor Championships,{{cite web|url=http://maik-richter.de/results/indoor/europe/1976/f76_05_v.html|title=1976 European Indoor Championships, women's 60 metres hurdles heats|publisher=Die Leichtatletik-Statistik-Seite|accessdate=23 April 2025}} the 1977 European Indoor Championships,
{{cite web|url=http://maik-richter.de/results/indoor/europe/1977/f77_05_v.html|title=1977 European Indoor Championships, women's 60 metres hurdles heats|publisher=Die Leichtatletik-Statistik-Seite|accessdate=23 April 2025}} the 1977 Summer Universiade,{{cite news |title=Heats & Final results |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/48250372/the-san-bernardino-county-sun/ |accessdate=8 April 2020 |publisher=The San Bernardino County Sun |date=22 August 1977 |page=22}} the 1978 European Championships,{{cite web|url=http://todor66.com/athletics/europe/1978/Women_100m_Hurdles.html|title=Women 100m Athletics XII Hurdles European Championships 1978 Praga, Czechoslovakia|publisher=Todor Krastev|accessdate=23 April 2025}} the 1979 Summer Universiade{{cn|date=April 2025}} and the 1980 European Indoor Championships{{cite web|url=http://maik-richter.de/results/indoor/europe/1980/f80_05_s.html|title=1980 European Indoor Championships, women's 60 metres hurdles semi-final|publisher=Die Leichtatletik-Statistik-Seite|accessdate=23 April 2025}} without reaching the final.
She also competed in the 50 metres flat at the 1981 European Indoor Championships without reaching the final.{{cite web|url=http://maik-richter.de/results/indoor/europe/1981/f81_01_v.html|title=1981 European Indoor Championships, women's 50 metres heats|publisher=Die Leichtatletik-Statistik-Seite|accessdate=23 April 2025}}
In the long jump and high hurdles, she became Bulgarian champion four times and Bulgarian indoor champion eight times.{{cite web|url=http://www.gbrathletics.com/nc/bul.htm|title=Bulgarian Championships|work=GBR Athletics|publisher=Athletics Weekly|accessdate=23 April 2025}}{{cite web|url=http://www.gbrathletics.com/nc/buli.htm|title=Bulgarian Indoor Championships|work=GBR Athletics|publisher=Athletics Weekly|accessdate=23 April 2025}}
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Category:Sportspeople from Plovdiv
Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1980 Summer Olympics
Category:Bulgarian female long jumpers
Category:Olympic athletes for Bulgaria
Category:Competitors at the 1977 Summer Universiade
Category:Competitors at the 1979 Summer Universiade
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