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Professional Experience
- Made pro debut in 2007 with Slavia Sofia in Bulgaria at 16 years old
- Has played for 13 different club teams in Europe in six countries: Bulgaria, Italy, Turkey, Romania, Japan, and France
- Member of Bulgarian National Team
- Captured five medals for Bulgaria, including two gold
- Most recent gold medal came at the 2021 European Golden League with Bulgaria. Also won a gold medal for Bulgaria at the 2014 Yeltsin Cup and silver medals at the 2012 European Golden League and the 2010 European Golden League
- Collected a combined 17 medals at the club level
- In 2019-20, won the Bulgarian League with VC Maritza
- With the NEC Red Rockets in 2016-17, claimed the Japan V.League Division 1 championship
- Lifted the Romanian League title and the Romanian Cup with Tomis Constanta in 2010-11
- During rookie campaign in 2007-08, claimed a silver medal in the Bulgarian League with Slavia Sofia and a gold medal in the Bulgarian Cup
Year | Team | Country |
2024 | Grand Rapids Rise | United States |
2022-23 | VBC Trasporti Pesanti Casalmaggiore | Italy |
2021-22 | PTT Spor | Turkey |
2020-21 | PTT Spor | Turkey |
2019-20 | VC Maritza | Bulgaria |
2018-19 | CSM Targoviste | Romania |
2017-18 | Bursa BBSK | Turkey |
2016-17 | NEC Red Rockets | Japan |
2015-16 | Savino Del Bene Scandicci | Italy |
2014-15 | Prosecco Doc-Imoco Conegliano | Italy |
2013-14 | Prosecco Doc-Imoco Conegliano | Italy |
2012-13 | Prosecco Doc-Imoco Conegliano | Italy |
2011-12 | Yesilyurt | Turkey |
2011-12 | Spes Conegliano | Italy |
2010-11 | Tomis Constanta | Romania |
2009-10 | ASUL Lyon | France |
2008-09 | Slavia Sofia | Bulgaria |
2007-08 | Slavia Sofia | Bulgaria |
Personal Information
- Married to Rise assistant coach Denislav Dimitrov
- Has a daughter
- Has one younger brother, Stefan Nikolov, who also plays professional volleyball with ASD Insieme per Pordenone in Italy
- Had only traveled through and hadn’t stayed in the United States before joining the Rise
- Started playing volleyball at 9 years old as a receiver and then setter before finally finding her role as an opposite hitter
- Considers herself a very organized person, near perfectionist
- Besides English, can also speak Bulgarian, Italian and Serbian
- Favorite food is sushi
- Has a Golden Retriever named Diego