Some little girls’ fathers are doctors. Some are salesmen. Some are lawyers.
Tsvetana Pironkova’s dad was a
Bulgarian canoe champion.
Before he began her tennis coach (when she was all of four years old), Kiril Pironkov was among his country’s elite athletes, albeit in a sport that doesn’t quite attract the same crowds that Tsvetana did after
shocking Venus Williams in the quarterfinals of Wimbledon this summer.
As has often been the case in the course of this countdown, Tsvetana’s mother brings just as much athletic prowess to her daughter’s gene pool as dear old Dad. Her mom, Radsoveta Nikolova was a professional swimmer in her home country.
Come back Monday as we roll on to #5 on the countdown!
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