Aleksandra Stubleva

Aleksandra Stubleva is a former Bulgarian karateka competing in the kumite +68 kg division. She won the first silver medal for Bulgaria at a European Karate Championships event.

Career

Stubleva was a Bulgarian karateka and member of the Bulgarian National Karate Federation (BNFC).^[1] Stubleva competed in the -68kg event at the 2014 European Championships in Tampere, Finland.^[2] In 2016, she won a bronze medal at the European U21 Championships in Limassol, Cyprus.^[3][4]

In 2017, Stubleva reached the final of the women's 68+ kg event at the Karate 1-Premier League in Dubai, United Arab Emirates,^[5] winning silver after being defeated in the final match by Japan's Ayumi Uekusa.^[6]

At the 2018 Karate 1-Premier League event in Tokyo, Japan, Stubleva reached the semi-final of the women's 68+ kg event before being knocked out by French karateka Nancy Garcia.^[7]

In March 2019, Stubleva came 7th place in the women's 68+ kg event at the 2019 European Karate Championships in Guadalajara, Spain.^[8] At the 2020 Karate 1-Premier League in Paris, France, Stubleva reached the semi-final and was beaten for a place in the final by Iran’s Hamideh Abbasali.^[9]

At the 2021 Karate World Olympic Qualification Tournament, Stubleva beat Viktorija Rezajeva and Wiktoria Grejner, then was knocked out by Ivona Ćavar out at the round of 16.^{[citation needed]} She won a silver medal at the 2021 European Karate Championships in Poreč, Istria, Croatia, after beating Fortesa Orana in the semi-final,^[10][11] then being defeated by Turkish karateka Meltem Hocaoğlu in the final match.^[12][13][14] Her medal was the first silver medal won for Bulgaria at a European Karate Championships event.^[15]

Stubleva retired from her competitive karateka career in 2025.^[4][16]