Desislava Balabanova (Bulgarian: Десислава Балабанова; born November 25, 1988, in Sofia) is a Bulgarian sport shooter.

[1] Balabanova represented Bulgaria at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, where she competed in two rifle shooting events.

She placed twenty-sixth out of forty-seven shooters in the women's 10 m air rifle, with a total score of 393 points.

[2] Nearly a week later, Balabanova competed for her second event, 50 m rifle 3 positions, where she was able to shoot 192 targets in a kneeling position, and 191 each in prone and in standing, for a total score of 574 points, finishing only in twenty-eighth place.

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