Her personal best in the triple jump of 15.20 m (49 ft 10+1⁄4 in), set during her Olympic win, is the Bulgarian national record.

At the 2000 Summer Olympics she won the gold medal with a personal best jump of 15.20 metres.

[citation needed] In long jump her personal best is 6.46 m. She did not compete internationally after the 2004 World Indoor Championships until 2006.

[citation needed] Tereza Marinova retired from athletics shortly before the start of the 2008 Summer Olympics.

[11] Marinova gave birth to her first child, a girl named Darina, on 17 February 2011.