Irena Tanova  Irena Tanova (; born August 2, 1984 in Stara zagora) is a Bulgarian sport shooter. Tanova represented Bulgaria at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, where she competed in two pistol shooting events. She placed thirty-second out of forty-four shooters in the women's 10 m air pistol, with a total score of 377 points. Three days later, Tanova competed for her second event, 25 m pistol, where she was able to shoot 280 targets in the precision stage, and 289 in the rapid fire, for a total score of 569 points, finishing only in thirty-seventh place.