 This event resulted in public attention for young Zlateva's wrestling skills.Subsequently, in 1997 at age 14, she was formally engaged in wrestling training by a professional coach, Demir Demirev and subsequently she was trained by Valeri Raychev in the Kyustendil sports club and in the national team, as well as with Ognyan Raychev in the national team.Since 2006, she has been competing for Levski Sofia, where her coach is former world champion and triple European champion Simeon Shterev.