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Špela Kratochwill

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Špela Kratochwill
Full nameŠpela Kratochwill
Born (1998-01-27) 27 January 1998 (age 26)
Ljubljana, Slovenia
HometownLjubljana
Gymnastics career
DisciplineRhythmic gymnastics
Country representedSlovenia
Years on national team2012–2016
LevelSenior International Elite
ClubNarodni dom
GymDvorana Krim
Head coach(es)Alena Yakubouskaya
Assistant coach(es)Alena Salauyova
Retiredyes
Medal record
Representing  Slovenia
Rhythmic gymnastics
National Championships
Gold medal – first place 2014 Ljubljana All-Around
Gold medal – first place 2015 Ljubljana All-Around
Gold medal – first place 2016 Ljubljana All-Around

Špela Kratochwill (born 27 January 1998) is a Slovenian rhythmic gymnast. She is the three-time (2014, 2015, 2016) Slovenian National All-Around champion and three-time Slovenian Junior National All-Around champion.

Career

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Junior

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Špela was selected to represent Slovenia together with Karmen Petan at the 2012 Junior European Championships in Nizhny Novgorod and placed 14th in Team competition. She competed with Hoop (24.150) and Ribbon (23.725).

Senior

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She competed at 2015 European Championships where she placed 33rd with Hoop (15.500), 44th with Ball (14.966), 34th with Clubs (15.600) and 36th with Ribbon (14.983). Together with teammembers (Sara Kragulj and Monija Čebašek she placed 19th in Team competition. She competed at 2015 World Championships where she ended on 50th place All-Around, 48th with Hoop (15.566), 47th with Ball (15.350), 50th with Clubs (15.850) and 100th with Ribbon (13.616).

She competed at the 2016 Rio Olympics Test Event after 7 months recovering from injury and finished 24th in All-Around qualifications. At the 2016 World Cup Minsk she ended on 22nd place All-Around with score of 62.750. She did a great comeback at next competition, World Cup in Berlin, where she scored 21st in All-Around and get her highest score of 16.450 for Ball routine.

Routine music information

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Year Apparatus Music title
2016 Hoop
Ball Satellite by Lena
Clubs 19 No. 03 Veris Leta Facies (Soprano 2) by Transform Studios
Ribbon Nazende by Bilen Yıldırır
2015 Hoop
Ball Satellite by Lena
Clubs 19 No. 03 Veris Leta Facies (Soprano 2) by Transform Studios
Ribbon Malagueña by Connie Francis
2014 Hoop
Ball Celem, Celem by Yıldız İbrahimova
Clubs
Ribbon Malagueña by Connie Francis
Gala Non, je ne regrette rien by Édith Piaf
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