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Margarita Vasileva

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Margarita Vasileva
Маргарита Василева
Vasileva in 2024
Personal information
Nickname(s)Margi
Born (2005-05-30) 30 May 2005 (age 19)
Sofia, Bulgaria
Gymnastics career
DisciplineRhythmic gymnastics
Country represented Bulgaria
Years on national team2017-2024
LevelInternational Elite
Head coach(es)Vesela Dimitrova
Assistant coach(es)Mihaela Maevska
Former coach(es)Rumyana Metodieva, Vyara Vatashka, Cvetelina Naydenova
ChoreographerMargarita Budinova
Retiredyes
Medal record
Representing  Bulgaria
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
World Championships 2 0 0
European Championships 3 0 0
FIG World Cup 4 5 3
FIG European Cup 1 0 1
Total 10 5 4
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2022 Sofia Group All-Around
Gold medal – first place 2022 Sofia 3 ribbons+2 balls
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2022 Tel Aviv Team
Gold medal – first place 2024 Budapest Group All-Around
Gold medal – first place 2024 Budapest Team
European Cup
Gold medal – first place 2024 Baku 3 Ribbons + 2 Balls
Bronze medal – third place 2024 Baku 5 Hoops

Margarita Vasileva (Bulgarian: Маргарита Василева; born 30 May 2005) is a retired Bulgarian rhythmic gymnast. She is world champion with the Bulgarian team in All-around at the world championship 2022 in Sofia and world champion in final with 3 ribbons+2balls. She is the 2024 European all-around champion and team champion. She won gold in the senior team competition at the 2022 European Championships.

Personal life

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She started to train in rhythmic gymnastics when she was 7, encouraged by her mother. Her idol is former group captain Simona Dyankova and her goal is to become Olympic champion.[1]

Career

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Vasileva was selected for the Bulgarian junior group in 2017,[2] winning medals internationally,[3][4] but failing to do so in important meets such as the junior European and World Championship.[5]

Senior

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In 2022, when the girls of the previous senior group retired after becoming Olympic champions, Vasileva became a starter in the two routines since the World Cup in Pesaro, where the group won silver in the All-Around and 3 ribbons + 2 balls and bronze with 5 hoops.[6] She also took part in the stages of Pamplona (bronze with 5 hoops and silver with 3 ribbons + 2 balls) and Cluji-Napoca (All-Around, 5 hoops and 3 ribbons + 2 balls gold).[7] In June she was part of the group for the European Championship in Tel Aviv, she won gold in the senior team category along with Vaya Draganova, Zhenina Trashlieva, Sofia Ivanova, Rachel Stoyanov, Kamelia Petrova and the individuals Boryana Kaleyn and Stiliana Nikolova.[8]

In 2023 the group started in Marbella, where she won the All-Around as well as the gold medals in the finals with 5 hoops and with 2 balls and 3 ribbons. Later they won All-Around silver at the World Cup in Athens, they won gold in the same category two weeks later in Sofia.[9]

In March 2024 Margarita and the group were 5th in the All-Around and 6th with 2 balls and 3 ribbons at the World Cup in Athens.[10] In April the girls won bronze in the All-Around and silver with 3 ribbons and 2 balls in Sofia.[11] In June, Margarita and the group won gold medal in the All-around at the 2024 European Championships in Budapest, Hungary. They also won gold in Team event, together with Boryana Kaleyn, Elvira Krasnobaeva and Stiliana Nikolova. They placed 4th in 5 Hoops final and 8th in 3 Ribbons + 2 Balls final.[12]

In August she was selected for the Olympic Games in Paris, where Margarita, Kamelia Petrova, Sofia Ivanova, Rachel Stoyanov and Magdalina Minevska, took 4th place in the final after making mistakes in the 5 hoops routine.[13] In October she announced she made the decision to retire along Petrova, Minevska and Stoyanov.[14]

References

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  1. ^ "ХУДОЖЕСТВЕНА ГИМНАСТИКА И СРОДНИ СПОРТОВЕ • Виж темата - Маргарита Василева". www.rgym.info. Retrieved 2022-09-10.
  2. ^ "01.11.2017 г ЩАСТЛИВО НАЧАЛО НА ЛАГЕРА ЗА ДЕВОЙКИ-АНСAМБЪЛ В ЗАЛА "РАКОВСКИ"". Българска федерация по художествена гимнастика - новини, събития, награди, информация (in Bulgarian). Retrieved 2022-09-11.
  3. ^ "ТРИНАДЕСЕТ МЕДАЛА СПЕЧЕЛИХА БЪЛГАРСКИТЕ ГИМНАСТИЧКИ ОТ МТ "ЦАРИЦА МАРГАРИТА" ВЪВ ВАРНА. ЦАРИЦА МАРГАРИТА ВРЪЧИ НАГРАДИТЕ НА ПОБЕДИТЕЛКИТЕ В ЗАЛАТА". Българска федерация по художествена гимнастика - новини, събития, награди, информация (in Bulgarian). Retrieved 2022-09-11.
  4. ^ "АНСАМБЪЛ-ДЕВОЙКИ НА КОСЪМ ОТ МЕДАЛА НА ФИНАЛИТЕ С 5 ОБРЪЧА НА МЕЖДУНАРОДНИЯ ТУРНИР ЗА ДЕВОЙКИ В БАКУ". Българска федерация по художествена гимнастика - новини, събития, награди, информация (in Bulgarian). Retrieved 2022-09-11.
  5. ^ "Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique". www.gymnastics.sport. Retrieved 2022-09-11.
  6. ^ "Осем Медала За България Спечелиха Българските Гимнастички От Световната Купа В Пезаро Италия".
  7. ^ "Четири титли и общо осем медала за България от Световната купа по художествена гимнастика в Клуж-Напока (обобщение)". Българска федерация по художествена гимнастика - новини, събития, награди, информация (in Bulgarian). Retrieved 2022-08-31.
  8. ^ "ДЕВЕТ МЕДАЛА ЗА БЪЛГАРИЯ ОТ ШАМПИОНАТА НА ЕВРОПА В ТЕЛ АВИВ - ЧЕТИРИ ЗЛАТНИ, ДВА СРЕБЪРНИ И ТРИ БРОНЗОВИ". Българска федерация по художествена гимнастика - новини, събития, награди, информация (in Bulgarian). Retrieved 2022-08-31.
  9. ^ "Gymnastics - World Cup Rhythmic Gymnastics - Sofia 2023 - Results". www.the-sports.org. Retrieved 2023-04-02.
  10. ^ "Седем медала за България от Световната купа в Гърция! 🥇🥈🥉🇧🇬". Българска федерация по художествена гимнастика - новини, събития, награди, информация (in Bulgarian). Retrieved 2024-04-14.
  11. ^ "Пълен комплект медали от многобоя за България на Световната купа по художествена гимнастика в София". Българска федерация по художествена гимнастика - новини, събития, награди, информация (in Bulgarian). Retrieved 2024-04-14.
  12. ^ "2024 European Championships Result Book" (PDF). europeangymnastics. Retrieved 8 June 2024.
  13. ^ "Group All-Around - Final results" (PDF). Olympics. 10 August 2024. Retrieved 11 August 2024.
  14. ^ "Четири гимнастички напуснаха ансамбъла на България - Chernomore". www.chernomore.bg. Retrieved 2024-10-06.
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