Valentina Georgieva
Valentina Georgieva (Bulgarian: Валентина Георгиева; born 28 July 2006) is a Bulgarian artistic gymnast.[2] She is the 2020 Junior European silver medalist on vault.
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Country represented | Bulgaria | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | [1] Sofia, Bulgaria | 28 July 2006|||||||||||||||||||||||||
Discipline | Women's artistic gymnastics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Head coach(es) | Filip Yanev | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Career
Junior
Georgieva competed at the 2020 Junior European Championships in Mersin, where she won the silver medal on vault behind Ana Bărbosu,[3] and finished fourteenth in the all-around.[4] She was also the Bulgarian junior national all-around champion between 2018 and 2021.[5]
Senior
Georgieva became age-eligible for senior competition in 2022, and made her senior international debut at the Baku World Cup, where she finished seventh in the vault final.[6] She went on to compete at the Varna World Challenge Cup, where she qualified to both the vault and floor exercise finals, finishing seventh and sixth respectively.[7] She won her first senior international medal at the Osijek World Challenge Cup in Croatia, taking the gold medal in the vault final ahead of Teja Belak and Tjaša Kysselef.[5][8] Additionally, she finished seventh in the floor final.[9]
Georgieva competed at the 2022 European Championships in Munich, where she qualified to the vault final in sixth place.[10] However, she sustained an injury on the landing of her first of two vaults in the final, and could not finish the competition.[11][12] It was later reported that she had suffered a femoral fracture and a torn ACL.[13]
Competitive history
Year | Event | Team | AA | VT | UB | BB | FX |
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2020 | |||||||
European Championships | 8 | 14 | |||||
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2022 | Baku World Cup | 7 | |||||
Varna World Challenge Cup | 7 | 6 | |||||
Osijek World Challenge Cup | 7 | ||||||
European Championships | DNF |
References
- "GEORGIEVA VALENTINA". Munich 2022.
- "GEORGIEVA Valentina". FIG.
- "Iordache, Kovacs Golden Twice As Women's European Championships Conclude". International Gymnast Media.
- "2020 European Championships junior results". The Gymternet. 20 December 2020.
- "Bulgaria's Valentina Georgieva credits recent success on ambition and motivation". International Gymnast Media.
- "2022 Baku World Cup results". The Gymternet. 4 April 2022.
- "2022 Varna Challenge Cup results". The Gymternet. 30 May 2022.
- "Seven countries golden at Challenge Cup of Osijek". International Gymnast Media.
- "2022 Osijek Challenge Cup results". The Gymternet. 13 June 2022.
- "2022 European Championships results". European Gymnastics. Retrieved 26 August 2022.
- "A serious injury during a jump deprived Valentina Georgieva of a chance for a medal at the European Championships". Darik News.
- "European Championships Munich 2022: Women's artistic gymnastics apparatus finals". Olympics.
- "Гимнастичката Валентина Георгиева е с пукната бедрена кост, предстои операция". 24 Часа (in Bulgarian). 23 August 2022.