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Boryana Nikolaeva Kaleyn (Bulgarian: Боряна Николаева Калейн; born 23 August 2000) is a Bulgarian individual rhythmic gymnast. She is the 2023 World champion in the team event, as well as clubs and ribbon silver medalist. She is the 2023 European all-around champion and team champion, the 2024 European champion with hoop and in team competition, the 2022 European champion with ball, ribbon, and in the team competition, the 2021 and 2022 European all-around silver medalist, and the 2018 World team silver medalist. She competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics, finishing fifth in the all-around. At the national level, she is a four-time Bulgarian National Champion (in 2019, 2020, 2021, and 2022), twice silver medalist (in 2018 and 2023) and once bronze medalist (in 2017).
Career
Junior
Kaleyn started rhythmic gymnastics at age six
Senior
2016
Kaleyn debuted as a senior in the 2016 season, she finished 10th in the all-around at the Baltic Hoop International tournament. In her next event she finished 4th in the all-around at the Lisbon Senior International Tournament, she qualified for all the apparatus finals taking silver in hoop, ribbon, clubs and silver in ball. She then finished 10th in the all-around at the Corbeil-Essonnes Cup.[4]
2017
In the 2017 season, Kaleyn competed at the Moscow senior International Tournament where she made a breakthrough winning silver in the all-around.
2018
In the 2018 season, Kaleyn participated at the
2019
Kaleyn started her 2019 season competing at the GCP Lisbon senior International Tournament where she ranked 5th in the all-around. She qualified to two finals, winning gold with hoop and bronze with ball.
2021
Kaleyn represented Bulgaria at the 2020 Summer Olympics and finished 5th in the Individual All-around Final.[8]
2022
At the European Championships in Tel Aviv, Kaleyn won team gold, gold with ball and ribbon, silver in all-around, and bronze with hoop. At the World Games in Birmingham, she won hoop gold and silver for ribbon.
2023
At the European Championships in Baku, Kaleyn won team gold, all-around gold, silver with clubs and bronze with hoop. At the World Championships in Valencia, she won team gold, along with silver medals in clubs and ribbon.
Style
Kaleyn is distinctive in her approach to rhythmic gymnastics both for her routine music choices, which use a diverse array of styles from folk music to heavy metal and alternative rock. At the 2022 European Championships where she was successful at winning gold medals in the ribbon and ball apparatus finals, sport commentator Olly Hogben noted she was known for quickly discarding music she didn't have an affinity with.[9] Additionally, a feature of her work is a strong display of pivots, such as fouette turns, often incorporating double and triple pirouettes in a sequence, and side scale pivots.
Routine music information
Year | Apparatus | Music title |
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2024 | ||
Hoop | "특(S-Class)" by Stray Kids | |
Ball | Never Enough (The Greatest Showman) by Loren Allred | |
Clubs | SOS d'un terrien en détresse by Dimash Qudaibergen | |
Ribbon | The Power In Me by Emelina Gorcheva | |
2023 | Hoop | "Boryano, Balgarko" by Emelina Gorcheva |
Ball | "Storm" by Otyken | |
Clubs | "L'ambôccá (Steven Richard Davis Remix)" by Califato ¾ | |
Ribbon | "Total Eclipse of the Heart" by Bonnie Tyler | |
2022 | Hoop | "When You're Good To Mama" from Chicago by Queen Latifah and Taye Diggs |
Ball | "Creep" by Postmodern Jukebox | |
Clubs | "Mutant Brain (feat. Agent Sasco (Assassin))" by Sam Spiegel & Ape Drums
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Ribbon | "Izlel ye Delyo Haydutin" | |
2021 | Hoop | "Kakamora" from Moana by Mark Mancina |
Ball | "Vecheray, Rado" by Slavi Trifonov | |
Clubs | "3 to Tango" by Pitbull | |
Ribbon | " Mozart's Symphony No. 40 )
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2020 | Hoop | "Kakamora" from Moana by Mark Mancina |
Ball | "Vecheray, Rado" by Slavi Trifonov | |
Clubs | "3 to Tango" by Pitbull | |
Ribbon | "Enter Sandman" by New Orleans Band | |
2019 | Hoop | "The Phantom of the Opera" by Prague Cello Quartet |
Ball | "I'm Trouble" by Linda Roan | |
Clubs (first) | "The Road" by Havasi | |
Clubs (Second) | "I'm So Excited (Instrumental)" by Retro Spectres | |
Ribbon | "Dance of Curse" by Yoko Kanno | |
2018 | Hoop | " Grace, G-Eazy
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Ball | "Can You Hear Me" by Mariana Popova, Orlin Goranov | |
Clubs | "Fireplaces Escape" (Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows – Part 1) by Alexandre Desplat | |
Ribbon | "Kairos" by Derek Hough | |
2017 | Hoop | " Grace, G-Eazy
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Ball | "Complici" by Musica Nuda | |
Clubs | "Into The Void" by Nine Inch Nails | |
Ribbon | "Gitanos" by Csilla Szentpéteri |
Detailed Olympic results
Year | Competition Description | Location | Music | Apparatus | Rank-Final | Score-Final | Rank-Qualifying | Score-Qualifying |
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2020 | Olympics | Tokyo | All-around | 5th | 100.625 | 8th | 95.650 | |
"Kakamora" from Moana by Mark Mancina | Hoop | 5th | 25.900 | 9th | 24.100 | |||
"Vecheray, Rado" by Slavi Trifonov | Ball | 6th | 25.625 | 6th | 25.800 | |||
"3 to Tango" by Pitbull | Clubs | 5th | 26.650 | 4th | 26.600 | |||
" Mozart's Symphony No. 40 )
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Ribbon | 3rd | 22.450 | 18th | 19.150 |
Competitive highlights
(Team competitions in seniors are held only at the World Championships, Europeans and other Continental Games.)
International: Senior | |||||||
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Year | Event | AA | Team | Hoop | Ball | Clubs | Ribbon |
2024 | European Championships | 4th | 1st | 1st | 3rd | ||
European Cup | 4th | 2nd | 1st | 4th(Q) | 1st | ||
World Cup Tashkent | 3rd | 3rd | 5th | 4th | 8th | ||
World Cup Sofia | 1st | 8th | 8th | 2nd | 6th | ||
IT Sofia Cup | 1st | 2nd | 2nd | 2nd | |||
2023 | World Championships | 6th | 1st | 4th | 4th | 2nd | 2nd |
World Cup Milan | 4th | 7th | 2nd | 2nd | |||
World Challenge Cup Cluj-Napoca | 2nd | 1st | 1st | 4th | |||
European Championships | 1st | 1st | 3rd | 6th | 2nd | ||
World Cup Athens | 3rd | ||||||
Grand Prix Tartu | 4th | 7th(Q) | 9th(Q) | 3rd | 1st | ||
2022 | World Championships | DNS | DNS | DNS | DNS | DNS | DNS |
World Challenge Cup Cluj-Napoca | 4th | 2nd | 2nd | 12th (Q) | 5th | ||
World Games | 1st | 5th | 4th | 2nd | |||
European Championships | 2nd | 1st | 3rd | 1st | 8th | 1st | |
World Challenge Cup Pamplona | 1st | WD | WD | WD | WD | ||
World Cup Baku | 2nd | 2nd | 1st | 10th (Q) | 1st | ||
World Cup Sofia | 1st | 1st | 1st | 6th | 1st | ||
Grand Prix Marbella |
2nd | 2nd | |||||
2021 | World Championships | 4th | 4th | 4th | 4th | 8th | |
World Challenge Cup Cluj-Napoca | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | ||
Olympic Games | 5th | ||||||
European Championships | 2nd | 4th | 7th | 6th | 4th | 9th (Q) | |
World Cup Baku | 2nd | 9th (Q) | 3rd | 2nd | 1st | ||
World Cup Sofia | 2nd | 1st | 3rd | 1st | 1st | ||
Grand Prix Moscow |
4th | 3rd | 3rd | 1st | 2nd | ||
2020 | European Championships | 4th | |||||
Grand Prix Brno |
3rd | 4th | 1st | 2nd | |||
2019 | World Championships | 4th | 6th | 5th | 5th | 10th (Q) | 12th (Q) |
World Challenge Cup Kazan | 4th | 4th | 3rd | 5th | 11th (Q) | ||
World Challenge Cup Minsk | 6th | 24th (Q) | 4th | 6th | 7th | ||
Grand Prix final: Brno |
5th | 2nd | 3rd | ||||
European Championships | 3rd | 7th | 3rd | 3rd | |||
World Cup Tashkent | 2nd | 8th | 2nd | 7th | 2nd | ||
World Cup Pesaro | 3rd | 4th | 2nd | 5th | |||
2018 | |||||||
World Championships | 2nd | 4th | 6th | ||||
Kazan World Cup |
4th | 3rd | 6th | 4th | 7th | ||
Baku World Cup |
9th | 4th | 2nd | ||||
Tashkent World Cup |
9th | 3rd | 8th | ||||
Grand Prix Thiais |
3rd | 5th | 3rd | 3rd | 9th | ||
Sofia World Cup |
6th | 3rd | 5th | ||||
Grand Prix Moscow |
10th | 2nd | 1st | 3rd | |||
2017 | World Games | 9th (Q) | 9th (Q) | 10th (Q) | 9th (Q) | ||
World Challenge Cup in Portimao |
4th | 5th | 6th | 3rd | |||
MT Sofia Cup | 1st | 2nd | 1st | 1st | 1st | ||
World Cup Baku |
9th | 20th (Q) | 10th (Q) | 15th (Q) | 7th | ||
World Cup Tashkent |
4th | 7th | 7th | 3rd | |||
Alina International Tournament |
2nd | ||||||
2016 | Corbeil-Essonnes Cup | 10th | |||||
International Tournament of Lisbon |
4th | 2nd | 2nd | 2nd | 2nd | ||
Baltic Hoop | 10th | ||||||
International: Junior | |||||||
Year | Event | AA | Team | Ball | Ribbon | Hoop | Clubs |
2014 | European Junior Championships | 4th | 3rd | ||||
National | |||||||
Year | Event | AA | Team | Hoop | Ball | Clubs
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Ribbon |
2023 | Bulgarian Championships | 2nd | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | |
2022 | Bulgarian Championships | 1st | 2nd | 1st | 5th | 1st | |
2021 | Bulgarian Championships | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | |
2020 | Bulgarian Championships | 1st | 1st | 1st | 2nd | 1st | |
2019 | Bulgarian Championships | 1st | 1st | 2nd | 1st | 3rd | |
2018 | Bulgarian Championships | 2nd | 6th | 1st | 3rd | 2nd | |
2017 | Bulgarian Championships | 3rd | 2nd | 3rd | 1st | ||
Q = Qualifications (Did not advance to Event Final due to the 2 gymnast per country rule, only Top 8 highest score); WR = World Record; WD = Withdrew; NT = No Team Competition; OC = Out of Competition(competed but scores not counted for qualifications/results), DNS = Did Not Start, DNF = Did Not Finish |
References
- ^ "Sofia's Boryana Kaleyn has high hopes for World debut". gymnastics.sport.
- ^ "FIG World standings for rhythmic gymnastics". International Federation of Gymnastics. Retrieved 16 June 2024.
- ^ Stamenova, Borislava (24 March 2021). "Боряна Калейн: Шампионка в няколко тома (ВИДЕО)". btvnovinite.bg (in Bulgarian). Retrieved 20 July 2021.
- ^ "Boryana Kaleyn – new hope for BUL rhythmic gymnastics". bitelevision. 20 September 1996. Archived from the original on 4 March 2017. Retrieved 4 March 2017.
- ^ "Сензационна Боряна Калейн спечели сребро на турнира в Москва!". topsport.bg. 17 February 2017.
- ^ "Moscow Grand Prix 2018". Archived from the original on 18 June 2018. Retrieved 24 March 2018.
- ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 July 2019. Retrieved 20 July 2019.
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: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "Rhythmic Gymnastics — Individual All-Around — Qualification — Results" (PDF). 2020 Summer Olympics. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 August 2021. Retrieved 6 August 2021.
- ^ "Eurovision Sports Live". www.eurovisionsports.tv.
External links
- Boryana KALEYN at the International Gymnastics Federation
- Boryana Kaleyn on Instagram