Iliana Raeva
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| Discipline | Rhythmic gymnastics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years on national team | 1978–1982 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Levski-Spartak | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Head coach(es) | Neshka Robeva | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Assistant coach(es) | Zlatka Bontcheva | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Iliana Raycheva Raeva-Sirakova (née Raeva; Bulgarian: Илиана Райчева Раева-Сиракова; born 15 March 1963) is a Bulgarian gymnast who competed in modern rhythmic gymnastics for her country from 1978 to 1982. She was one of the Golden Girls of Bulgaria that dominated Rhythmic Gymnastics in 1980s.
Biography
She was born on 15 March 1963 in Sofia, Bulgaria. She was raised in Sofia, on the same street as fellow gymnasts Lilia Ignatova and Anelia Ralenkova, who also competed for the same Levski gymnastics club. Iliana was the recognized leader, both in their street games and in the team, who started learning gymnastics ABC under the clever and experienced eyes of the coach Zlatka Bontcheva in "Levski-Spartak " club, Sofia. At 15 Iliana went on to train under Neshka Robeva who had joined the club shortly before.
She placed sixth at her first
Iliana's first "great day" was in London, at the
She claimed all around silver at the
She relied on style and artistry, rather than excessively complex moves, with her 1980 ribbon routine to
After retiring from active competition she married Bulgarian
References
- Novinite.com. 31 January 2005. Archived from the originalon 12 October 2012.
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