Katrin Taseva
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| Full name | Katrin Yankova Taseva | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nickname(s) | Kati,Kate | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Country represented |  2016 Season)[2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Katrin Yankova Taseva (Bulgarian: Катрин Янкова Тасева; born November 24, 1997) is a retired Bulgarian individual rhythmic gymnast. She is the 2017 European Silver medalist with Ribbon, 2019 Grand-Prix Final All-around bronze medalist, the 2019 World Cup series All-around and Ball winner and the double (2018, 2019) World Cup series Ribbon winner. Taseva had won multiple medals at the European Games and is also the 2018 Bulgarian National Champion and a four-time (2016, 2017, 2019, 2020) Bulgarian National All-around silver medalist.
Personal life
Taseva announced her engagement to her partner, Bulgarian pastry chef, Stanislav Sivkov, on her personal Instagram account in December 2022. Her first child, a son called Nikolay, was born in Plovdiv on 9 June 2023. She was previously engaged to Bulgarian wrestler, Nikolai Shterev, who died of Covid-19 in 2020. Taseva sold medals from previous world competitions to help raise money for his hospital care. Her son is named in Shterev’s memory.[3] After retiring from rhythmic gymnastics in 2021, she revealed that she gained 10kg. She previously struggled with an eating disorder as a gymnast and was vegan to maintain her weight. She resides in Asenovgrad and works as a rhythmic gymnastics coach for children, where she organizes master classes and training camps. [4]
Career
Taseva was born in
, Hungary.2016 season
In 2016, Taseva competed in several
2017 season
In 2017 Season, Taseva made her breakthrough at the
2018 season
In 2018 season, due to Vladinova's injury; Taseva became Bulgaria's leading rhythmic gymnast. She began her season at Baltic Hoop International Rhythmic Gymnastics Tournament in
2021 season
Taseva represented Bulgaria at the 2020 Summer Olympics and finished first in the qualification for the individual all-around, making her the fourth reserve for the all-around final.[7] On August 6, right after her Olympic performance, Katrin announced her retirement from competitive sport on her Instagram profile.[8]
Routine music information
| Year | Apparatus | Music title |
|---|---|---|
| 2020/2021 | Hoop | Eye Of The Tiger by 2Cellos |
| Ball | Fallin' by Nicola Cavallaro | |
| Clubs | Malagueña by Stanley Black | |
| Ribbon | A Little Party Never Killed Nobody (All We Got) by Fergie ft. Q-Tip, GoonRock | |
| 2019 | Hoop | Lovers in Paris by Jacob Gurevitsch |
| Ball | Elea by Worakls (Jimmy Sax' Rework) | |
| Clubs | Think by Aretha Franklin | |
| Ribbon | I'll Never Love again (from A Star Is Born) by Lady Gaga | |
| Ribbon (Second) | Mayas by Hanine | |
| 2018 | Hoop | "Camino" by Lili Ivanova / Ivan Peev |
| Ball | "Epilogue (La La Land)" by Justin Hurwitz | |
| Clubs | "Overture (from Jesus Christ Superstar)" by Andrew Lloyd Webber | |
| Ribbon | "Uptown Funk" by Mark Ronson, Bruno Mars | |
| 2017 | Hoop | "La Voce Del Silenzio / Se Bruciasse La Citta" by Massimo Ranieri, Silvia Mezzanotte, Linda Valor |
| Ball | "The Beauty" by Beloslava (Белослава - Красотата) | |
| Clubs (2nd) | "Danza Ritual del Fuego" by Paco de Lucía, Carlos Montoya | |
| Clubs (1st) | "Rozov Kadilak" by Kolio Gilan Band | |
| Ribbon | "Djelem Djelem" by Barcelona Gipsy Klezmer Orchestra |
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 |
| 2021 | Olympic Games | 14th (Q) | |||||
| European Championships | 7th | 4th | 6th | 7th | 5th | 5th | |
| 2019 | World Cup Kazan | 3rd | 5th | 5th | 7th | 4th | |
| European Games | 6th | 11th (Q) | 2nd | 4th | 3rd | ||
Grand Prix Brno |
3rd | 4th | 2nd | 2nd | 3rd | ||
Grand Prix Holon |
6th | 3rd | 6th | 1st | |||
| European Championships | 3rd | 7th | 4th | 8th | |||
| World Cup Sofia | 3rd | 6th | 2nd | 2nd | 2nd | ||
| World Cup Pesaro | 5th | 6th | 4th | 18th (Q) | 2nd | ||
| 2018 | |||||||
| World Championships | 6th | 2nd | 7th | 8th | 8th | ||
Kazan World Cup |
5th | 4th | 4th | 7th | 4th | ||
World Cup Minsk |
5th | 4th | 4th | 7th | |||
World Cup Baku |
4th | 7th | 4th | 2nd | |||
World Cup Pesaro |
2nd | 3rd | 4th | 3rd | 2nd | ||
World Cup Sofia |
4th | 2nd | 3rd | 1st | 2nd | ||
Grand Prix Thiais |
4th | 3rd | |||||
Grand Prix Kyiv |
2nd | 2nd | 3rd | 2nd | |||
| Baltic Hoop | 3rd | 1st | 1st | ||||
| 2017 | Dalia Kutkaite Cup |
5th | |||||
World Championships |
10th | ||||||
World Cup Kazan |
6th | 6th | 5th | 5th | |||
World Cup Minsk |
6th | 6th | 5th | 5th | |||
| European Championships | 3rd | 4th | 2nd | ||||
World Cup Sofia |
2nd | 4th | 7th | 3rd | |||
World Cup Tashkent |
3rd | 4th | 3rd | 2nd | 5th | ||
World Cup Pesaro |
5th | 4th | 5th | 8th | 6th | ||
Grand Prix Marbella |
6th | ||||||
Grand Prix Kyiv |
4th | 1st | |||||
| 2016 | |||||||
| European Championships | 13th | ||||||
World Cup Baku |
9th | ||||||
| National | |||||||
| Year | Event | AA | Team | Hoop | Ball | Clubs | Ribbon |
| 2020 | Bulgarian Championships | 2nd | |||||
| 2019 | Bulgarian Championships | 2nd | 3rd | 1st | 2nd | 2nd | |
| 2018 | Bulgarian Championships | 1st | 2nd | 2nd | 1st | 1st | |
| 2017 | Bulgarian Championships | 2nd | 8th | 2nd | 1st | 2nd | |
| 2016 | Bulgarian Championships | 2nd | |||||
| 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) | |||||||
References
- ^ "FIG World standings for rhythmic gymnastics". International Federation of Gymnastics. Retrieved 21 May 2017.
- ^ "FIG World standings for rhythmic gymnastics" (PDF). International Federation of Gymnastics. Retrieved 14 April 2016.
- ^ "Златната Катрин роди Николай". Telegraph Bulgaria. Retrieved 27 August 2023.
- ^ "Катрин Тасева чака момченце". Telegraph Bulgaria. Retrieved 27 August 2023.
- ^ "Супер успех: Красивата Катрин Тасева със златен медал в Киев". Blitz Sport. 18 March 2017.
- ^ "35th WORLDS of RHYTHMIC GYMNASTICS 2017". gymmedia. 3 September 2017.
- ^ "Rhythmic Gymnastics — Individual All-Around — Qualification — Results" (PDF). 2020 Summer Olympics. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 August 2021. Retrieved 6 August 2021.
- ^ "Катрин Тасева приключва със състезателната си кариера" (in Bulgarian). 6 August 2021. Retrieved 12 August 2021.
External links
- Katrin Taseva at the International Gymnastics Federation
- Katrin Taseva at Olympics.com
- Katrin Taseva at Olympedia
- Katrin Taseva on Instagram
