Maria Gigova
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Country represented | Bulgaria | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Sofia, Bulgaria | 21 April 1947||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Discipline | Rhythmic gymnastics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | CSKA Sofia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Head coach(es) | Julieta Shishmanova | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Assistant coach(es) | Lili Mircheva | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Retired | 1974 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Maria Gigova (
Biography
She was the first gymnast to become a triple world champion in rhythmic gymnastics with her titles in 1969, 1971, and 1973. Gigova has a total of four gold medals in hoop (1967, 1969, 1971 and 1973), an achievement still unmatched by any other gymnast, as well as one title in rope (1971) and free exercise (1969). As a member of the Bulgarian Team, she also earned team titles at the rhythmic gymnastics world championships in 1969 and 1971. Gigova shared the world crown in the all-around in 1971 with Soviet
Gigova retired from gymnastics in 1974. After she finished her education at the National Sports Academy in
On 4 May 2017, Gigova received the Order of Stara Planina (1st class) from president Rumen Radev for her contributions to developing Bulgarian sport.[1]
Achievements
- Gigova was the first rhythmic gymnast to win 3 consecutive world titles in (1969, 1971 tied with Evgenia Kanaeva (2009, 2010, 2011), Yana Kudryavtseva(2013, 2014, 2015) but they won their titles when the world championships were held every year.
- First Bulgarian to win the World Championships.
- In 1972 she was awarded the title of Merited Master of Sport of the USSR.[2]
References
- ^ "Президентът Румен Радев връчи орден "Стара планина" 1-ва степен на Мария Гигова" (in Bulgarian). sportal.bg. 4 May 2017. Retrieved 4 May 2017.
- Fizkultura i sport. 1973. pp. 122–124.
External links
- Mariya Gigova at the International Gymnastics Federation
- Maria Gigova from Bulgarian Info at the Wayback Machine (archived 2005-05-22)
- NSA Bulgarian gymnasts
- Photo from Ukraine RG at the Wayback Machine (archived 2007-03-12)