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Kamelia Dunavska

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Kamelia Dunavska
Country representedBulharia
Born (1969-04-21) April 21, 1969 (age 55)
Sofia, Bulgaria
DisciplineRhythmic gymnastics
ClubCSKA Sofia

Kamelia Dunavska (Bulgarian: Камелия Дунавска, born 21 April 1969) is a Bulgarian female former rhythmic gymnast and trainer. She is the head coach of the Turkey rhythmic gymnastics national team.[1]

Kamelia Dunavska won gold medals at the 1987 World Championships held in Varna, Bulgaria and at the 1988 European Championships in Helsinki, Finland. Her twin sister Adriana is also a rhythmic gymnastiast.[2]

After retiring from active sports, she became a coach in rhythmic gymnastics. For a short period, she served as coach of the Bulgarian national ensemble.[2]

She was appointed head coach of the Turkey national team. She keeps residing in her country, goes to Turkey to coach the national team for sometimes a month and sometimes two weeks a month.[3] The Turkish team, she coached, won the gold medal in the 3 Hoops + 4 Clubs event at the 2020 European Championships held in Ukraine.[4][5]

References

  1. ^ "Kamelia Dunavska: Asıl hedef 2024 Olimpiyatları". Fanatik (in Turkish). 27 August 2020. Retrieved 2 December 2020.
  2. ^ a b "Rhythmic Gymnastics CSKA - History". CSKA - United Sports Clubs. Retrieved 2 December 2020.
  3. ^ "Kardelen Çiçekleri... Duygu, Azra, Peri, Nil ve Eda: Zaferin 6 yıllık sırdı". Hürriye (in Turkish). 29 November 2020. Retrieved 2 December 2020.
  4. ^ "Ritmik Cimnastik Milli Sporcularımız - Gençler" (in Turkish). Türkiye Cimnastik Federasyonu. Retrieved 1 December 2020.
  5. ^ "Türkiye, Kadın Ritmik Cimnastik dalında Avrupa şampiyonu oldu!". Hürriyet (in Turkish). 29 November 2020. Retrieved 1 December 2020.