Stiliana Nikolova
| Stiliana Nikolova | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Nickname(s) | Stili | |||||||||||||||||
| Country represented |  Bulgaria | |||||||||||||||||
| Born | August 22, 2005 Cairo, Egypt [1] | |||||||||||||||||
| Hometown | Sofia, Bulgaria | |||||||||||||||||
| Discipline | Rhythmic gymnastics | |||||||||||||||||
| Level | Junior international elite | |||||||||||||||||
| Years on national team | 2020-present | |||||||||||||||||
| Club | Etar Elit | |||||||||||||||||
| Head coach(es) | Valentina Ivanova, Rayna Tosheva [2] | |||||||||||||||||
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Stiliana Nikolova (Bulgarian: Стиляна Николова, born 22 August 2005 in Cairo, Egypt) is a Bulgarian individual rhythmic gymnast. She is the 2020 European junior champion with ribbon and silver medalist with ball. On national level, she is a two-time (2019, 2020) Bulgarian Junior All-Around champion.
Personal life
Stiliana's father, Iliya Dyakov was a football player who represented Bulgaria at the 1986 Football World Cup in Mexico. Her mother, Paulina Nikolova, was a group rhythmic gymnast, competing for Bulgaria and is the 1985 World Group All-Around champion. Stiliana has one sister, Paola, and a brother, Denis.
Career
Junior
She competed at the 2019 Bulgarian Junior National Championships where she won gold medal in All-around, Ball and Ribbon final, and silver medal in Rope and Clubs final.[3] She competed at the 2019 Junior World Championships in Moscow, Russia where she placed 8th in Team competition and 16th in Clubs qualifications.
In 2020, she became Bulgarian Junior National All-Around champion once again, won gold medal with Ball, Clubs and Ribbon, and bronze medal with Rope. She competed at the International Tournament in Moscow, where she and her teammate Eva Brezalieva tok 2nd place in Team competition. She also won gold medal in All-around at the International Tournament Corbeil-Essonnes in France. In finals, she placed 1st with Rope and Ball and 3rd with Ribbon. She competed at the 2020 Junior European Championships in Kyiv, Ukraine and qualified to two apparatus finals. She won gold medal with Ribbon and silver medal with Ball.[4]
References
- ^ "Stliana Nikolova/Birth Place". International Gymnastics Federation.
- ^ "Stliana Nikolova/Coach". International Gymnastics Federation.
- ^ "Николова Стиляна" (in Russian).
- ^ "Gold, silver and bronze for Bulgarian rhythmic gymnasts from contest in Ukraine" (in Bulgarian). 28 November 2020.