Riselda Selaj
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| Riselda Selaj | |
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 Riselda Selaj on beam during European Championship in Birmingham 2010 | |
| Personal information | |
| Country represented |  Albania |
| Born | April 7, 1993 |
| Hometown | Tirana, Albania |
| Height | 5 ft 7 in (170 cm) |
| Discipline | Women's artistic gymnastics |
| Level | Senior International Elite |
| Years on national team | 2004–2014 |
| Club | Klubi Sportiv Partizani |
| Former coach(es) | Ferdinand Mara |
Riselda Selaj (born April 7, 1993) is an Albanian former artistic gymnast. She is the first Albanian gymnast to win 5 gold medals at an international competition. And the first gymnast to win 2 times in a row 5 medals in the same international competition. She is announced as the one of the best Albanian gymnast over the years.
She is all-around gold medalist, beam, floor, vault, uneven bars gold medalist and team bronze medalist. Also she is the all-around, beam and vault Balkan Champion in 2009, in FYROM.
Selaj became a member of the Albanian senior team in 2008. She is a nine-time Albania all-around Champion winning four as a junior and five as a senior.
Selaj has participated at the World Championship London 2009 doing an excellent performance on beam. She also was part of Albania team during the Mediterranean Games, in Italy where she was qualified in all-around final ranked 13th place, and on vault final, ranked in 6th place.
Selaj has been competed also at European Championships and at European Youth Olympic Festival (EYOF) giving her best performances.
Selaj announced her retirement from gymnastics on October, 2014 due to decline of Albanian federation gymnastics.
References
External links
- "Riselda Selaj training in Romania". YouTube. 2011-07-17. Retrieved 2016-12-04.
- "Riselda Selaj on beam". YouTube. 2011-08-02. Retrieved 2016-12-04.
- "Riselda Selaj Pictures XVI Mediterranean Games - Day 5 - Artistic Gymnastics". Zimbio.com. 2009-07-01. Retrieved 2016-12-04.
- "Maqedoni, Riselda Selaj fiton 5 medalje ari". Sport.albeu.com. 2008-09-25. Retrieved 2016-12-04.
- "Albania's Riselda Selaj performs in the Pictures". Getty Images. 2009-10-14. Retrieved 2016-12-04.