Valentina Georgieva
Georgieva at the 2022 European Championships
Personal information
Country represented Bulgaria
Born (2006-07-28) 28 July 2006 (age 17)[1]
Sofia, Bulgaria
DisciplineWomen's artistic gymnastics
Head coach(es)Filip Yanev
Medal record
Representing  Bulgaria
FIG World Cup
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Apparatus World Cup 1 2 0
World Challenge Cup 1 0 0
Total 2 2 0
Junior European Championships
Silver medal – second place 2020 Mersin Vault

Valentina Georgieva (Bulgarian: Валентина Георгиева; born 28 July 2006) is a Bulgarian artistic gymnast.[2] She is the 2020 Junior European silver medalist on vault.

Career

Junior

Georgieva competed at the 2020 Junior European Championships in Mersin, where she won the silver medal on vault behind Ana Bărbosu,[3] and finished fourteenth in the all-around.[4] She was also the Bulgarian junior national all-around champion between 2018 and 2021.[5]

Senior

Georgieva became age-eligible for senior competition in 2022, and made her senior international debut at the Baku World Cup, where she finished seventh in the vault final.[6] She went on to compete at the Varna World Challenge Cup, where she qualified to both the vault and floor exercise finals, finishing seventh and sixth respectively.[7] She won her first senior international medal at the Osijek World Challenge Cup in Croatia, taking the gold medal in the vault final ahead of Teja Belak and Tjaša Kysselef.[5][8] Additionally, she finished seventh in the floor final.[9]

Georgieva competed at the 2022 European Championships in Munich, where she qualified to the vault final in sixth place.[10] However, she sustained an injury on the landing of her first of two vaults in the final, and could not finish the competition.[11][12] It was later reported that she had suffered a femoral fracture and a torn ACL.[13]

Georgieva returned to competition in 2024 where she competed at the Cairo World Cup. She finished second on vault behind An Chang-ok.[14]

Competitive history

Year Event Team AA VT UB BB FX
Junior
2020
European Championships 8 14 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Senior
2022 Baku World Cup 7
Varna World Challenge Cup 7 6
Osijek World Challenge Cup 1st place, gold medalist(s) 7
European Championships DNF
2024 Cairo World Cup 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Cottbus World Cup 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Baku World Cup 1st place, gold medalist(s)

References

  1. ^ "GEORGIEVA VALENTINA". Munich 2022.
  2. ^ "GEORGIEVA Valentina". FIG.
  3. ^ "Iordache, Kovacs Golden Twice As Women's European Championships Conclude". International Gymnast Media.
  4. ^ "2020 European Championships junior results". The Gymternet. 20 December 2020.
  5. ^ a b "Bulgaria's Valentina Georgieva credits recent success on ambition and motivation". International Gymnast Media.
  6. ^ "2022 Baku World Cup results". The Gymternet. 4 April 2022.
  7. ^ "2022 Varna Challenge Cup results". The Gymternet. 30 May 2022.
  8. ^ "Seven countries golden at Challenge Cup of Osijek". International Gymnast Media.
  9. ^ "2022 Osijek Challenge Cup results". The Gymternet. 13 June 2022.
  10. ^ "2022 European Championships results". European Gymnastics. Retrieved 26 August 2022.
  11. ^ "A serious injury during a jump deprived Valentina Georgieva of a chance for a medal at the European Championships". Darik News.
  12. ^ "European Championships Munich 2022: Women's artistic gymnastics apparatus finals". Olympics.
  13. ^ "Гимнастичката Валентина Георгиева е с пукната бедрена кост, предстои операция". 24 Часа (in Bulgarian). 23 August 2022.
  14. ^ "2024 Cairo World Cup Results". The Gymternet. February 18, 2024.
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