Boryana Kaleyn
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Full name | Boryana Nikolaeva Kaleyn | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nickname(s) | Buba, Bubi[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Country represented | ![]() | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Sofia, Bulgaria | 23 August 2000|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hometown | Sofia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Residence | Sofia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 167 cm (5 ft 6 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 56 kg (123 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Discipline | Rhythmic gymnastics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Level | Senior Elite | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Years on national team | 2011 – present | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | Levski Triaditsa | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Gym | Rakovski | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Head coach(es) | Branimira Markova | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Assistant coach(es) | Mariana Pamukova | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
World ranking | 11 WC 19 WCC (2017 Season) [2] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Boryana Nikolaeva Kaleyn (Bulgarian: Боряна Николаева Калейн; born 23 August 2000) is a Bulgarian individual rhythmic gymnast. She competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics, in Rhythmic Individual all-around.[3]
She is the 2021 European All-around silver medalist and the 2018 World team silver medalist. At the 2019 European Championships she won three Bronze medals. At the junior level she is the 2014 European Junior ball Bronze medalist. She is a three-time Bulgarian National Champion.
Career[]
Junior[]
Kaleyn started rhythmic gymnastics at age six[4] and began appearing in international junior competitions in 2008. She has competed in the Junior World Cup and the Junior Grand Prix events. On June 10–16, 2014, Kaleyn competed at the 2014 European Junior Championships with Team Bulgaria (together with Erika Zafirova and Katerina Marinova) finishing 4th, Kaleyn qualified 1 apparatus final and won the bronze medal in ball. Kaleyn won the all-around bronze at the 2015 Sofia Junior World Cup.
Senior[]
Kaleyn debuted as a senior in the 2016 season, she finished 10th in the all-around at the Baltic Hoop International tournament. In her next event she finished 4th in the all-around at the Lisbon Senior International Tournament, she qualified for all the apparatus finals taking silver in hoop, ribbon, clubs and silver in ball. She then finished 10th in the all-around at the Corbeil-Essonnes Cup.[5]
In the 2017 season, Kaleyn competed at the Moscow senior International Tournament where she made a breakthrough winning silver in the all-around.[6] She won bronze in the all-around at the 2017 Bulgarian National Championships behind Neviana Vladinova and Katrin Taseva who took the gold and silver medals respectively. She then competed at the 2017 Tashkent World Cup finishing 4th in the all-around behind teammate Katrin Taseva and qualified to three event finals taking bronze in clubs and placed 7th in hoop and ball. Her next competition was at the 2017 Baku World Cup where she finished 9th in the all-around behind Nicol Zelikman. On May 3–7, Kaleyn won gold in the all-around at the MT Sofia Cup. On May 12–1,[clarification needed] Kaleyn competed at the 2017 World Challenge Cup in Portimao where she finished 4th in the all-around behind Victoria Veinberg Filanovsky, she qualified to three event finals taking bronze in clubs, finished 5th in hoop and 6th in ball. Kaleyn competed at the quadrennial held 2017 World Games in Wrocław, Poland from July 20 to 30, however she did not advance to any of the apparatus finals.
In the 2018 season, Kaleyn participated at the 2018 Grand Prix Moscow, finishing 10th in the all-around. She qualified to three finals, winning gold with ball, silver with hoop and bronze with ribbon.[7] On March 30 – April 1, Kaleyn began the World Cup events competing at the 2018 Sofia World Cup finishing 6th in the all-around; she qualified in two apparatus finals, taking bronze in hoop and finishing 5th in ball. On March 23–25, Kaleyn competed at the 2018 Grand Prix Thiais, where she won the bronze medal in the all-around competition ahead of teammate Katrin Taseva. In the apparatus finals she won bronze with ball, clubs, finished 5th in hoop and 9th in ribbon. On April 20–22, at the 2018 Tashkent World Cup, Kaleyn finished 9th in the all-around and qualified to two apparatus finals: she won bronze in hoop and finished 8th in ribbon. On April 27–29, Kaleyn competed in a World Challenge Cup event at the 2018 Baku World Cup where she finished 9th in the all-around, she qualified in two apparatus finals taking silver in clubs and finished 4th in hoop. At the 2018 World Championships, held in her hometown of Sofia, Kaleyn won a silver medal with the Bulgarian team.
Kaleyn started her 2019 season competing at the GCP Lisbon senior International Tournament where she ranked 5th in the all-around. She qualified to two finals, winning gold with hoop and bronze with ball.[8] On March 28 – April 1, she competed at the 2019 Grand Prix Thiais, where she placed 4th in the all-around behind Arina Averina, Linoy Ashram, and Dina Averina. She qualified for three apparatus finals, winning silver with ribbon and placing 5th with ball and 8th with hoop. Kaleyn then competed at the 2019 Pesaro World Cup, winning her first World Cup all-around medal by finishing in 3rd place behind Dina and Arina Averina. She qualified for three apparatus finals, winning silver in ball, placing 4th in hoop, and 5th in clubs. At the 2019 Tashkent World Cup, Kaleyn won silver in the all-around and qualified to all four apparatus finals; she won silver with ball and ribbon and finished 7th with clubs and 8th with hoop. On April 16–19, she competed in the 2019 European Championships with her teammates Katrin Taseva and Neviana Vladinova, with whom she won the bronze medal in the team event. She qualified for three apparatus finals, winning bronze in ball and ribbon and placing 7th with hoop.
In 2021, Boryana represented Bulgaria at the 2020 Summer Olympics and finished 5th in the Individual All-around Final.[9]
Routine music information[]
Year | Apparatus | Music title |
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2021 | Hoop | "Kakamora" from Moana by Mark Mancina |
Ball | "Vecheray, Rado" by Slavi Trifonov | |
Clubs | "3 to Tango" by Pitbull | |
Ribbon | "Enter Sandman" by New Orleans Band (the first part is from Mozart's Symphony No. 40) | |
2020 | Hoop | "Kakamora" from Moana by Mark Mancina |
Ball | "Vecheray, Rado" by Slavi Trifonov | |
Clubs | "3 to Tango" by Pitbull | |
Ribbon | "Enter Sandman" by New Orleans Band | |
2019 | Hoop | "The Phantom of the Opera" by Prague Cello Quartet |
Ball | "I'm Trouble" by Linda Roan | |
Clubs (first) | "The Road" by Havasi | |
Clubs (Second) | "I'm So Excited (Instrumental)" by Retro Spectres | |
Ribbon | "Dance of Curse" by Yoko Kanno | |
2018 | Hoop | "You Don't Own Me" by Grace, G-Eazy |
Ball | "Can You Hear Me" by Mariana Popova, Orlin Goranov | |
Clubs | "Fireplaces Escape" (Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows – Part 1) by Alexandre Desplat | |
Ribbon | "Kairos" by Derek Hough | |
2017 | Hoop | "You Don't Own Me" by Grace, G-Eazy |
Ball | "Complici" by Musica Nuda | |
Clubs | "Into The Void" by Nine Inch Nails | |
Ribbon | "Gitanos" by Csilla Szentpéteri |
Detailed Olympic results[]
Year | Competition Description | Location | Music | Apparatus | Rank-Final | Score-Final | Rank-Qualifying | Score-Qualifying |
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2020 | Olympics | Tokyo | All-around | 5th | 100.625 | 8th | 95.650 | |
"Kakamora" from Moana by Mark Mancina | Hoop | 5th | 25.900 | 9th | 24.100 | |||
"Vecheray, Rado" by Slavi Trifonov | Ball | 6th | 25.625 | 6th | 25.800 | |||
"3 to Tango" by Pitbull | Clubs | 5th | 26.650 | 4th | 26.600 | |||
"Enter Sandman" by New Orleans Band (the first part is from Mozart's Symphony No. 40) | Ribbon | 3rd | 22.450 | 18th | 19.150 |
Competitive highlights[]
(Team competitions in seniors are held only at the World Championships, Europeans and other Continental Games.)
International: Senior | |||||||
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Year | Event | AA | Team | Hoop | Ball | Clubs | Ribbon |
2021 | World Challenge Cup Cluj-Napoca | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | |
Olympic Games | 5th | ||||||
European Championships | 2nd | ||||||
World Cup Baku | 2nd | 9th (Q) | 3rd | 2nd | 1st | ||
World Cup Sofia | 2nd | 1st | 3rd | 1st | 1st | ||
Grand Prix Moscow | 4th | 3rd | 3rd | 1st | 2nd | ||
2020 | European Championships | 4th | |||||
Grand Prix Brno | 3rd | 4th | 1st | 2nd | |||
2019 | |||||||
Grand Prix Brno | 5th | 2nd | 3rd | ||||
European Championships | 3rd | 7th | 3rd | 3rd | |||
World Cup Tashkent | 2nd | 8th | 2nd | 7th | 2nd | ||
World Cup Pesaro | 3rd | 4th | 2nd | 5th | |||
2018 | |||||||
World Championships | 2nd | 4th | 6th | ||||
Kazan World Cup | 4th | 3rd | 6th | 4th | 7th | ||
Baku World Cup | 9th | 4th | 2nd | ||||
Tashkent World Cup | 9th | 3rd | 8th | ||||
Grand Prix Thiais | 3rd | 5th | 3rd | 3rd | 9th | ||
Sofia World Cup | 6th | 3rd | 5th | ||||
Grand Prix Moscow | 10th | 2nd | 1st | 3rd | |||
2017 | World Games | ||||||
World Challenge Cup in Portimao | 4th | 5th | 6th | 3rd | |||
MT Sofia Cup | 1st | 2nd | 1st | 1st | 1st | ||
World Cup Baku | 9th | 20th (Q) | 10th (Q) | 15th (Q) | 7th | ||
World Cup Tashkent | 4th | 7th | 7th | 3rd | |||
Alina International Tournament | 2nd | ||||||
2016 | Corbeil-Essonnes Cup | 10th | |||||
International Tournament of Lisbon | 4th | 2nd | 2nd | 2nd | 2nd | ||
Baltic Hoop | 10th | ||||||
International: Junior | |||||||
Year | Event | AA | Team | Ball | Ribbon | Hoop | Clubs |
2014 | European Junior Championships | 4th | 3rd | ||||
National | |||||||
Year | Event | AA | Team | Hoop | Ball | Clubs | Ribbon |
2019 | Bulgarian Championships | 1st | 1st | 2nd | 1st | 3rd | |
2017 | Bulgarian Championships | 3rd | 2nd | 3rd | 2nd | 1st | |
Q = Qualifications (Did not advance to Event Final due to the 2 gymnast per country rule, only Top 8 highest score); WR = World Record; WD = Withdrew; NT = No Team Competition; OC = Out of Competition(competed but scores not counted for qualifications/results) |
References[]
- ^ "Sofia's Boryana Kaleyn has high hopes for World debut".
- ^ "FIG World standings for rhythmic gymnastics". International Federation of Gymnastics. Retrieved 30 August 2017.
- ^ "Rhythmic Gymnastics KALEYN Boryana - Tokyo 2020 Olympics". .. Archived from the original on 2021-08-07. Retrieved 2021-09-01.
- ^ Stamenova, Borislava (24 March 2021). "Боряна Калейн: Шампионка в няколко тома (ВИДЕО)" (in Bulgarian). btvnovinite.bg. Retrieved 20 July 2021.
- ^ "2Boryana Kaleyn – new hope for BUL rhythmic gymnastics". bitelevision. 20 September 1996. Archived from the original on 4 March 2017. Retrieved 4 March 2017.
- ^ "Сензационна Боряна Калейн спечели сребро на турнира в Москва!". topsport.bg. 17 February 2017.
- ^ http://giocosathequeen.altervista.org/moscow-grand-prix-2018/?doing_wp_cron=1521915996.5104439258575439453125
- ^ http://www.lisbonrg.pt/pdf/results/juniors_seniors_finals.pdf[dead link]
- ^ "Rhythmic Gymnastics — Individual All-Around — Qualification — Results" (PDF). 2020 Summer Olympics. Retrieved 6 August 2021.
External links[]
- 2000 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Sofia
- Bulgarian rhythmic gymnasts
- Medalists at the Rhythmic Gymnastics World Championships
- Medalists at the Rhythmic Gymnastics European Championships
- Olympic gymnasts of Bulgaria
- Gymnasts at the 2020 Summer Olympics