Simona Dyankova
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| Full name | Simona Dyanova Dyankova | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Country represented |  Bulgaria | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Former countries represented | Bulgaria | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 7 December 1994 Varna,[1] Bulgaria | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Hometown | Sofia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 167 cm (5 ft 6 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 55 kg (121 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Discipline | Rhythmic gymnastics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Level | International Elite | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years on national team | 2013 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | "CHAR DKS" VARNA[2] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Head coach(es) | Vesela Dimitrova | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Assistant coach(es) | Mihaela Maevska | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Choreographer | Margarita Budinova | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Simona Dyankova (Bulgarian: Симона Дянова Дянкова; born 7 December 1994) is a Bulgarian group rhythmic gymnast. She is the 2020 Olympic Group All-around champion,[3] a two-time (2018, 2019) World Group All-around bronze medalist, the 2017 World Group All-around silver medalist and the 2018 European Group All-around bronze medalist.
Biography[]
She started practicing rhythmic gymnastics in 2002 in Varna, Bulgaria. First she competed as individual gymnast and then became part of the new ensemble with Elena Bineva, Madlen Radukanova, Laura Traets and Teodora Aleksandrova in 2017. Her hobbies are going to the cinema and reading books.[4]
In 2019, she and her teammates placed 3rd in Group All-Around Final at 2019 World Championships in Baku, Azerbaijan and secured an olympic spot[5] for Bulgaria at the 2020 Summer Olympics. They also won silver medal in 5 Balls Final.
2021: Olympic year:
The Bulgarian team began their year at the Sofia World Cup, where the team won gold in all respects ahead of Azerbaijan and Japan, and in the apparatus final they took all the golds. At the Baku World Cup, they again managed to climb to the top of the podium ahead of Italy and Belarus, and gold in all finals. In the Pesaro World Cup, at the end of May, they won the silver medal behind Russia and in front of Belarus, and in the apparatus finals they achieved fifth place in 5 balls, and fourth place in mixed.
From Jun 9-13, they competed at the European Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships in Varna, Bulgaria, where they finished in fifth place behind Belarus, after several mistakes in the mixed routine. In the finals they managed to come back by winning gold in the 5-ball final and silver in the mixed.
In the Minsk Challenge World Cup, they achieved overall silver behind Israel and ahead of Uzbekistan, in the apparatus finals they achieved gold in 5 balls and silver in mixed.
From August 7-8, the Bulgarian team (Laura Traats, Stefani Kiriakova, Madlen Radunkanova, Erika Zafirova and Simona Dyankova) competed in the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. On the first day, they managed to qualify for the general final, with first place ahead of Russia. In the general final they managed to climb to the top of the Olympic podium with the gold medal, defeating Russia and Italy ending the Russian hegemony. It is the first time that Bulgaria manages to win the gold medal at the Olympic Games, and the fourth generation of the Bulgarian team that manages to get on the podium (After Atlanta 1996, Athens 2004, Rio 2016).
Later, in October, they returned to international competitions, in the Marbella Grand Prix, achieving gold in all aspects ahead of Belarus and Spain, they also achieved gold in all apparatus finals. They withdrew their registration from the World Championship in Kitakyushu, Japan, four days before the start of the competition, after an injury to Laura Traats, which caused the team to withdraw. The team confirmed that the World Championship will be their last competition before retirement.
Dyankova announced her retirement on October 28, 2021
Detailed Olympic results[]
| Year | Competition Description | Location | Music | Apparatus | Rank | Score-Final | Rank | Score-Qualifying |
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| 2020 | Olympics | Tokyo | All-around | 1st | 92.100 | 1st | 91.800 | |
| Water, Cosmos, Earth by Elica Todorova, , Miroslav Ivanov |
5 Balls | 1st | 47.550 | 1st | 47.500 | |||
| Spartacus,ballet in 3 acts, op.8 by Aram Khachaturian, Bolshoi Theatre |
3 Hoops + 4 Clubs | 1st | 44.550 | 1st | 44.300 |
Personal life[]
Since August 2021, she is engaged to Nikola Yanachkov, which she announced on her Instagram profile.
References[]
- ^ "Simona Dyankova". FIG. Archived from the original on 2019-06-23. Retrieved 2019-06-23.
- ^ "Simona Dyankova". Archived from the original on 2019-06-23. Retrieved 2019-06-23.
- ^ "Rhythmic Gymnastics DYANKOVA Simona - Tokyo 2020 Olympics". .. Retrieved 2021-09-01.
- ^ "Simona Dyankova: Hobbies". Archived from the original on 2019-06-23. Retrieved 2019-06-23.
- ^ "Madlen Radukanova". Olympic Channel.
External links[]
 Olympic champions in rhythmic gymnastics – Women's group all-around | |
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- Bulgarian rhythmic gymnasts
- 1994 births
- Living people
- Gymnasts at the 2019 European Games
- European Games medalists in gymnastics
- European Games silver medalists for Bulgaria
- European Games bronze medalists for Bulgaria
- Medalists at the Rhythmic Gymnastics European Championships
- Medalists at the Rhythmic Gymnastics World Championships
- Sportspeople from Varna, Bulgaria
- Gymnasts at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- Olympic gymnasts of Bulgaria
- Olympic medalists in gymnastics
- Olympic gold medalists for Bulgaria
- Medalists at the 2020 Summer Olympics