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- Magdalina Minevska
- Gymnastics at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Women's rhythmic group all-around
- 2024 Rhythmic Gymnastics European Championships
- Bulgaria at the 2024 Summer Olympics
- Kamelia Petrova
- Margarita Vasileva
- Sofia Ivanova
- 2024 Rhythmic Gymnastics European Cup
- Rachel Stoyanov
- List of gymnasts at the 2024 Summer Olympics
Magdalina Minevska (Bulgarian: Магдалина Миневска; born 2 December 2005) is a retired Bulgarian rhythmic gymnast. She is a 2024 European Group All-Around champion with the Bulgarian team as well as Team champion.
Biography
In 2020 she won silver in the national clubs championships as a member of Levski Iliana along Sofia Ivanova and Monika Mladenova. At the individual championships she took 8th place in the All-Around. The following year she won silver in the group championships along Rosena Nikolova, Anastasia Yosifova, Savina Kovacheva, and Kristen Stoilova.
In early February 2022 she took third place in the national control training behind Eva Brezalieva and Sofia Ivanova. At the second control she was 5th. At the Aphrodite Cup in Greece she won silver in the All-Around, as well as with hoop and ribbon and gold with clubs. At the Sofia Cup she won silver with clubs. As a member of Ilana she won the national clubs championships along Nikola Atanasova, Iva Vitkinova and Tatyana Volozhanina and was 4th in the individual championships. In May Magdalina won bronze with clubs, behind Darja Varfolomeev and Adi Asya Katz, at the World Challenge Cup in Portimão.
In 2023 she won gold in the National clubs championships with Ilana. She then took part in the Gymnastik International where she finished 4th in the All-Around, she was again 4th with hoop, clubs and ribbon and 8th with ball. In March she was selected for the Sofia Cup. In April she competed at the World Cup in Tashkent, being 12th in the All-Around and with hoop, 16th with ball, 7th with clubs and 11th with ribbon.
In 2024 she switched from individuals to the group modality. At the first World Cup of the season in Athens Magdalina, Sofia Ivanova, Kamelia Petrova, Rachel Stoyanov and Margarita Vasileva were 5th in the All-Around and 6th in the 3 ribbons & 2 balls' final. At the stage in Sofia the group won bronze in the All-Around and silver with 3 ribbons & 2 balls. In Baku they took 4th place in the All-Around, 6th with 5 hoops and 4th with 3 ribbons & 2 balls. In early May she competed with the group in the 1st Rhythmic Gymnastics European Cup, being 4th in the All-Around and winning bronze with 5 hoop and gold with 3 ribbons & 2 balls. In June, Magdalina and the group won gold medal in the All-around at the 2024 European Championships in Budapest, Hungary. They also won gold in Team event, together with Boryana Kaleyn, Elvira Krasnobaeva and Stiliana Nikolova. They placed 4th in 5 Hoops final and 8th in 3 Ribbons + 2 Balls final.
In August she was selected for the Olympic Games in Paris, where Magdalina, Kamelia Petrova, Sofia Ivanova, Rachel Stoyanov and Margarita Vasileva, took 4th place in the final after making mistakes in the 5 hoops routine. In October she announced she made the decision to retire along Vasileva, Petrova and Stoyanov.
References
External links
Magdalina Minevska at the International Gymnastics Federation
Magdalina Minevska on Instagram