Andrea Ivanova (born 5 March 2009) is a Bulgarian

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.She is the 2023 world and European Junior champion with the Bulgarian team.

Personal life

She took up the sport at age five after her mother took her to the gym. Her idol is Bulgarian rhythmic gymnast Simona Dyankova. Her hobbies are going for walks and watching movies. Her father Stanislav Ivanov is a multiple national champion in pentathlon and fencing, her younger brother Viktor Ivanov was the fencing champion of Bulgaria for 2021. Now he is handball player.

Career

In 2023 she won All-Around gold, 5 balls gold and 5 ropes silver at Miss Valentine. At the Sofia Tournament the junior group won gold in the All-Around and with 5 ropes, bronze with 5 balls. In May she competed at the

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, where she won silver in the All-Around and gold with 5 balls and 5 ropes. In July Andrea and

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became junior All-Around champion and won silver with 5 balls and 5 ropes at the 2nd edition of the tournament in

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Ivanova, Andrea Living people 2009 births Bulgarian rhythmic gymnasts Gymnasts from Varna, Bulgaria Medalists at the Rhythmic Gymnastics European Championships Medalists at the Junior World Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships