Mihaela Maevska (

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: Михаела Маевска, born 4 October 1990 in

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) is a

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n Group

rhythmic gymnast Rhythmic gymnastics is a sport in which gymnasts perform on a floor with an apparatus: hoop, ball, clubs, ribbon. The sport combines elements of gymnastics, dance and calisthenics; gymnasts must be strong, flexible, agile, dexterous and coor ...

. She was part of the Bulgarian group that won bronze in group all-around at the 2016 Summer Olympics. She also won gold at the 2014 World Championships in Group all-around and bronze at the 2011 World Championships.

Career

Maevska has been practicing gymnastics since the age of 7, when she was a first grader. In June 2014, she and her fellow gymnasts from the Bulgarian group won a gold medal in the 10 clubs event of the

2014 Rhythmic Gymnastics European Championships The 30th Rhythmic Gymnastics European Championships took place from June 10 to June 15, 2014 at the newly opened National Gymnastics Arena in Baku, Azerbaijan. 33 participating federations with their juniors and seniors gymnasts participated at t ...

. In September 2014, Maevska and her teammates won gold in the group all-around at the 2014 World Championships, a milestone success, as this occurred 17 years after the Bulgarian group had last claimed gold - at the

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. The team also earned a silver medal in 3 Balls + 2 Ribbons at the 2014 event. On 22 December 2014, Maevska and the other members of the national gymnastics squad were chosen as the team of the year in Bulgarian sport. Maevska was member of the Bulgarian group that competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in

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, together with Lyubomira Kazanova,

Reneta Kamberova Reneta Petrova Kamberova ( bg, Ренета Петрова Камберова; born 12 September 1990 in Pazardzhik) is a Bulgarian Group rhythmic gymnast. She was a member of the Bulgarian winning team that won gold at the 2014 World Championsh ...

Tsvetelina Naydenova Tsvetelina Naydenova ( bg, Цветелина Найденова; born ) is a Bulgarian group rhythmic gymnast. Career She represented her nation at international competitions. She participated at the 2012 Summer Olympics. She also competed a ...

Hristiana Todorova Hristiana Todorova ( bg, Християна Тодорова; born 28 November 1994) is a Bulgarian politician and former group rhythmic gymnast. Career Todorova represented her nation at international competitions. She participated at the 20 ...

. They won the Group All-around bronze medal. They dedicated their medal to their teammate

Tsvetelina Stoyanova Tsvetelina Yordanova Stoyanova ( bg, Цветелина Йорданова Стоянова; born in Sofia, Bulgaria) is a Bulgarian group rhythmic gymnast. She is the 2008 European Junior bronze medalist in rope. She won the gold medal in the ...

, who attempted to commit

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and fell from her apartment in Sofia. Maevska was the flag bearer for Bulgaria during the closing ceremony. Since 2017, Maevska has been assistant coach to the Senior Bulgarian group.

Detailed Olympic results

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* * * 1990 births Living people Bulgarian rhythmic gymnasts Gymnasts at the 2012 Summer Olympics Gymnasts at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic gymnasts of Bulgaria Gymnasts from Sofia Medalists at the Rhythmic Gymnastics European Championships Medalists at the Rhythmic Gymnastics World Championships Olympic bronze medalists for Bulgaria Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics European Games competitors for Bulgaria Gymnasts at the 2015 European Games {{Bulgaria-Olympic-medalist-stub