Kristina Rangelova

Kristina Rangelova
— Gymnast —
Full name Kristina Rangelova
Country represented  Bulgaria
Born 24 January 1985
Sofia, Bulgaria
Height 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Weight 55 kg (121 lb)
Discipline Rhythmic gymnastics
Years on national team 1999–2009
Club Club Iliana Levski
Head coach(es) Iliana Raeva
Assistant coach(es) Tatiana Stoyanova
Choreographer Tsvetanka Petkova

Kristina Rangelova (Bulgarian: Кристина Рангелова; born January 24, 1985 in Sofia) is a retired Bulgarian rhythmic gymnast.[1] She is a four-time member of the Bulgarian rhythmic gymnastics team at the World Championships, and contributed to a silver medal in the group all-around in 2003. The following year, at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Rangelova helped her squad claim a bronze medal in the same program before her official retirement from the sport.

Career

2000–2003

Rangelova made her official worldwide debut, as a 15-year-old teen, at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, where she placed seventh for the Bulgarian rhythmic gymnastics team in the group all-around tournament with a composite score of 38.432 (19.166 for five clubs and 19.266 for two hoops and three ribbons).[2]

At the 2002 World Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships in New Orleans, Louisiana, United States, Rangelova and her Bulgarian team finished fourth in the same program with a score in 47.050, missing out the medal podium by 350-thousandths of a point.

The following year, at the 2003 World Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships in Budapest, Hungary, Rangelova pulled off the second highest score both in ribbons and in hoops and clubs to hand the Bulgarians a silver medal in the group all-around tournament (a score of 50.175), and a qualifying ticket to her second Olympics.[3]

2004 Summer Olympics

At the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Rangelova competed for the Bulgarian women's rhythmic gymnastics team in the group all-around tournament, after receiving a qualifying berth from the World Championships.[3] Teaming with Zhaneta Ilieva, Eleonora Kezhova, Zornitsa Marinova, and twin sisters Galina and Vladislava Tancheva in the competition, Rangelova performed a double routine using five ribbons (23.400) and a combination of three hoops and two balls (25.200) to deliver the Bulgarian squad a bronze-medal score in 48.600.[4][5][6]

Life after gymnastics

In 2005, Rangelova announced her retirement from rhythmic gymnastics to pursue other opportunities, but returned to the sport three years later after she had married and given birth to her daughter Nikita. She also captured the gold medal for the Bulgarian team in the group all-around tournament at the 2009 French Grand Prix Series in Thiais.[7]

Rangelova is currently working as the head team coach for Elite Rhythmic Gymnastics Club in Dublin.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Kristina Rangelova". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 24 August 2013.
  2. ↑ "Sydney 2000: Rhythmic Gymnastics – Group Competition (Final)" (PDF). Sydney 2000. LA84 Foundation. p. 26. Retrieved 24 August 2013.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Bulgarians Win Silver and Qualify for the Athens Olympics". Standart. 28 September 2003. Retrieved 24 August 2013.
  4. ↑ "Women's Rhythmic Gymnastics Group All-Around". Athens 2004. BBC Sport. 28 August 2004. Retrieved 24 August 2013.
  5. ↑ "Russia takes rhythmic gymnastics group all-round gold". Xinhua (People's Daily). 29 August 2004. Retrieved 24 August 2013.
  6. ↑ "Twins Celebrate Rhythmic Bronze with Oriental Dances". Novinite. 29 August 2004. Retrieved 26 August 2013.
  7. ↑ "Bulgaria’s Rhythmic Gymnasts Grab Gold in France". Standart. 30 March 2009. Retrieved 24 August 2013.

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