Radina Tomova (Bulgarian: Радина Томова; born 2 December 2005) is a Bulgarian rhythmic gymnast. She won a gold medal in the group All-Around at the 2022 World Championships. And she is world champion with the Bulgarian team in the finals with 3 ribbons+2 balls in the world championship 2022 in Sofia.She is the European all-around champion and team champion with the Bulgarian team in 2023, as well as a silver medalist in the 5-hoop final.
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| Country represented |  Bulgaria | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 2 December 2005 Sofia, Bulgaria | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Discipline | Rhythmic Gymnastics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Level | International Elite | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years on national team | 2020-present | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Lokomotiv Sofia[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Head coach(es) | Vesela Dimitrova | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Assistant coach(es) | Mihaela Maevska | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Former coach(es) | Valentina Ivanova | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Choreographer | Margarita Budinova | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Career
editTomova switched from individuals to the national group in late summer 2022 to replace Vaya Draganova. On September 16, 2022, she, along her teammates Sofia Ivanova, Kamelia Petrova, Rachel Stoyanov, Zhenina Trashlieva, Margarita Vasileva, won gold in the group All-Around at the World Championships and got a spot for the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris.[2]
In 2023 the group started in Marbella, where she won the All-Around as well as the gold medals in the finals with 5 hoops and with 2 balls and 3 ribbons. Later they won All-Around silver at the World Cup in Athens, they won gold in the same category two weeks later in Sofia.[3] At the 2023 European Championships, held in Baku, she won gold medals in both Group All-around and Team competition. In 5 Hoops final, she won silver medal and placed 5th in 3 Ribbons + 2 Balls final.[4]
References
edit- ^ "Radina Tomova". International Gymnastics Federation.
- ^ Bregman, Scott (2022-09-16). "Bulgaria, Israel and Spain punch tickets for group rhythmic gymnastics at Paris 2024". Olympics.com. Retrieved 2022-09-18.
- ^ "Gymnastics - World Cup Rhythmic Gymnastics - Sofia 2023 - Results". www.the-sports.org. Retrieved 2023-04-02.
- ^ "2023 European Championships Result Book" (PDF). europeangymnastics. Retrieved 27 July 2024.