Stiliana Nikolova

{{Infobox gymnast |name= Stiliana Nikolova |image= |imagesize= |caption= |fullname= |altname= |nickname= Stili |country= Bulgaria |birth_date= (2005-08-22) August 22, 2005 |birth_place=Cairo, Egypt[1] |residence= |death_date= |death_place= |height= 141cm |weight= 39 kilograms |discipline=RG |level= Senior international elite |natlteam= 2020-present |club= Etar Elit |gym= |collegeteam= |headcoach= Valentina Ivanova, Rayna Tosheva [2] |assistcoach= |formercoach= |choreographer= |music= |eponymousskills= |retired= |show-medals = yes |medaltemplates= |- ! Representing  Bulgaria |- ! Rhythmic Gymnastics |- ! Grand Prix Final |- | | 2022 Marbella| All-around |- | | 2022 Marbella| Hoop |- | | 2022 Marbella| Clubs |- | | 2022 Marbella| Ball |- | | Rhythmic Gymnastics World Cup Sofia| Clubs

|- ! Junior European Championships

|- | | 2020 Kyiv| Ribbon

|- | | 2020 Kyiv| Ball

Stiliana Nikolova (Bulgarian: Стилияна Николова, born 22 August 2005 in Cairo, Egypt) is a Bulgarian individual rhythmic gymnast. She is the 2020 European junior champion with ribbon and silver medalist with ball. On national level, she is a two-time (2019, 2020) Bulgarian Junior All-Around champion.

Personal life

Stiliana's father, Iliya Dyakov was a football player who represented Bulgaria at the 1986 Football World Cup in Mexico. Her mother, Paulina Nikolova, was a group rhythmic gymnast, competing for Bulgaria and is the 1985 World Group All-Around champion. Stiliana has one sister, Paola, and a brother, Denis.

Career

Junior

She competed at the 2019 Bulgarian Junior National Championships where she won the gold medal in the All-around, Ball and Ribbon final, and the silver medal in Rope and Clubs final.[3] She competed at the 2019 Junior World Championships in Moscow, Russia where she placed 8th in Team competition and 16th in Clubs qualifications.

In 2020, she became Bulgarian Junior National All-Around champion once again, won the gold medal with Ball, Clubs and Ribbon, and the bronze medal with Rope. She competed at the International Tournament in Moscow, where she and her teammate Eva Brezalieva took 2nd place in the Team competition. She also won the gold medal in All-around at the International Tournament Corbeil-Essonnes in France. In the finals, she placed 1st with Rope and Ball and 3rd with Ribbon. She competed at the 2020 Junior European Championships in Kyiv, Ukraine and qualified for two apparatus finals. She won the gold medal with Ribbon and the silver medal with Ball.[4]

Senior

She debuted as a senior in 2022 season, competing at Sofia World Cup, where she placed third in All-around.

Routine music information
Year Apparatus Music title
2019 Rope Money, Money, Money by Meryl Streep & Julie Walters & Christine Baranski
Ball
Clubs Flight of the Bumblebee by Rousseau
Ribbon
2020 Rope Money, Money, Money by Meryl Streep & Julie Walters & Christine Baranski
Ball All About That Bass by Postmodern Jukebox
Clubs Flight of the Bumblebee by Rousseau
Ribbon Infernal Galop (Can Can) by Jacques Offenbach
2021 Hoop
Ball All About That Bass by Postmodern Jukebox
Clubs Maniac (remix) by Prime Orchestra
Ribbon Infernal Galop (Can Can) by Jacques Offenbach
2022
Ball [Beauty Never Lies) by Bojana Stameno)
Clubs Maniac (remix) by Prime Orchestra

References
  1. "Stliana Nikolova/Birth Place". International Gymnastics Federation.
  2. "Stliana Nikolova/Coach". International Gymnastics Federation.
  3. "Николова Стиляна" (in Russian).
  4. "Gold, silver and bronze for Bulgarian rhythmic gymnasts from contest in Ukraine" (in Bulgarian). 28 November 2020.
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