Andrea Ivanova

Andrea Ivanova (born 5 March 2009) is a Bulgarian rhythmic gymnast.^[1]She is the 2023 world and European Junior champion with the Bulgarian team.

Andrea Ivanova
Андреа Иванова
Born	(2009-03-05) 5 March 2009 (age 16) Varna, Bulgaria
Gymnastics career
Discipline	Rhythmic gymnastics
Country represented	Bulgaria (2022/2023)
Club	Char DKS
Head coach(es)	Kristina Ilieva
Medal record Representing  Bulgaria Rhythmic Gymnastics Junior World Championships 2023 Cluj-Napoca Team 2023 Cluj-Napoca Group All-Around 2023 Cluj-Napoca 5 Balls 2023 Cluj-Napoca 5 Ropes Junior European Championships 2023 Baku 5 Balls 2023 Baku 5 Ropes 2023 Baku All-Around

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.^{[2][better source needed]}

Career

In 2023 she won All-Around gold, 5 balls gold and 5 ropes silver at Miss Valentine.^[3][4] At the Sofia Tournament the junior group won gold in the All-Around and with 5 ropes, bronze with 5 balls.^[5] In May she competed at the European Championships in Baku, where she won silver in the All-Around and gold with 5 balls and 5 ropes.^[6] In July Andrea and Eva Emilova, Vanesa Emilova, Krasimira Ivanova, Gabriela Peeva, Tsveteyoana Peycheva became junior All-Around champion and won silver with 5 balls and 5 ropes at the 2nd edition of the tournament in Cluj-Napoca.^[7][8][9]