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Katerina Marinova
Bulgarian rhythmic gymnast (born 1999) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Katerina Marinova (Bulgarian: Катерина Маринова, born 13 July 1999 in Varna) is a Bulgarian former rhythmic gymnast. She competed at the 2014 Youth Olympic Games.
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Personal life
Marinova's favorite rhythmic gymnasts are Boyanka Angelova, Evgenia Kanaeva, Ulyana Trofimova and Sylvia Miteva.[1] She became engaged to Ilian Iliev Jr. in December 2024.[2]
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Marinova began training in the Grazia club as a kindergartner and had a back injury at age 6 that continued to bother her for years afterward. When she was 11, she moved clubs to Char DKS and joined the national team.[1]
In 2013, Marinova competed in the junior division of the Grand Prix in Moscow, where she placed 7th in the all-around.[3] At her next Grand Prix event in Brno, she finished 4th in the all-around.[4] Domestically, she won three internal control competitions.[1]
Marinova started the 2014 season competing in the junior division at the 2014 Moscow Grand Prix, where she finished 6th in the all-around.[5] Next, she competed in the World Cup series in Pesaro and qualified for three of the four apparatus finals.[6]
On 10–16 June 2014, Marinova competed at the 2014 European Junior Championships with her teammates Erika Zafirova and Boryana Kaleyn. The team finished fourth,[7] and Marinova qualified for three event finals, placing 4th in hoop and clubs and 6th in ribbon.[8] Her next event was the junior event at the Sofia World Cup, where she finished 5th in the all-around and won bronze in the team event with Kaleyn.[9]
Marinova had lower back issues in early August, but she went on to represent Bulgaria at the 2014 Youth Olympic Games in Nanjing, China.[10] A shaky performance left Marinova out of advancing into the top 8 finals after she placed only 9th in qualifications.[11]
She announced her retirement in April 2015 due to an injury to her cruciate ligament.[12]
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