Simona Dyankova

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Simona Dyankova
— Gymnast —
Full name Simona Dyanova Dyankova
Country represented  Bulgaria
Former countries represented Bulgaria
Born (1994-12-07) 7 December 1994 (age 29)
Varna, Bulgaria
Hometown Sofia
Height 171 cm (5 ft 7 in)[1]
Weight 59 kg (130 lb)
Discipline Rhythmic gymnastics
Years on national team 2013-2021
Club Char DKS Varna
Head coach(es) Vesela Dimitrova
Assistant coach(es) Mihaela Maevska
Choreographer Margarita Budinova
Medal record
Representing  Bulgaria
Group Rhythmic Gymnastics
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Olympic Games 1 0 0
World Championships 1 2 3
European Games 0 2 1
European Championships 2 1 2
FIG World Cup 24 19 7
Total 28 24 13
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2020 Tokyo Group All-around
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2018 Sofia 5 Hoops
Silver medal – second place 2017 Pesaro Group All-around
Silver medal – second place 2019 Baku 5 Balls
Bronze medal – third place 2017 Pesaro 3 Balls + 2 Ropes
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Sofia Group All-around
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Baku Group All-around
European Games
Silver medal – second place 2019 Minsk Group all-around
Silver medal – second place 2019 Minsk 5 Balls
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Minsk 3 Hoops and 4 Clubs
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2018 Guadalajara 3 Balls + 2 Ropes
Gold medal – first place 2021 Varna 5 Balls
Silver medal – second place 2021 Varna 3 Hoops + 4 Clubs
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Guadalajara Team
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Guadalajara Group All-around

Simona Dyanova Dyankova (Bulgarian: Симона Дянова Дянкова; born 7 December 1994)[2] is a Bulgarian former group rhythmic gymnast. She is the 2020 Olympic group all-around champion and the 2018 World 5 hoops champion. She is a two-time (2018, 2019) World group all-around bronze medalist, the 2017 World group all-around silver medalist, and the 2018 European group all-around bronze medalist.

Career

Dyankova began rhythmic gymnastics when she was six years old.[1] She was a reserve for Bulgaria's main senior group in 2014, 2015, and 2016.[3]

2017

Dyankova began competing with Bulgaria's main senior group in 2017. At the Pesaro World Cup, she won the gold medal in the group all-around and the silver medal in the 5 hoops final.[4][5] The Bulgarian group won another group all-around gold medal at the Baku World Cup and a silver medal in 3 balls + 2 ropes and a bronze medal in 5 hoops.[6] Then at the Sofia World Cup, they won another group all-around gold and silver medals in both apparatus finals behind Ukraine.[7] She competed at the 2017 World Championships alongside Elena Bineva, Madlen Radukanova, Laura Traets and Teodora Aleksandrova. They won the silver medal in the group all-around behind Russia and the bronze medal in the 3 balls + 2 ropes final behind Russia and Japan. They also placed fourth in the 5 hoops final.[8][9]

2018

At the Sofia World Cup, Dyankova and the Bulgarian group won gold in the group all-around and in 5 hoops and bronze in 3 balls + 2 ropes.[10] Then at the Baku World Cup they won gold in both apparatus finals but lost the group all-around to Italy.[11] They won another group all-around gold medal at the Guadalajara World Challenge Cup in addition to winning gold in 3 balls + 2 ropes and silver in 5 hoops.[12] She then competed at the European Championships alongside Elena Bineva, Madlen Radukanova, Laura Traets, and Stefani Kiryakova. They won the bronze medal in the group all-around behind Russia and Italy and placed fourth in the 5 hoops final. In the 3 balls + 2 ropes final, they won the gold medal, and they won a team bronze medal with the individual juniors.[13] Then at the Kazan World Challenge Cup, they won the group all-around bronze medal behind Italy and Russia, and they won silver in 5 hoops behind Russia.[14] The same group competed at the World Championships in Sofia where they won the group all-around bronze medal behind Russia and Italy and qualified for the 2020 Olympic Games.[15] They then won the gold medal in the 5 hoops final and placed sixth in 3 balls + 2 ropes.[16]

2019

Dyankova competed with Stefani Kiryakova, Madlen Radukanova, Laura Traets, and Erika Zafirova during the 2019 season. The group won the gold medal in the 3 hoops + 4 clubs final and the silver medal in the group all-around at the Pesaro World Cup.[17] Then at the Sofia World Cup, they won the group all-around gold medal.[18] She represented Bulgaria at the 2019 European Games where the Bulgarian group won silver in the group all-around by only 0.050 behind Belarus. They also won the silver medal in the 5 balls final, this time behind Russia. In the 3 hoops + 4 clubs final, they won the bronze medal behind Belarus and Ukraine.[19] She then competed at the World Championships in Baku where the Bulgarian group won the bronze medal in the group all-around behind Russia and Japan.[20] They then won the silver medal behind Japan in the 5 balls final, and they placed fifth in the 3 hoops + 4 clubs final.[21]

2021

The Bulgarian team began their year at the Sofia World Cup, where the team won gold in the group all-around and in both apparatus finals.[22] They once again swept the gold medals at the Baku World Cup.[23] She then competed at the European Championships in Varna, Bulgaria. The Bulgarian team of the senior group, Boryana Kaleyn, and Katrin Taseva finished in fourth place.[24] The Bulgarian group finished fifth in the all-around, but they won gold in the 5 balls final and won silver in the 3 hoops + 4 clubs final behind Israel.[25][26][27]

Dyankova was selected to represent Bulgaria at the 2020 Summer Olympics alongside Laura Traets, Stefani Kiryakova, Madlen Radukanova, and Erika Zafirova. In the qualification round, the group qualified in first place after receiving the highest scores for both of their routines.[28][29] In the group all-around final, they once again received the highest scores for both routines and won the gold medal with a total score of 92.100, 1.400 points ahead of Russia. This marked the first time a non-Russian team won the Olympic gold medal in the group all-around since Spain won in 1996, and it was the first time Bulgaria won the Olympic group all-around competition.[30][31] Dyankova was selected to be the flag bearer for Bulgaria in the closing ceremonies.[32]

The Bulgarian group withdrew from the World Championships in Kitakyushu, Japan, four days before the start of the competition, after an injury to Laura Traets.[33] Dyankova announced her retirement on 28 October 2021.[34]

Personal life

Dyankova is engaged to Bulgarian footballer Nikola Yanachkov.[35]

Detailed results

Year Competition Description Location Music Apparatus Rank Score-Final Rank Score-Qualifying
2020 Olympics Tokyo All-around 1st 92.100 1st 91.800
Water, Cosmos, Earth
by Elica Todorova, Stoyan Yankulov, Miroslav Ivanov		 5 Balls 1st 47.550 1st 47.500
Spartacus,ballet in 3 acts, op.8
by Aram Khachaturian, Bolshoi Theatre		 3 Hoops + 4 Clubs 1st 44.550 1st 44.300

References

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