Eva Brezalieva

Eva Brezalieva
Full nameEva Brezalieva
Born (2005-01-13) January 13, 2005 (age 19)
Burgas, Bulgaria[1]
HometownBurgas, Bulgaria
Gymnastics career
DisciplineRhythmic gymnastics
Country represented Bulgaria
Years on national team2018-present
LevelSenior international elite
ClubClub Olympia
Head coach(es)Valentina Ivanova (2018-2021), Branimira Markova (2023-present) [2]
Medal record
Representing  Bulgaria
Rhythmic gymnastics
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
World Championships 1 0 0
European Championships 1 1 0
FIG World Cup 1 6 7
Grand Prix Series 2 4 1
Junior European Championships 0 0 1
Total 5 11 9
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2023 Valencia Team
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2023 Baku Team
Silver medal – second place 2023 Baku Ribbon
Grand Prix Series
Gold medal – first place 2022 Marbella All-around
Gold medal – first place 2022 Marbella ribbon
Silver medal – second place 2022 Marbella hoop
Silver medal – second place 2022 Marbella clubs
Junior European Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2020 Kyiv Rope

Eva Brezalieva (Bulgarian: Ева Брезалиева, born 13 January 2005 in Burgas, Bulgaria) is a Bulgarian individual rhythmic gymnast. She is the 2023 European silver medalist with ribbon and team champion and the 2020 European junior bronze medalist with rope. On the national level, she is the 2022, 2023 and 2024 Senior all-around bronze medalist and the 2019 Bulgarian Junior all-around bronze medalist.[3]

Rhythmic gymnastics career

Junior

She competed at the 2019 Bulgarian Junior National Championships, where she won bronze medals in the all-around and the club final and a silver medal in the ball final. Later that year, she competed at the 2019 Junior World Championships in Moscow, Russia, where she placed 8th in the team event and 6th in rope in qualifications.

In 2020, she became the Bulgarian Junior National champion with rope and won the silver medal with ball. She competed at the International Tournament in Moscow, where she and her teammate Stiliana Nikolova took second place in the team competition. She also won silver medals with rope and ball and the bronze medal with ribbon. At the 2020 Junior European Championships in Kyiv, Ukraine, she qualified to two apparatus finals. She won a bronze medal in the rope final.[4]

Senior

She started the 2022 season by competing at the Rhythmic Gymnastics World Cup in Athens, Greece, where she took the bronze medal in the ribbon final. At Rhythmic Gymnastics Grand Prix series in Marbella , Spain, she took a gold medal in the all-around, a gold medal in the ribbon final, and silver medals in the hoop final and clubs finals. At the Portimão World Challenge Cup, she won a bronze medal in the all-around.

In 2023, Brezalieva began her season by competing at the Rhythmic Gymnastics Grand Prix series in Marbella, Spain, where she took a bronze medal in the all-around and silver medals in the hoop and ball finals. She next participated in the World Cup in Sofia 2023 and qualified for the hoops and clubs finals. She won a silver medal in the clubs final. At the World Cup in Baku, she won the all-around bronze medal. She also won silver medals in the hoop and ribbon finals and bronze with ball.

Routine music information

Year Apparatus Music title
2019 Rope Samba Do Mundo by Gregor Salto Feat. Saxsymbol & Todorov
Ball Winter Days December by Vadim Kiselev
Clubs Shot Me Down by David Guetta ft. Skylar Grey
Ribbon
2020 Rope I Love Rock 'N Roll by Joan Jett
Ball Nothing Else Matters by ?
Clubs Carmen Suite Ballet: II. Dance by Boston Pops Orchestra
Ribbon Who Wants To Live Forever by Queen / The Tenors feat. Lindsey Stirling
2021 Hoop The 5th by David Garrett
Ball Nothing Else Matters by ?
Clubs Carmen Suite Ballet: II. Dance by Boston Pops Orchestra
Ribbon El amor brujo: Danza Rituel del Fuego by Manuel de Falla
2022 Hoop Butterflies and Hurricanes by Muse
Ball Isaac (Live) by Madonna
Clubs The Race by Yello
Ribbon Born This Way by Lady Gaga
2023 Hoop Adiós by Benjamin Clementine
Ball Flamen'ka y Gitana by Karen Ruimy
Clubs The Race by Yello
Ribbon "Rock This Party" (feat. Dollarman, Big Ali, Makedah, Cutee B) (Everybody Dance Now) by Bob Sinclair
2024 Hoop Ready or Not by Mischa Book Chillak and Esthero
Ball Un Amore Grande by Peppino Gagliardi
Clubs Remix Oriental 2020 Darbuka by Mehdi Ryan
Ribbon Power (feat. Donna Missal and Travis Poutrelli) by Elliott Wheeler

See also

References

  1. ^ "Eva Brezalieva/Birth Place". International Gymnastics Federation.
  2. ^ "Eva Brezalieva/Coach". International Gymnastics Federation.
  3. ^ "Брезалиева Ева" (in Russian).
  4. ^ "Gold, silver and bronze for Bulgarian rhythmic gymnasts from contest in Ukraine" (in Bulgarian). 28 November 2020.