Mariya Mateva (born 1 June 1994) is a former Bulgarian rhythmic gymnast. She represented her country at international level.
| Mariya Mateva | |
|---|---|
| Country represented |  Bulgaria |
| Born | 1 June 1994 Burgas, Bulgaria |
| Height | 168 cm (5 ft 6 in) |
| Discipline | Rhythmic Gymnastics |
| Level | International Elite |
| Years on national team | 2008-2016 |
| Club | Olympia 74 |
| Head coach(es) | Efrosina Angelova |
| Assistant coach(es) | Ina Ananieva |
| Retired | yes |
Personal life
editBorn in Burgas, Bulgaria, her hobbies are music, painting.[1] Mateva speaks Bulgarian and English.[1]
Career
editJunior
editMateva first big competition was the 2008 Junior European Championship in Turin, where she performed with ribbon, ending 4th in the apparatus final.[2]
Senior
editMariya competed at the 2010 World Championship in Moscow, where she performed with rope and ribbon not advancing to any final and taking 7th place in the team competition.[3]
2014 saw her performing at the World Cup in Sofia, reaching the 9th place in the clubs' final,[1] the European Championship where she was 11th in the All-Around,[4] and the World Championship helping Bulgaria to finish 7th in the team final[5] and she reached the 14th place in the All-Around final.[6]
Mateva competed in three World Cup stages in 2015, Pesaro where she ending the All-Around in 19th,[7] Tashkent where she was 4th in the ball final,[8] and Lisbon finishing 6th with hoop and with clubs,[9] before the European Championship in Minsk where she didn't reach any final and was 10th with the team.[10] She was then selected to compete at the 1st European Games in Baku along Neviana Vladinova, where she didn't reach finals and was 17th in the All-Around.[11] In September she took part in the World Championship finishing 24th in the All-Around and 7th in the team competition.[12][13]
Scoliosis, a curvature of the spine, lead to her being dropped from the Bulgarian squad in February 2016 by national coach Efrosina Angelova taking her by surprise and making it her official retirement from the sport.[1][14]
References
edit- ^ a b c d "MATEVA Mariya - FIG Athlete Profile". www.gymnastics.sport. Retrieved 2022-08-21.
- ^ https://backend.europeangymnastics.com/sites/default/files/paragraph/age-group-competition-info/competition-results/GR_EC_Torino_Book.pdf [bare URL PDF]
- ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). www.fedintgym.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 October 2010. Retrieved 1 September 2022.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). www.rhythmicgymnasticsresults.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 July 2014. Retrieved 1 September 2022.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). www.rhythmicgymnasticsresults.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 October 2014. Retrieved 1 September 2022.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "33rd Rhythmic Gymnastics World Championships Izmir (TUR) 2014 Sep 22-28". Archived from the original on 2016-03-04.
- ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). www.rhythmicgymnasticsresults.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 April 2015. Retrieved 1 September 2022.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "FIG Rhythmic Gymnastics World Cup Tashkent (UZB) 2015 May 22-24". Archived from the original on 2015-08-04.
- ^ "Lisbon International Tournament World Cup 2015 Lisbon (POR) 2015 Mar 26-29". Archived from the original on 2015-06-26.
- ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). www.rhythmicgymnasticsresults.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 May 2015. Retrieved 1 September 2022.
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- ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). www.rhythmicgymnasticsresults.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 August 2016. Retrieved 1 September 2022.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). www.rhythmicgymnasticsresults.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 1 September 2022.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "Ефросина Ангелова: Освободих Мария Матева, националният отбор е с обновен състав". bnr.bg (in Bulgarian). Retrieved 2022-08-21.