Boriana Stoyanova

Boriana Stoyanova
Full nameBoriana Stoyanova
Born (1969-11-03) 3 November 1969
Gymnastics career
DisciplineWomen's artistic gymnastics
Country represented
Bulgaria Bulgaria
Medal record
Representing Bulgaria Bulgaria
World Championships
Gold medal – first place1983 BudapestVault
Bronze medal – third place1983 BudapestFloor Exercise
European Championships
Bronze medal – third place1983 GoteborgFloor exercise
Bronze medal – third place1983 GoteborgVault

Boriana Stoyanova (Bulgarian: Боряна Стоянова, born 3 November 1969) is a Bulgarian retired artistic gymnast. She was the 1983 World Champion on the vault, making her the first Bulgarian woman to win a World title, and represented Bulgaria at the 1984 Friendship Games (Oloumouc) and the 1988 Olympics in Seoul.

Personal life

Stoyanova was born in Sofia. In 1990, she married a fellow gymnastics coach, Georgi Kazakov, and had a son also named Georgi. They divorced in 1995. Stoyanova said that she didn't want her son to compete in gymnastics due to "difficulties in this sport".[1]

Career

In 1982, Stoyanova competed at the Moscow News Prize tournament, where she won the all-around silver medal and gold on the balance beam. She was the first non-Soviet gymnast to win an all-around medal at the tournament, and she and Ri-chol Hon were awarded prizes for best performances by foreign gymnasts.[2]

In 1983, Stoyanova competed at the European Championships, where she won a bronze on floor and tied for bronze on vault with Lavinia Agache.[3] Later in the year, at the World Championships, she placed fourth in the all-around. She won bronze in the floor exercise and gold in the vault final; this was the first time a Bulgarian woman had won a title at the World Championships.[1] Stoyanova, at only 13 years old, was too young to compete at the Championships; under the age requirements at the time, gymnasts had to be at least 14 at the beginning of the year. Her age was falsified to give her the birth date of 3 July, 1968 for competition.[4]

In 1984, due to the 1984 Summer Olympics boycott, Stoyanova competed at the alternative Friendship Games. The Bulgarian women's team placed fourth in the team event. Stoyanova was 7th in the all-around and reached three of the event finals, only missing the balance beam final.[5]

In 1985, Stoyanova competed at the 1985 World Championships, where she finished 11th in the all-around.[1] In the vault final, she was 5th.[6] The next year, at the 1986 World Cup, she placed 6th in the all-around and reached every event final.[1][7]

She competed at the 1987 European Championships, where she placed 6th in the all-around and reached three event finals, with her best result being 4th on floor.[8] Later that year, she was 10th in the all-around at the 1987 World Championships and again finished the vault final in 5th place.[1][9]

Her last competition was the 1988 Summer Olympics, where she finished in 13th place in the all-around and fourth in the vault final.[1][10] After the Olympics, Stoyanova began to coach at the CSKA club, although she stopped by 2002.[1] She attended the opening of the 2019 Bulgarian championships, where she and other gymnasts such as Stoyan Deltchev were recognized for their achievements.[11]

Competitive history

Year Event Team AA VT UB BB FX
Junior
1981 Junior Balkan Championships92nd place, silver medalist(s)6
Senior
1982 ITA-BUL-AUT Tri-Meet1st place, gold medalist(s)2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Junior European Championships2nd place, silver medalist(s)2nd place, silver medalist(s)484
Moscow News2nd place, silver medalist(s)2nd place, silver medalist(s)1st place, gold medalist(s)
Riga International1st place, gold medalist(s)
1983 Champions All2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Chunichi Cup8
European Championships103rd place, bronze medalist(s)3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
GBR-BUL Dual Meet1st place, gold medalist(s)3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Pre-Olympics3rd place, bronze medalist(s)3rd place, bronze medalist(s)53rd place, bronze medalist(s)2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Tokyo Cup3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
World Championships441st place, gold medalist(s)3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
1984 Champions All1st place, gold medalist(s)
Friendship Games7874
1985 Balkan Championships94
Chunichi Cup6756
Tokyo Cup45
World Championships4115
1986 Ahoy Cup766
McDonald's American Cup2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Blume Memorial6
Bulgarian Championships1st place, gold medalist(s)1st place, gold medalist(s)1st place, gold medalist(s)
FRG-BUL Dual Meet1st place, gold medalist(s)1st place, gold medalist(s)
International Mixed Pairs8
Kraft International2nd place, silver medalist(s)3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
NED-BUL Dual Meet1st place, gold medalist(s)1st place, gold medalist(s)
World Cup Final66865
1987 Athens International2nd place, silver medalist(s)1st place, gold medalist(s)2nd place, silver medalist(s)1st place, gold medalist(s)
Belgian Gym Masters122nd place, silver medalist(s)3rd place, bronze medalist(s)3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Blume Memorial1st place, gold medalist(s)
Champions All3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
European Championships664
Golden Sands International1st place, gold medalist(s)1st place, gold medalist(s)1st place, gold medalist(s)1st place, gold medalist(s)
Joachim Blume Memorial2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Medico Cup1st place, gold medalist(s)1st place, gold medalist(s)1st place, gold medalist(s)1st place, gold medalist(s)2nd place, silver medalist(s)
World Championships5105
1988 Champions All2nd place, silver medalist(s)
European Cup2nd place, silver medalist(s)1st place, gold medalist(s)42nd place, silver medalist(s)2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Golden Sands International2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Olympic Games5134

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Crumlish, John (October 2002). "Catching up with...Bulgaria". International Gymnast. Vol. 44, no. 10. pp. 26–29. Retrieved 28 April 2025.
  2. ↑ "Moscow News, #14, 1982: Champions Competed for Our Prizes". Gymn Forum. 1982. Retrieved 28 April 2025.
  3. ↑ "1983 European Champs, Women's EF". Gymn Forum. Retrieved 28 April 2025.
  4. ↑ "Boriana Stoyanova: The 13-Year-Old Vault Champion". Gymnastics History. 29 December 2025. Retrieved 10 August 2026.
  5. ↑ "Alternate Games Results". Gymn Forum. Retrieved 28 April 2025.
  6. ↑ "1985 World Champs, Women's EF". Gymn Forum. Retrieved 28 April 2025.
  7. ↑ "1986 World Cup, Women's EF". Gymn Forum. Retrieved 28 April 2025.
  8. ↑ "1987 European Champs, Women's AA". Gymn Forum. Retrieved 28 April 2025.
  9. ↑ "1987 World Champs, Women's EF". Gymn Forum. Retrieved 28 April 2025.
  10. ↑ "1988 Olympic Games, Women's EF". Gymn Forum. Retrieved 28 April 2025.
  11. ↑ "Големите Стоян Делчев и Боряна Стоянова с награди от министър Красен Кралев" [The great Stoyan Delchev and Boryana Stoyanova with awards from Minister Krasen Kralev]. Bulgarian National Radio (in Bulgarian). 2 July 2019. Retrieved 28 April 2025.
  12. ↑ "Boriana Stoyanova (BUL)". Gymn Forum. 4 October 2019. Retrieved 4 August 2022.
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