Boryana Nikolaeva Kaleyn is a Bulgarian retired individual rhythmic gymnast.
29 Facts About Boryana Kaleyn
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Boryana Kaleyn is the 2024 Paris Olympic all-around silver medalist.
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Boryana Kaleyn is the 2023 European all-around champion, the 2024 European champion with hoop, the 2021 and 2022 European all-around silver medalist, and the 2022 European champion with ball, ribbon, and in the team competition.
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Boryana Kaleyn competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics, finishing fifth in the all-around.
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Boryana Kaleyn competed in the Junior World Cup and the Junior Grand Prix events.
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In 2015, Boryana Kaleyn won the all-around bronze at the 2015 Sofia Junior World Cup.
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Boryana Kaleyn finished 10th in the all-around at the Baltic Hoop International tournament.
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Boryana Kaleyn won bronze in the all-around at the 2017 Bulgarian National Championships behind Neviana Vladinova and Katrin Taseva.
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Boryana Kaleyn then competed at the 2017 Tashkent World Cup, where she finished 4th in the all-around behind teammate Katrin Taseva and qualified to three event finals.
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Boryana Kaleyn finished 6th in the all-around; she qualified for two event finals, where she won bronze in hoop and finished 5th in ball.
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Boryana Kaleyn won bronze in hoop and finished 8th in ribbon.
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At her first World Championships, held in her hometown of Sofia, Boryana Kaleyn won a silver medal with the Bulgarian team.
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Boryana Kaleyn won silver in teams with the other Bulgarian gymnasts and qualified to two apparatus finals.
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Boryana Kaleyn started her 2019 season competing at the GCP Lisbon senior International Tournament, where she ranked 5th in the all-around.
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Boryana Kaleyn then competed at the 2019 Pesaro World Cup, where she won her first World Cup all-around medal by finishing in third place behind Dina and Arina Averina.
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At her next event, the 2019 Tashkent World Cup, Boryana Kaleyn won silver in the all-around and qualified to all four apparatus finals; she won silver with ball and ribbon and finished 7th with clubs and 8th with hoop.
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Boryana Kaleyn represented Bulgaria at the 2020 Summer Olympics and finished 5th in the individual all-around final.
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Boryana Kaleyn said that she was glad that she had qualified for the Olympics, but expressed disappointment and frustration with the mistakes she made.
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At the European Championships in Tel Aviv, Boryana Kaleyn won the all-around silver and won the team gold along with the other Bulgarian gymnasts.
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Boryana Kaleyn was selected to compete in the 2022 World Championships; however, she missed competing there as she was hospitalized with a high fever due to a virus.
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At the European Championships in Baku, Boryana Kaleyn won her first European title after competing the last routine in the all-around final.
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Boryana Kaleyn won gold in the team competition, silver with clubs, and bronze with hoop.
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Ahead of the European Championships, Boryana Kaleyn participated in the inaugural Rhythmic Gymnastics European Cup, which had an unusual knock-out round format for the all-around final.
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Boryana Kaleyn said that she was happy to be competing in the same arena where had won the European Championship the previous year.
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Boryana Kaleyn was chosen to represent Bulgaria at the 2024 Olympics.
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Boryana Kaleyn said that she planned to become a coach.
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Boryana Kaleyn is distinctive in her approach to rhythmic gymnastics for her routine music choices, which use a diverse array of styles from folk music to heavy metal and alternative rock.
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Boryana Kaleyn is known for her strong work with fouette turns and her ability to perform a number of revolutions.
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The ball routine is about the time when Boryana Kaleyn began winning medals at major competitions, while the clubs routine is about the difficulties she experienced.