20 Facts About Katrin Taseva

Katrin Yankova Taseva is a retired Bulgarian individual rhythmic gymnast.

Katrin Taseva is the 2017 European Silver medalist with Ribbon, 2019 Grand-Prix Final All-around bronze medalist, the 2019 World Cup series All-around and Ball winner and the double World Cup series Ribbon winner.

Katrin Taseva announced her engagement to her partner, Bulgarian pastry chef, Stanislav Sivkov, on her personal Instagram account in December 2022.

Katrin Taseva's first child, a son called Nikolay, was born in Plovdiv on 9 June 2023.

Katrin Taseva was previously engaged to Bulgarian wrestler, Nikolai Shterev, who died of Covid-19 in 2020.

Katrin Taseva sold medals from previous world competitions to help raise money for his hospital care.

Katrin Taseva previously struggled with an eating disorder as a gymnast and was vegetarian to maintain her weight.

Katrin Taseva began competing at the 2015 FIG Rhythmic Gymnastics World Cup Series in Bucharest, Romania and Budapest, Hungary.

In 2016, Katrin Taseva competed in several World Cup and Grand Prix Series.

Katrin Taseva had her highest placement finishing 9th in the all-around at the 2016 Baku World Cup.

Katrin Taseva then finished 13th in the all-around at the 2016 European Championships.

Katrin Taseva was unable to compete at the 2016 Rio Olympics as Bulgaria qualified only 1 individual rhythmic gymnast that went to Neviana Vladinova who earned her Olympic qualifications at the 2015 World Championships.

In 2017 Season, Katrin Taseva made her breakthrough at the 2017 Kyiv Grand Prix where she finished 4th in the all-around and won the gold medal in ball final.

Katrin Taseva then competed at the 2017 Marbella Grand Prix where she finished 6th in the all-around and qualified to 3 apparatus final.

At the 2017 Pesaro World Cup, Katrin Taseva finished 5th in the all-around ahead of teammate Neviana Vladinova.

At the 2017 Sofia World Cup, Katrin Taseva won another all-around medal, a silver, behind teammate Neviana Vladinova.

In 2018 season, due to Vladinova's injury; Katrin Taseva became Bulgaria's leading rhythmic gymnast.

Katrin Taseva began her season at Baltic Hoop International Rhythmic Gymnastics Tournament in Riga, Latvia, finishing 3rd in all-around.

Katrin Taseva won gold with hoop and ribbon at the events finals.

Katrin Taseva represented Bulgaria at the 2020 Summer Olympics and finished first in the qualification for the individual all-around, making her the fourth reserve for the all-around final.