STOEVA Gabriela

Date of Birth: 15 Jul 1994

Age: 27

Gender: Female

Place of birth: HASKOVO

Birth Country:

Bulgaria

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Badminton	Women's Doubles BUL STOEVA Gabriela/STOEVA Stefani	9

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Musashino Forest Sport Plaza BDM Court 3	Women's Doubles Group Play Stage - Group D #704 KOR KIM Soyeong/KONG Heeyong 2 BUL STOEVA Gabriela/STOEVA Stefani 1	Finished
	Musashino Forest Sport Plaza BDM Court 1	Women's Doubles Group Play Stage - Group D #713 CHN CHEN Qing Chen/JIA Yi Fan 2 BUL STOEVA Gabriela/STOEVA Stefani 0	Finished
	Musashino Forest Sport Plaza BDM Court 3	Women's Doubles Group Play Stage - Group D #723 BUL STOEVA Gabriela/STOEVA Stefani 2 THA KITITHARAKUL Jongkolphan/PRAJONGJAI Rawinda 1	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Olympic Games

Rank	Event	Year	Location
Group Stage	Women's Doubles	2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA

World Championships

Rank	Event	Year	Location
Last 16	Women's Doubles	2019	Basel, SUI
Last 16	Women's Doubles	2018	Nanjing, CHN
Last 16	Women's Doubles	2017	Glasgow, GBR
Last 32	Women's Doubles	2015	Jakarta, INA
Last 32	Women's Doubles	2013	Guangzhou, CHN
Last 64	Women's Doubles	2014	Copenhagen, DEN

European Championships

Rank	Event	Year	Location
1	Women's Doubles	2021	Kiev, UKR
1	Women's Doubles	2018	Huelva, ESP
2	Women's Doubles	2017	Kolding, DEN

European Team Championships

Rank	Event	Year	Location
Quarterfinal	Women's Team	2018	Kazan, RUS
Group Stage	Mixed Team	2017	Lubin, POL

HSBC BWF World Tour Finals

Rank	Event	Year	Location
1st Round	Women's Doubles	2018	Guangzhou, CHN

BWF World Tour - Eliminations per phase since 2017

Year	Event	W	RU	SF	QF	L16	L32	L64	Group
2021	Doubles W	-	2x	-	-	1x	-	-	-
2020	Doubles W	1x	1x	1x	-	-	3x	-	-
2019	Doubles W	1x	-	2x	4x	6x	3x	-	-
2018	Doubles W	4x	2x	2x	1x	2x	2x	-	-
2017	Doubles W	-	1x	1x	1x	2x	-	-	-

BWF World Superseries - Eliminations per phase since 2017

Year	Event	W	RU	SF	QF	L16	L32
2017	Doubles W	-	-	-	-	4x	5x

World Tour & World Superseries - Ten best performances since 2017

Rank	Year	Event	Competition	Location
1	2020	Women's Doubles	BWF World Tour	Saarbrucken, GER
1	2019	Women's Doubles	BWF World Tour	Almere, NED
1	2018	Women's Doubles	BWF World Tour	Glasgow, GBR
1	2018	Women's Doubles	BWF World Tour	Saarbrucken, GER
1	2018	Women's Doubles	BWF World Tour	Almere, NED
1	2018	Women's Doubles	BWF World Tour	Orleans, FRA
2	2021	Women's Doubles	BWF World Tour	Orleans, FRA
2	2021	Women's Doubles	BWF World Tour	Basel, SUI
2	2020	Women's Doubles	BWF World Tour	Barcelona, ESP
2	2018	Women's Doubles	BWF World Tour	Paris, FRA
2	2018	Women's Doubles	BWF World Tour	Basel, SUI
2	2017	Women's Doubles	BWF World Tour	Basel, SUI

Legend
W - Winner, RU - Runner-up, SF - Semifinal, QF - Quarterfinal, L16 - Last 16, L32 - Last 32, L64 - Last 64, M - Men, W - Women, X - Mixed

Gabi (Instagram profile, 22 Nov 2020)

Occupation:

Athlete, Student

Journalism, Media Studies

Partner Zdravko Bablakov

Languages spoken:

Bulgarian, English

IMBC92 [FRA] / BIA Pazardzhik [BUL]

Mihail Popov [personal], BUL, from 2015

Sporting relatives:

She competes alongside her younger sister Stefani Stoeva in doubles competition, and the pair participated in women's doubles at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. Her partner Zdravko Bablakov has represented Bulgaria in swimming at junior level, and competed at the 2019 World Junior Championships in Budapest, Hungary. (Facebook page, 01 Nov 2020; swimcloud.com, 27 Aug 2020; SportsDeskOnline, 11 Dec 2020)

2009 for Bulgaria, International Tournament in Antalya, Turkey (bwfbadminton.com, 20 Feb 2016)

She began playing badminton as a schoolgirl in 2004 and turned professional in 2006. (bwfbadminton.com, 20 Feb 2016; baku2015.com, 30 Jun 2015)

"I started playing one month after my sister. She encouraged me to join the badminton club, as she said that it was a great sport. I was a ballroom dancer before that." (bwfbadminton.com, 20 Feb 2016)

To compete at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (badmintoneurope.com, 16 Sep 2020)

Japanese badminton player Sayaka Takahashi. (bwfbadminton.com, 20 Feb 2016)

Her parents. (bwfbadminton.com, 20 Feb 2016)

She and her sister Stefani wear matching coloured clothing at tournaments. (bwfbadminton.com, 20 Feb 2016)

Philosophy:

"I will never give up on my dreams and goals." (baku2015.com, 30 Jun 2015)

General Interest

General
MOVE TO FRANCE
She and her sister Stefani relocated to France in 2015 to join IMBC92 in Issy-les-Moulineaux. The pair were encouraged to make the move to France by Bulgarian coach Mihail Popov, who first met the sisters one year earlier during a scouting trip to Sofia, Bulgaria, to recruit players for the IMBC92 club in France. "Our move to France was quite unexpected. We did so because of our new coach Mihail Popov. Our coach made a lot of changes, not only in terms of technique but also our approach to physical and mental fitness. Earlier, when we entered tournaments and saw that our opponents were from Asia, we believed we had no chance. But since 2015, our thinking has changed and we fight for every point in every match." (rfi.fr, 23 Oct 2019)

Social Media

Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/StoevaSisters/
https://instagram.com/gabistoeva/

Legend

:: Gold Medal Event
:: Silver Medal Event
:: Bronze Medal Event

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