TASEVA Katrin

Bulgaria

Rhythmic Gymnastics

Date of Birth: 24 Nov 1997

Age: 23

Gender: Female

Olympic Scholarship

Height (m/ft): 1.65/5'4''

Place of birth: SAMOKOV

Birth Country:

Bulgaria

Place of residence : SOFIA

Residence Country:

Bulgaria

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Rhythmic Gymnastics	Individual All-Around

Schedule

Change

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Ariake Gymnastics Centre	Individual All-Around Qualification - Rotation 1	Finished
Followed By	Ariake Gymnastics Centre	Individual All-Around Qualification - Rotation 2	Finished
	Ariake Gymnastics Centre	Individual All-Around Qualification - Rotation 3	Finished
Followed By	Ariake Gymnastics Centre	Individual All-Around Qualification - Rotation 4	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Athlete:

World Championships

Year	Location	Indv. AA	Ball	Clubs	Hoop	Ribbon	Team AA
2019	Baku, AZE	9	22	18	18	15	6
2018	Sofia, BUL	6	8	8	7	13	2
2017	Pesaro, ITA	10	9	9	13	8	-

European Games

Year	Location	Indv. AA	Ball	Clubs	Hoop	Ribbon
2019	Minsk, BLR	6	2	4	11	3

European Championships

Year	Location	Indv. AA	Ball	Clubs	Hoop	Ribbon	Team AA
2021	Varna, BUL	7	7	5	6	5	4
2020	Kiev, UKR	7	-	-	-	-	-
2019	Baku, AZE	-	7	4	-	8	3
2018	Guadalajara, ESP	5	-	-	-	-	-
2017	Budapest, HUN	-	9	9	4	2	3

World Cup overview - Best rank per season and event since 2017

Year	Indv. AA	Ball	Clubs	Hoop	Ribbon	Group AA	Gr-5B	Gr-3H/2C
2021	1 x 5th	1 x 4th	1 x 3rd	1 x 5th	1 x 3rd	-	-	-
2019	1 x 3rd	1 x 2nd	1 x 2nd	3 x 6th	2 x 2nd	1 x 3rd	1 x 4th	1 x 1st
2018	1 x 2nd	1 x 3rd	1 x 1st	1 x 2nd	3 x 2nd	-	-	-
2017	1 x 2nd	1 x 3rd	1 x 2nd	2 x 4th	1 x 3rd	-	-	-

World Cup - Ten best performances since 2017

Rank	Year	Event	Location	Result
1	2019	Group - 3x Hoop + 2x Clubs	Baku, AZE	25.550
1	2018	Women's Clubs	Sofia, BUL	17.850
2	2019	Women's Ball	Sofia, BUL	19.950
2	2019	Women's Clubs	Sofia, BUL	20.650
2	2019	Women's Ribbon	Sofia, BUL	19.400
2	2019	Women's Ribbon	Pesaro, ITA	19.000
2	2018	Individual All-Around	Pesaro, ITA	69.850
2	2018	Women's Hoop	Sofia, BUL	17.950
2	2018	Women's Ribbon	Baku, AZE	16.400
2	2018	Women's Ribbon	Pesaro, ITA	18.050
2	2018	Women's Ribbon	Sofia, BUL	14.800
2	2017	Individual All-Around	Sofia, BUL	70.450
2	2017	Women's Clubs	Tashkent, UZB	17.400

Legend
Indv. - Individual, Gr - Group, AA - All-Around, B - Ball, H - Hoop, C - Clubs, Ri - Ribbon, Ro - Rope, 5B - 5x Ball, 3H/2C - 3x Hoop + 2x Clubs, 3H/4C - 3x Hoop + 4x Clubs

Nickname:

Kati (trud.bg, 16 Apr 2019)

Music:

Hoop: Eye of the Tiger performed by 2CELLOS

Ball: Fallin'(Alicia Keys Cover) arranged by Nicola Cavallaro

Club: Malaguena performed by Stanley Black and his Orchestra

Ribbon: A little party never killed ... The Great Gatsby performed by Fergie

Occupation:

Athlete

Education:

Sport Studies - Vasil Levski National Sports Academy, Sofia, BUL

Languages spoken:

Bulgarian, English

Club name:

Levski Iliana [BUL] / Central Sports Army Club [BUL]

Coach:

Branimira Markova, BUL

Start:

She took up the sport at age four in Plovdiv, Bulgaria. (vestnikpriatel.com, 09 Jan 2018)

Reason:

"It began when gymnastics coaches came to our kindergarten and handed out fliers, so I brought one home and showed my parents. At the beginning I was hesitant, but when I watched girls playing with the ribbon I wanted to be like them." (vestnikpriatel.com, 09 Jan 2018; sportal.bg, 26 Apr 2015)

Ambition:

To win a medal at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (plovdiv24.bg, 16 Aug 2020)

Memorable:

Winning silver in the team all-around at the 2018 World Championships in Sofia, Bulgaria. (plovdiv24.bg, 16 Aug 2020)

Hero:

Bulgarian rhythmic gymnast Maria Petrova. (plovdiv24.bg, 16 Aug 2020)

Influence:

Coaches Branimira Markova and Svetlana Tsvetkova. (vestnikpriatel.com, 09 Jan 2018)

Philosophy:

"Never give up and be brave." (plovdiv24.bg, 16 Aug 2020)

Award:

In 2018 she was named Woman of the Year in the sport category in Bulgaria. (168chasa.bg, 25 Mar 2019)