Anastasiya Kisse ( bg, Анастасия Антоновна Кисе; uk, Анастасія Антонівна Кіссе; born ) is a Bulgarian and Ukrainian individual

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. She represented her nation at international competitions. She competed at world championships, including at the

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. She holds both Bulgarian and Ukrainian citizenships.

Early life

Anastasiya was born on July 27, 1995 in Odessa,

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. She was born to the

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politician of

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origin

Anton Kisse Anton Ivanovych Kisse ( bg, Антон Иванович Кисе, translit=Anton Ivanovich Kise, uk, Анто́н Іва́нович Кіссе́; born 10 October 1958) is a Ukrainian politician and Bulgarians in Ukraine, Bulgarian community le ...

and his wife Galina Kisse.

Education

Kisse has lived and studied in

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and

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. She has graduated secondary school in

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after living there for 3 years. She has studied

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in Bulgaria for 1 year and currently studies Finance in UNWE in

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. She also has a Bachelor's and master's degree from the K. D. Ushynsky South Ukrainian National Pedagogical University in Odessa. She speaks several languages including

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and

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Career

Kisse starts training at the age of 3 in

. Later she moves and continues training in

. She has also lived and trained in

and with the national team of

in Novogorsk in

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. She was a member of the Junior Olympic team of rhythmic gymstastics of

. Kisse has taken part and won medals in the Junior Olympic Games and many more. However, Kisse is forced to retire from sports after her last trauma in the back, which doesn't allow her to continue training. She puts an end to her career in 2014. She is currently working in the

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in Sofia, as well as a trainer to an Estonian gymnast.

Personal life

Anastasiya's father is the current president of the Association of Bulgarians of Ukraine and the deputy of the

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of Ukraine

. Anastasiya has two older brothers, Gennadiy and Maksim. Gennadiy has graduated

in the

Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv Kyiv University or Shevchenko University or officially the Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv ( uk, Київський національний університет імені Тараса Шевченка), colloquially known as KNU ...

and currently works as an assistant to the

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, while Maksim has graduated the Odessa National Economics University in Ukraine. Anastasiya holds both Ukrainian and Bulgarian citizenship. Anastasiya is close friends with the Russian 2016 Olympic All-around silver medalist

Yana Kudryavtseva Yana Alexeyevna Kudryavtseva (russian: Я́на Алексе́евна Кудря́вцева; born 30 September 1997) is a retired Russian individual rhythmic gymnast. She is the 2016 Olympic All-around silver medalist, three-time World Champ ...

and the 2016 Olympic All-around Champion and

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Margarita Mamun Margarita Mamun (russian: Маргарита Мамун; born 1 November 1995) is a retired Russian individual rhythmic gymnast of Bangladeshi-Russian descent. She is the 2016 Olympic All-around champion, two-time (2015, 2014) World All-arou ...

References

External links

*http://g-ritmica.blogspot.com/2010/09/la-maestria-de-anastasiya-kisse.html * https://database.fig-gymnastics.com/public/gymnasts/biography/9847/true?backUrl=%2Fpublic%2Fresults%2Fdisplay%2F1862%3FidAgeCategory%3D6%26idCategory%3D77%23anchor_2268 1995 births Living people Sportspeople from Odesa Ukrainian emigrants to Bulgaria Bulgarian rhythmic gymnasts Place of birth missing (living people) Gymnasts at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics University of National and World Economy alumni {{Bulgaria-rhythmic-gymnastics-bio-stub