Diliana Georgieva ( bg, Диляна Георгиева; born 18 February 1965) is a

Bulgaria Bulgaria (; bg, България, Bǎlgariya), officially the Republic of Bulgaria,, ) is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated on the eastern flank of the Balkans, and is bordered by Romania to the north, Serbia and North Macedo ...

n individual

rhythmic gymnast Rhythmic gymnastics is a sport in which gymnasts perform on a floor with an apparatus: hoop, ball, clubs, ribbon. The sport combines elements of gymnastics, dance and calisthenics; gymnasts must be strong, flexible, agile, dexterous and co ...

. She was one of the

Golden Girls of Bulgaria The "Golden Girls" of Bulgaria ( bg, Златните момичета на България) refers to the generation of female rhythmic gymnasts who represented Bulgaria from 1976 to 1999 when the team was coached by Neshka Robeva. In this period ...

that dominated Rhythmic Gymnastics in 1980's.

Biography

Diliana Georgieva was selected for the Bulgarian National Team as a native of

Pazardzhik Pazardzhik ( bg, Пазарджик ) is a city situated along the banks of the Maritsa river, southern Bulgaria. It is the capital of Pazardzhik Province and centre for the homonymous Pazardzhik Municipality. The Tatars founded Pazardzhik i ...

. Her breakthrough was at the 1983 World Championships in Strasbourg, when she won the gold medal in the all-around, against her teammates and in the apparatus finals she again won titles for clubs and ribbon finals. In 1984, Georgieva placed third at the 1984 European Championships but won the gold medal in clubs and ribbon finals. She was highly favored to win the all-around but missed competing at the 1984 Olympics Games because of the Eastern-bloc boycott. She then went to win her second all-around gold medal at the 1985 World Championships. She also won a bronze medal for ribbon and a gold medal for ball, clubs and rope in the event finals. In 1985, Diliana Georgieva retired and married Bulgarian pentathlon champion Vladimir Klintcharov.

In fiction

* In the

shōjo manga is an editorial category of Japanese comics targeting an audience of adolescent females and young adult women. It is, along with manga (targeting adolescent boys), manga (targeting young adult and adult men), and manga (targeting adul ...

Hikari no Densetsu is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Izumi Aso about a girl named Hikari Kamijou who dreams of becoming a national rhythmic gymnastics champion. The manga series title translates into English as "Legend of Light" (the fem ...

'', Georgieva is one of the biggest inspirations for the protagonist, the aspirant gymnast Hikari Kamijou.

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* * http://sporta.bg/?id=257&load=OtherSports::Champion ( Golden Girls of Bulgaria ) {{DEFAULTSORT:Georgieva, Diliana 1965 births Living people Bulgarian rhythmic gymnasts Sportspeople from Pazardzhik Bulgarian emigrants to New Zealand Medalists at the Rhythmic Gymnastics World Championships