Elisabet Vladimirova Paisieva ( bg, Елизабет Владимирова Паисиева, born 17 December 1986), known as Elizabeth Paisieva, is a

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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 coordi ...

Career

Elizabeth was part of the Bulgarian Team that won the bronze team medal at the 2001 World Championships in

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. She won a bronze medal in the ribbon final at the 2003 World Championships. She has competed in 2 Olympics cycle. At the

2004 Summer Olympics The 2004 Summer Olympics ( el, Θερινοί Ολυμπιακοί Αγώνες 2004, ), officially the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad ( el, Αγώνες της 28ης Ολυμπιάδας, ) and also known as Athens 2004 ( el, Αθήνα 2004), ...

she finished 12th overall in the rhythmic individual all-around competition, at the

2008 Summer Olympics The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad () and also known as Beijing 2008 (), were an international multisport event held from 8 to 24 August 2008, in Beijing, China. A total of 10,942 athletes from 204 Na ...

, she placed 19th in qualifications.

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Elizabeth Paisieva
at Magical Action * * 1986 births Living people Olympic gymnasts for Bulgaria Bulgarian rhythmic gymnasts Gymnasts at the 2004 Summer Olympics Gymnasts at the 2008 Summer Olympics Medalists at the Rhythmic Gymnastics World Championships Medalists at the Rhythmic Gymnastics European Championships 21st-century Bulgarian women 21st-century Bulgarian people {{Bulgaria-rhythmic-gymnastics-bio-stub