Galina Tancheva ( bg, Галина Танчева; born 18 May 1987 in

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) is a retired Bulgarian rhythmic gymnast. She contributed to a silver medal effort for the Bulgarian squad in the group all-around at the

2003 World Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships The XXVI World Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships were held in Budapest, the capital of Hungary, during September 24–29, 2003. Medal winners Individual Events Individual All-Around Individual Hoop Individual Ball Individual Clubs In ...

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, and later added a bronze to her career hardware in the same program 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), ...

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. Tancheva is also the twin sister of fellow rhythmic gymnast

Vladislava Tancheva Vladislava Tancheva ( bg, Владислава Танчева ; born 18 May 1987 in Varna) is a retired Bulgarian rhythmic gymnast. She contributed to a silver medal effort for the Bulgarian squad in the group all-around at the 2003 World Rhythmi ...

Career

Tancheva made her official debut, along with her twin sister Vladislava, at the

, where she captured the silver medal for the Bulgarian squad in the group all-around tournament with a composite score of 50.175. At the

, Tancheva competed for the Bulgarian women's rhythmic gymnastics team in the group all-around tournament, after receiving a qualifying berth from the World Championships. Teaming with

Zhaneta Ilieva Zhaneta Tosheva Ilieva ( bg, Жанета Тошева Илиева; born 3 October 1984 in Veliko Tarnovo) is a retired Bulgarian rhythmic gymnast. She is a two-time member of the Bulgarian rhythmic gymnastics team at the World Championships, a ...

, Eleonora Kezhova, Zornitsa Marinova,

Kristina Rangelova Kristina Rangelova-Yankova ( bg, Кристина Рангелова; born 24 January 1985 in Sofia, Bulgaria) is a Bulgarian rhythmic gymnast. Olympic medalist 2004 Athens, World Champion 2005 Baku and Europe Champion 2003 Riesa. She has a Mast ...

, and her twin sister Vladislava in the competition, Tancheva performed a double routine using five ribbons (23.400) and a combination of three hoops and two balls (25.200) to deliver the Bulgarian squad a bronze-medal score in 48.600.

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Tancheva, Galina 1987 births Living people Bulgarian rhythmic gymnasts Gymnasts at the 2004 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2004 Summer Olympics Olympic gymnasts for Bulgaria Olympic bronze medalists for Bulgaria Olympic medalists in gymnastics Sportspeople from Varna, Bulgaria Medalists at the Rhythmic Gymnastics World Championships

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