Stela Salapatiyska (

Bulgarian Bulgarian may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to the country of Bulgaria * Bulgarians, a South Slavic ethnic group * Bulgarian language, a Slavic language * Bulgarian alphabet * A citizen of Bulgaria, see Demographics of Bulgaria * Bul ...

: Стела Салапатийска; born 25 April 1979) is a former Bulgarian

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 ...

and coach. She is a multpiple

European Championships The European Championships is a multi-sport tournament which brings together the existing European Championships of some of the continent's leading sports every four years. The inaugural edition in 2018 was staged by the host cities of Berlin, ...

medalist.

Career

Stella won the bronze medal in the All-Around and gold in teams, along Boriana Docheva and Elena Stefanova, at the 1993 Junior European Championships held in Bucharest. At the 1996 European Championships in Asker she won team bronze, alongside

Diana Popova Diana Popova (born December 10, 1976 in Sofia, Bulgaria) is an Individual Rhythmic Gymnast. Career She started rhythmic gymnastics in 1982 and started training at an early age. Popova competed at the 1992 Summer Olympics, Despite two drops of ...

, as well as placing fifth in the individual All-Around competition and seventh in the ball final. In 1997 at the

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she placed seventh in the All-Around, sixth in the rope final and seventh in the ribbon final. After her retirement, she has worked as a coach for gymnasts of national interest such as

Elizabeth Paisieva Elisabet Vladimirova Paisieva ( bg, Елизабет Владимирова Паисиева, born 17 December 1986), known as Elizabeth Paisieva, is a Bulgarian rhythmic gymnast. Career Elizabeth was part of the Bulgarian Team that won the ...

and

Stela Sultanova A stele ( ),Anglicized plural steles ( ); Greek plural stelai ( ), from Greek language, Greek , ''stēlē''. The Greek plural is written , ''stēlai'', but this is only rarely encountered in English. or occasionally stela (plural ''stelas'' or ...

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