Teodora Alexandrova ( bg, Теодора Александрова; born September 24, 1981, in

Sofia Sofia ( ; bg, София, Sofiya, ) is the capital and largest city of Bulgaria. It is situated in the Sofia Valley at the foot of the Vitosha mountain in the western parts of the country. The city is built west of the Iskar river, and ha ...

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) is a former

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 coordi ...

. She started rhythmic gymnastics in 1986. Trained at the Levski club by Neshka Robeva, Alexandrova was a promising junior and the 1995 European junior champion. She competed at the

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and 1999 World Championships, finishing 6th and 8th in the all-around finals, and at the 1998 and 2000

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, ...

. A broken leg prevented her from competing at the Olympics. The Bulgarian Federation replaced her with Iva Tepeshanova. She stopped her career soon after recovering from her injury..

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* 1981 births Living people Bulgarian rhythmic gymnasts {{Bulgaria-rhythmic-gymnastics-bio-stub