Zornitsa Marinova ( bg, Зорница Маринова; born 6 January 1987 in
Veliko Tarnovo
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Bulgaria
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n rhythmic gymnast. She represented
Bulgaria
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in two editions of the Olympic Games (2004 and 2008), and also contributed to a fourth-place effort in the group all-around tournament at the
2007 World Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships
The XXVIII World Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships were held in Patras, Greece, September 19–23, 2007, at the National Sports Centre.
Medal winners
* reserve gymnast
Individual
Team
Qualification
;Other competitors
* Anahi ...
in
Patras, Greece
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. At the
2004 Summer Olympics in
Athens
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, Marinova claimed a bronze medal in the same program as a member of the Bulgarian gymnastics squad. During her sporting career, Marinova trained for Iliana Gymnastics Club in
Levski under her head coach Adriana Dunavska and her assistant coach Mariela Pashalieva.
Career
2004–2007
Marinova made her official worldwide debut, as a 17-year-old teen, at the
2004 Summer Olympics in
Athens
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, where she captured a bronze medal for the Bulgarian squad in the
group all-around competition with a composite score of 48.600 (23.400 in the ribbon category and 25.200 in the hoops and balls), joining on top of the podium by veterans
Zhaneta Ilieva,
Eleonora Kezhova,
Kristina Rangelova, and twin sisters Galina and Vladislava Tancheva.
At the
2007 World Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships
The XXVIII World Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships were held in Patras, Greece, September 19–23, 2007, at the National Sports Centre.
Medal winners
* reserve gymnast
Individual
Team
Qualification
;Other competitors
* Anahi ...
in
Patras, Greece
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, Marinova and her newly structured squad missed the podium by two-thousandths of a point with a fourth-place score in 33.600.
2008 Summer Olympics
At the
2008 Summer Olympics in
Beijing
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, Marinova competed for her second straight time in the
group all-around tournament, after attaining an automatic spot in the women's rhythmic gymnastics team from the World Championships. Teaming with Tsveta Kousseva, Yolita Manolova, Maya Paunovska, Ioanna Tantcheva, and Tatyana Tongova in the competition, Marinova performed a double routine using five ropes (16.750) and a combination of three hoops and two clubs (16.800) to deliver the Bulgarian squad a fifth-place score in 33.550.
See also
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List of Olympic medalists in gymnastics (women)
This is the complete list of women's Olympic medalists in gymnastics.
Artistic gymnastics
Current program
All-around, individual
All-around, team
Note: The International Gymnastics Federation recommended to the IOC that the medals of the C ...
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1987 births
Living people
Bulgarian rhythmic gymnasts
Gymnasts at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Gymnasts at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Medalists at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Olympic gymnasts of Bulgaria
Olympic bronze medalists for Bulgaria
Olympic medalists in gymnastics
People from Veliko Tarnovo
Gymnasts from Sofia
Medalists at the Rhythmic Gymnastics European Championships
Medalists at the Rhythmic Gymnastics World Championships