Alessia Verstappen (born June 20 2006) is a retired Belgian individual

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. On national level, she is a three-time (2022-2024) senior all-around champion.

Personal life

Verstappen took up the sport at age 5 after her parents noticed she was a problem eater as a toddler and decided to make her do sport to encourage her appetite and health. At first they opted for ballet, as Verstappen's great-grandmother was a ballet dancer, but then she saw rhythmic gymnastics at the

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and fell in love. She trains 7 to 8 hours a day and her dream is to compete at the

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. She speaks Dutch and Russian.

Career

Junior

Alessia debuted internationally in 2019 at the 1st Junior World Championships in

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along with her teammate Alexandra Safronova. She performed only with rope, where she scored 12.100 for 41st place.

Senior

In May 2022, her first senior year, she became Belgian champion ahead of Carina Iacos and Oona De Decker. A month later, she competed in the

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, where she was 54th in the all-around, 55th with hoop, 63rd with ball, 44th with clubs and 54th with ribbon. In September, she was selected as the sole representative for Belgium for the

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. She ended 58th in the all-around, 52nd with hoop, 65th with ball, 53rd with clubs and 62nd with ribbon. In 2024, she represented

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at the

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, Hungary and took 52nd place in the all-around. She started the 2025 season at

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, Estonia, where she ended in 20th place in the all-around. On April 18-20, she competed at the Baku World Cup and finished 57th in the all-around. She announced her retirement on June 13 via her Instagram profile due to having had multiple injuries in 2025.

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Verstappen, Alessia 2006 births Living people Belgian rhythmic gymnasts People from Sint-Niklaas 21st-century Belgian sportswomen