Tatyana Volozhanina

Tatyana Volozhanina
Personal information
Full nameTatyana Volozhanina
Nickname(s)Tanya
Born (2003-01-28) 28 January 2003 (age 21)
Irkutsk, Russia
HometownSofia
ResidenceSofia
Gymnastics career
DisciplineRhythmic gymnastics
Country represented Bulgaria
Years on national team2018 – 2023
LevelSenior Elite
ClubLevski Iliana
Head coach(es)Branimira Markova
Assistant coach(es)Silviya Stoyneva-Ruseva[1]
Medal record
Representing  Bulgaria
Rhythmic Gymnastics
Summer Universiade
Gold medal – first place 2021 Chengdu Clubs
Bronze medal – third place 2021 Chengdu Ball
Grand Prix Final
Silver medal – second place 2022 Brno Hoop
Silver medal – second place 2022 Brno Ball
Junior European Championships
Silver medal – second place 2018 Guadalajara Hoop
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Guadalajara Team

Tatyana Nikolaevna Volozhanina (Bulgarian: Татяна Воложанина; born 28 January 2003) is a retired Bulgarian individual rhythmic gymnast.

Career

She started training rhythmic gymnastics at the age of five in Irkutsk, Russia. In 2015, she moved to Bulgaria with her family. In January 2015 she received the title of Candidate for Master of Sport in the Russian Federation.[2] In July 2017, International Gymnastics Federation allowed her to start competing for Bulgaria.

Junior

Her first major competition was the 2018 European Championships in Guadalajara, Spain. She competed with all four apparatuses and helped Bulgaria win bronze medal in Team competition. She also won silver medal in Hoop final and placed 5th in Ball, 6th in Clubs and 4th in Ribbon final. Later that year, she competed at the 2018 Youth Olympic Games and placed 5th in All-around final.[3]

Senior

She competed at the 2021 World Championships in Kitakyushu, Japan and placed 7th in All-around final. She also qualified to two apparatus finals, finishing 7th with Ball and 5th with Ribbon.

In July 2023, she represented Bulgaria at the 2021 Summer Universiade in Chengdu, China, which was postponed from 2021 to 2023 because of COVID-19 pandemic. She placed 8th in All-around and won two medals in Apparatus finals - gold in Club and bronze in Ball.[4]

Routine music information

Year Apparatus Music title
2018 Hoop
Ball Une histoire d'amour by Mireille Mathieu
Clubs Pokor Lér by Saodaj'
Ribbon Tango Amore by Edvin Marton
2019 Hoop Growing Up Londinium Daniel Pemberton
Ball Once Upon a December by Liz Callaway
Clubs Pokor Lér Saodaj'
Ribbon L'amore si Muove by Il Volo
2020 Hoop Spartacus: Adagio of Spartacus and Phrygia by Wiener Philharmoniker & Aram Khachaturian
Ball Once Upon a December by Liz Callaway
Clubs Carpet Chase by Alan Menken
Ribbon L'amore si Muove by Il Volo
2021 Hoop (first) Spartacus: Adagio of Spartacus and Phrygia by Wiener Philharmoniker & Aram Khachaturian
Hoop (second) Fearsome Flight by Cirque du Soleil
Ball Once Upon a December by Liz Callaway
Clubs Carpet Chase by Alan Menken
Ribbon L'amore si Muove by Il Volo
2022 Hoop (first) Still Loving You by Sonata Arctica
Hoop (second) II Mio Rifugio by Nicola Cavallaro
Ball Perdona by Yasmin Levy
Clubs (first) O Mundo Vai by Ivete Sangalo
Clubs (second) L'Assasymphonie by Mozart Opera Rock
Ribbon (first) Od Ebra do Dunava by Barcelona Gipsy balKan Orchestra
Ribbon (second) (Where Do I Begin) Love Story by Shirley Bassey
2023 Hoop The Phantom of the Opera by Nightwish
Ball Perdona by Yasmin Levy
Clubs Tosca, Act 3 ”E Lucevan le stelle” by Luciano Pavarotti and Orchestra of the Royal Opera House
Ribbon (Where Do I Begin) Love Story by Shirley Bassey

See also

References

  1. ^ "Tatyana Volozhanina FIG profile".
  2. ^ "Tatyana Volozhanina - Awards".
  3. ^ "Пето място за грацията ни Воложанина в Буенос Айрес" (in Bulgarian). 17 October 2018.
  4. ^ "Татяна Воложанина и Лъчезара Пекова с 8-о и 12-о място на Световните университетски игри" (in Bulgarian). 30 July 2023. Retrieved 1 August 2023.