Boryana Kaleyn

Boryana Kaleyn
Full name	Boryana Nikolaeva Kaleyn
Alternative name(s)	Boriana Kaleyn
Country represented	Bulgaria
Born	(2000-08-23) 23 August 2000 Sofia, Bulgaria
Residence	Sofia
Height	165 cm (5 ft 5 in)
Weight	49 kg (108 lb)
Discipline	Rhythmic gymnastics
Level	Senior Elite
Years on national team	2011 - present
Club	Levski Triadiza
Head coach(es)	Mariana Pamukova
World ranking	11 WC 19 WCC (2017 Season) [1]
Medal record International Gymnastics Competitions Event 1st 2nd 3rd World Championships 0 1 0 European Championships 0 0 1 Grand Prix 1 2 4 World Cup 4 6 5 Total 5 9 10 Representing  Bulgaria Rhythmic Gymnastics World Championships 2018 Sofia Team European Junior Championships 2014 Baku Ball Grand Prix Final 2018 Moscow Ball 2018 Moscow Hoop 2018 Moscow Ribbon 2018 Thiais All-Around 2018 Thiais Ball 2018 Thiais Clubs

Boryana Nikolaeva Kaleyn (Bulgarian: Боряна Николаева Калейн; born 23 August 2000) is a Bulgarian individual rhythmic gymnast. She is the 2014 European Junior ball bronze medalist.

Career

Kaleyn started rhythmic gymnastics at age 6 and began appearing in international junior competitions in 2008. She has competed in the Junior World Cup and the Junior Grand Prix events. In June 10–16, 2014, Kaleyn competed at the 2014 European Junior Championships with Team Bulgaria (together with Erika Zafirova and Katerina Marinova) finishing 4th, Kaleyn qualified 1 apparatus final and won the bronze medal in ball. Kaleyn won the all-around bronze at the 2015 Sofia Junior World Cup.

Kaleyn debuted as a senior in the 2016 Season, she finished 10th in the all-around at the Baltic Hoop International tournament. In her next event she finished 4th in the all-around at the Lisbon Senior International Tournament, she qualified for all the apparatus finals taking silver in hoop, ribbon, clubs and silver in ball. She then finished 10th in the all-around at the Corbeil-Essonnes Cup.^[2]

In 2017 Season, Kaleyn competed at the Moscow senior international tournament where she made a breakthrough winning silver in the all-around.^[3] She won bronze in the all-around at the 2017 Bulgarian National Championships behind Neviana Vladinova and Katrin Taseva who took the gold and silver medals respectively. She then competed at the 2017 Tashkent World Cup finishing 4th in the all-around behind teammate Katrin Taseva and qualified to 3 event finals taking bronze in clubs and placed 7th in hoop and ball. Her next competition was at the 2017 Baku World Cup where she finished 9th in the all-around behind Nicol Zelikman. On May 3–7, Kaleyn won gold in the all-around at the MT Sofia Cup. On May 12-1, Kaleyn competed at the 2017 World Challenge Cup in Portimao where she finished 4th in the all-around behind Victoria Veinberg Filanovsky, she qualified to 3 event finals taking bronze in clubs, finished 5th in hoop and 6th in ball. Kaleyn competed at the quadrennial held 2017 World Games in Wrocław, Poland from July 20–30, however she did not advance to any of the apparatus finals.

In 2018 season, Kaleyn participated at the 2018 Grand Prix Moscow, finishing 10th in all-around. She qualified to 3 finals, winning gold with ball, silver with hoop and bronze with ribbon.^[4] on March 30-April 1, Kaleyn began the world cup events competing at the 2018 Sofia World Cup finishing 6th in the all-around, she qualified in 2 apparatus finals taking bronze in hoop and finishing 5th in ball. On March 23–25, Kaleyn competed at the 2018 Grand Prix Thiais, where she won the bronze medal in the all-around competition ahead of teammate Katrin Taseva, in the event finals: she won bronze with ball, clubs, finished 5th in hoop and 9th in ribbon. On April 20–22, at the 2018 Tashkent World Cup, Kaleyn finished 9th in the all-around and qualified to 2 apparatus finals: she won bronze in hoop and finished 8th in ribbon. On April 27–29, Kaleyn competed in a World Challenge Cup event at the 2018 Baku World Cup where she finished 9th in the all-around, she qualified in 2 apparatus finals taking silver in clubs and finished 4th in hoop.

At the 2018 World Championships, held in her hometown of Sofia, Kaleyn won a silver medal with the Bulgarian team.

Routine music information

Competitive highlights

(Team competitions in seniors are held only at the World Championships, Europeans and other Continental Games.)

References

External links

• Boryana KALEYN at the International Federation of Gymnastics
• Boryana Kaleyn on Instagram