Boyanka Angelova is a Bulgaria

Bulgaria

Bulgaria , officially the Republic of Bulgaria , is a parliamentary democracy within a unitary constitutional republic in Southeast Europe. The country borders Romania to the north, Serbia and Macedonia to the west, Greece and Turkey to the south, as well as the Black Sea to the east...

n gymnast, known for complex and difficult combinations in rhythmic gymnastics

Rhythmic gymnastics

Rhythmic gymnastics is a sport in which individuals or teams of competitors manipulate one or two pieces of apparatus: rope, clubs, hoop, ball, ribbon and Free . An individual athlete only manipulates 1 apparatus at a time...

. She has mistakenly been identified as the grand-daughter of Nadia Comaneci

Nadia Comaneci

Nadia Elena Comăneci is a Romanian gymnast, winner of three Olympic gold medals at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, and the first female gymnast ever to be awarded a perfect score of 10 in an Olympic gymnastic event. She is also the winner of two gold medals at the 1980 Summer...

, the first gymnast to receive a perfect 10

Perfect 10 (gymnastics)

In gymnastics, the maximum possible score was a perfect 10 until the rules were changed in 2006 by the International Gymnastics Federation...

, in a series of viral video

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In 2007 Boyanka Angelova was ranked first in the girls AA International Rhythmic Gymnastics Tournament in Varna

Varna

Varna is the largest city and seaside resort on the Bulgarian Black Sea Coast and third-largest in Bulgaria after Sofia and Plovdiv, with a population of 334,870 inhabitants according to Census 2011...

 for the "Queen Margarita". Still at the age of 13, she won bronze medals with the ribbon and the hoop in the first round European competition in Moscow

Moscow

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. She went on to come second to Russia's Yana Lukonina for her performance with the ball at the Junior European Championships

2008 Rhythmic Gymnastics European Championships

24th Rhythmic Gymnastics European Championships were held in Torino, Italy from 5 June to 7 June 2008.- Group 3 hoops + 2 clubs :- Group 5 ropes :- Group all-around :- Individual all-around :-References:*...

 in Turin

Turin

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 in June 2008, and was very popular with the public.

Boyanka Angelova belongs to the CSKA sports club

CSKA Sofia (sports club)

CSKA Sofia is a Bulgarian sports society from Sofia, Bulgaria, which was founded on May 5, 1948 as Septemvri pri CDV, аfter the unification of the two sports clubs from the city, Chavdar and Septemvri...

 in Sofia

Sofia

Sofia is the capital and largest city of Bulgaria and the 12th largest city in the European Union with a population of 1.27 million people. It is located in western Bulgaria, at the foot of Mount Vitosha and approximately at the centre of the Balkan Peninsula.Prehistoric settlements were excavated...

. In 2010 she was appointed to the Bulgarian adult women's team for rhythmic gymnastics, but did not reach the finals.

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