Elvira Krasnobaeva
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| Елвира Краснобаева | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Country represented |  Bulgaria | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 10 March 2008 Saint-Petersburg, Russia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Discipline | Rhythmic Gymnastics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Level | International Elite | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years on national team | 2021-present | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Gracia Club | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Head coach(es) | Raina Tosheva | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Assistant coach(es) | Gabriela Grosheva | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Elvira Krasnobaeva (Bulgarian: Елвира Краснобаева; born 10 March 2008) is a Bulgarian rhythmic gymnast.[1] She is the 2022 junior European hoop champion and 2023 junior World ball champion.[2] At national level she is the 2022 and 2023 Junior national champion, as well as the 2021 Junior all-around silver medalist.
Personal life[edit]
Elvira Krasnobaeva was born in Saint Petersburg, Russia. At the age of six, she moved with her family to Varna, Bulgaria. There she entered the National School of Arts "Dobri Hristov" as part of the ballet department and continued to train rhythmic gymnastics as a member of the club "Gracia". In 2021 she was given Bulgarian citizenship. Her dream is to compete at the 2024 Summer Olympics, and her idol is Margarita Mamun.[3][4]
Career[edit]
Junior[edit]
In 2021 Krasnobaeva was included in the Bulgarian national team ahead of the junior European and World Championships in 2022/2023 season.[5] She then went on to became national champion ahead of Nikol Todorova and Zhana Pencheva.[6] She was the silver medalist at the Julieta Shismanova tournament in Burgas.[7]
Krasnobaeva won the first two junior-level internal competitions of 2022.[8][9] In March she competed at the Aphrodite Cup in Greece, where she was eighth with clubs. At the Andalusia Cup in Spain, she won gold in all-around, gold with ball and ribbon, and bronze with clubs.[10][11] She next won the all-around silver in the junior portion of the Sofia Cup.[12][13] Krasnobaeva also retained her national champion title for the second time in a row.[14]
In June, she was selected to represent Bulgaria, along with Dara Stoyanova, at the 2022 European Championships in Tel Aviv, where she won bronze in team, silver with ball and gold with hoop.[15][16]
Elvira started the 2023 season at the Miss Valentine Tournament in Tartu, along with teammates Nikol Todorova, Dara Stoyanova and Dara Malinova. In the junior team event, she won silver with the rest of the Bulgarian team behind Ukraine and above Kazakhstan. She also qualified for the hoop and ball finals, winning gold in both.[17][18][19] At the second Junior World Championships, Krasnobaeva won two gold medals. One was in the team competition, where she contributed to the team score along with the Bulgarian group and Nikol Todorova. She also won an individual gold in the ball final.[20]
Senior[edit]
In 2024, she made her senior debut at Miss Valentine, winning silver in the all-around, silver in the hoop final and bronze in the ribbon final.
On March 23 she won gold in the all-around at her first World Cup in Athens. In the apparatus finals, she won gold with hoop, and silver with clubs and ribbon.
At her next World Cup in Baku, she won the silver medal in the all-around and was one of only two gymnasts to qualify for every event final. She won another silver in the ribbon final.[21]
Routine music information[edit]
| Year | Apparatus | Music Title |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Hoop | Turandot, Act III: Nessun dorma by Luciano Pavarotti John Alldis Choir, Wandsworth School Boys Choir, London Philharmonic Orchestra & Zubin Mehta |
| Ball | Thought I’d Ring You by Alain Delon & Shirley Bassey | |
| Clubs | Buleria by David Bisbal | |
| Ribbon | Who Wants to Live Forever (feat. Lindsey Stirling) by The Tenors | |
| 2023 | Hoop | Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy by Lindsey Stirling |
| Ball | Exercise in Free Love (New Orchestrated Version) by Freddie Mercury & Montserrat Caballe | |
| Clubs | Shape Of You Indian Mix (New Age Carnatic) by IndianRaga & Aditya Rao | |
| Ribbon | El Mar Y Tu by Andrea Bocelli, Dulce Pontes | |
| 2022 | Hoop | Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy by Lindsey Stirling |
| Ball | Exercise in Free Love (New Orchestrated Version) by Freddie Mercury & Montserrat Caballe | |
| Clubs | Palestine Pursuit by Greg J Walker | |
| Ribbon | El Mar Y Tu by Andrea Bocelli, Dulce Pontes | |
| 2021 | Hoop | |
| Ball | Chopin Nocturne by David Garrett feat David Foster | |
| Clubs | We Will Rock You by Queen | |
| Ribbon | Les Temps des Cathédrales by Josh Groban |
Competitive highlights[edit]
(Team competitions in seniors are held only at the World Championships, Europeans and other Continental Games.)
| International: Senior | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Event | AA | Team | Hoop | Ball | Clubs | Ribbon |
| 2024 | World Cup Baku | 2nd | 7th | 5th | 4th | 2nd | |
| World Cup Athens | 1st | 1st | 2nd | 2nd | |||
| Grand Prix Tartu | 2nd | 2nd | 8th (Q) | 6th | 3rd | ||
| International: Junior | |||||||
| Year | Event | AA | Team | Hoop | Ball | Clubs | Ribbon |
| 2023 | Junior World Championships | 1st | 4th | 1st | 15th (Q) | ||
| 2022 | Junior European Championships | 3rd | 1st | 2nd | |||
| National: Junior | |||||||
| Year | Event | AA | Team | Hoop | Ball | Clubs | Ribbon |
| 2023 | Bulgarian Junior Championships | ||||||
| 2022 | Bulgarian Junior Championships | ||||||
| Q = Qualifications (Did not advance to Event Final due to the 2 gymnast per country rule, only Top 8 highest score, no Event Finals held); WD = Withdrew | |||||||
References[edit]
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