Boryana Kaleyn
Full nameBoryana Nikolaeva Kaleyn
Nickname(s)Buba, Bubi[1]
Country represented Bulgaria
Born (2000-08-23) 23 August 2000
Sofia, Bulgaria
HometownSofia
ResidenceSofia
Height168 cm (5 ft 6 in)
Weight51 kg (112 lb)
DisciplineRhythmic gymnastics
LevelSenior Elite
Years on national team2011 – present
ClubLevski Triaditsa
GymRakovski
Head coach(es)Branimira Markova
Assistant coach(es)Mariana Pamukova
World ranking11 WC 19 WCC (2017 Season) [2]
Medal record
Rhythmic Gymnastics
Representing  Bulgaria
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
World Championships 1 3 0
European Championships 5 3 5
Junior European Championships 0 0 1
World Games 1 1 0
FIG World Cup 18 14 11
Grand Prix Series 4 6 9
Total 29 27 26
Representing  Bulgaria
World Championships
Gold medal – first place2023 ValenciaTeam
Silver medal – second place2018 SofiaTeam
Silver medal – second place2023 ValenciaClubs
Silver medal – second place2023 ValenciaRibbon
European Championships
Gold medal – first place2022 Tel AvivTeam
Gold medal – first place 2022 Tel AvivBall
Gold medal – first place2022 Tel AvivRibbon
Gold medal – first place2023 BakuAll-Around
Gold medal – first place2023 BakuTeam
Silver medal – second place2021 VarnaAll-Around
Silver medal – second place2022 Tel AvivAll-Around
Silver medal – second place2023 BakuClubs
Bronze medal – third place2019 BakuTeam
Bronze medal – third place2019 BakuBall
Bronze medal – third place2019 BakuRibbon
Bronze medal – third place2022 Tel AvivHoop
Bronze medal – third place2023 BakuHoop
World Games
Gold medal – first place2022 Birmingham Hoop
Silver medal – second place2022 Birmingham Ribbon
Grand Prix Final
Gold medal – first place2020 BrnoClubs
Silver medal – second place2020 BrnoRibbon
Silver medal – second place2019 BrnoHoop
Bronze medal – third place2019 BrnoBall
Junior European Championships
Bronze medal – third place2014 BakuBall

Boryana Nikolaeva Kaleyn (Bulgarian: Боряна Николаева Калейн; born 23 August 2000) is a Bulgarian individual rhythmic gymnast. She is the 2023 World champion in the team event, as well as clubs and ribbon silver medalist. She is the 2023 European all-around champion and team champion, the 2022 European champion with ball, ribbon, and in the team competition, the 2021 and 2022 European all-around silver medalist, and the 2018 World team silver medalist. She competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics, finishing fifth in the all-around. At the national level, she is a four-time Bulgarian National Champion (in 2019, 2020, 2021, and 2022).

Career

Junior

Kaleyn started rhythmic gymnastics at age six[3] and began appearing in international junior competitions in 2008. She has competed in the Junior World Cup and the Junior Grand Prix events. On 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.

Senior

2016

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.[4]

2017

In the 2017 season, Kaleyn competed at the Moscow senior International Tournament where she made a breakthrough winning silver in the all-around.[5] 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 three 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 three 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 to 30, however she did not advance to any of the apparatus finals.

2018

In the 2018 season, Kaleyn participated at the 2018 Grand Prix Moscow, finishing 10th in the all-around. She qualified to three finals, winning gold with ball, silver with hoop and bronze with ribbon.[6] 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 two 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 apparatus 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 two 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 two 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.

2019

Kaleyn started her 2019 season competing at the GCP Lisbon senior International Tournament where she ranked 5th in the all-around. She qualified to two finals, winning gold with hoop and bronze with ball.[7] On March 28 – April 1, she competed at the 2019 Grand Prix Thiais, where she placed 4th in the all-around behind Arina Averina, Linoy Ashram, and Dina Averina. She qualified for three apparatus finals, winning silver with ribbon and placing 5th with ball and 8th with hoop. Kaleyn then competed at the 2019 Pesaro World Cup, winning her first World Cup all-around medal by finishing in 3rd place behind Dina and Arina Averina. She qualified for three apparatus finals, winning silver in ball, placing 4th in hoop, and 5th in clubs. At the 2019 Tashkent World Cup, Kaleyn won silver in the all-around and qualified to all four apparatus finals; she won silver with ball and ribbon and finished 7th with clubs and 8th with hoop. On April 16–19, she competed in the 2019 European Championships with her teammates Katrin Taseva and Neviana Vladinova, with whom she won the bronze medal in the team event. She qualified for three apparatus finals, winning bronze in ball and ribbon and placing 7th with hoop.

2021

Kaleyn represented Bulgaria at the 2020 Summer Olympics and finished 5th in the Individual All-around Final.[8]

2022

At the European Championships in Tel Aviv, Kaleyn won team gold, gold with ball and ribbon, silver in all-around, and bronze with hoop. At the World Games in Birmingham, she won hoop gold and silver for ribbon.

2023

At the European Championships in Baku, Kaleyn won team gold, all-around gold, silver with clubs and bronze with hoop. At the World Championships in Valencia, she won team gold, along with silver medals in clubs and ribbon.

Style

Kaleyn is distinctive in her approach to rhythmic gymnastics both for her routine music choices, which use a diverse array of styles from folk music to heavy metal and alternative rock. At the 2022 European Championships where she was successful at winning gold medals in the ribbon and ball apparatus finals, sport commentator Olly Hogben noted she was known for quickly discarding music she didn't have an affinity with.[9] Additionally, a feature of her work is a strong display of pivots, such as fouette turns, often incorporating double and triple pirouettes in a sequence, and side scale pivots.

Routine music information

Year Apparatus Music title
2023 Hoop "Boryano, Balgarko" by Emelina Gorcheva
Ball "Storm" by Otyken
Clubs "L'ambôccá (Steven Richard Davis Remix)" by Califato ¾
Ribbon "Total Eclipse of the Heart" by Bonnie Tyler
2022 Hoop "When You're Good To Mama" from Chicago by Queen Latifah and Taye Diggs
Ball "Creep" by Postmodern Jukebox
Clubs "Mutant Brain (feat. Agent Sasco (Assassin))" by Sam Spiegel & Ape Drums
Ribbon "Izlel ye Delyo Haydutin"
2021 Hoop "Kakamora" from Moana by Mark Mancina
Ball "Vecheray, Rado" by Slavi Trifonov
Clubs "3 to Tango" by Pitbull
Ribbon "Enter Sandman" by New Orleans Band (the first part is from Mozart's Symphony No. 40)
2020 Hoop "Kakamora" from Moana by Mark Mancina
Ball "Vecheray, Rado" by Slavi Trifonov
Clubs "3 to Tango" by Pitbull
Ribbon "Enter Sandman" by New Orleans Band
2019 Hoop "The Phantom of the Opera" by Prague Cello Quartet
Ball "I'm Trouble" by Linda Roan
Clubs (first) "The Road" by Havasi
Clubs (Second) "I'm So Excited (Instrumental)" by Retro Spectres
Ribbon "Dance of Curse" by Yoko Kanno
2018 Hoop "You Don't Own Me" by Grace, G-Eazy
Ball "Can You Hear Me" by Mariana Popova, Orlin Goranov
Clubs "Fireplaces Escape" (Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows – Part 1) by Alexandre Desplat
Ribbon "Kairos" by Derek Hough
2017 Hoop "You Don't Own Me" by Grace, G-Eazy
Ball "Complici" by Musica Nuda
Clubs "Into The Void" by Nine Inch Nails
Ribbon "Gitanos" by Csilla Szentpéteri

Detailed Olympic results

Year Competition Description Location Music Apparatus Rank-Final Score-Final Rank-Qualifying Score-Qualifying
2020 Olympics Tokyo All-around 5th 100.625 8th 95.650
"Kakamora" from Moana by Mark Mancina Hoop 5th 25.900 9th 24.100
"Vecheray, Rado" by Slavi Trifonov Ball 6th 25.625 6th 25.800
"3 to Tango" by Pitbull Clubs 5th 26.650 4th 26.600
"Enter Sandman" by New Orleans Band (the first part is from Mozart's Symphony No. 40) Ribbon 3rd 22.450 18th 19.150

Competitive highlights

(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
2023 World Championships6th1st4th4th2nd 2nd
World Cup Milan4th7th2nd2nd
World Challenge Cup Cluj-Napoca2nd1st1st4th
European Championships1st1st3rd6th2nd
World Cup Athens3rd
Grand Prix Tartu4th7th(Q)9th(Q)3rd1st
2022 World ChampionshipsDNSDNSDNSDNSDNSDNS
World Challenge Cup Cluj-Napoca4th2nd2nd12th (Q)5th
World Games1st5th4th2nd
European Championships2nd1st3rd1st8th1st
World Challenge Cup Pamplona1stWDWDWDWD
World Cup Baku2nd2nd1st10th (Q)1st
World Cup Sofia1st1st1st6th1st
Grand Prix Marbella2nd2nd
2021 World Championships4th4th4th4th8th
World Challenge Cup Cluj-Napoca1st1st1st1st1st
Olympic Games5th
European Championships2nd4th7th6th4th9th (Q)
World Cup Baku2nd9th (Q)3rd2nd1st
World Cup Sofia2nd1st3rd1st1st
Grand Prix Moscow4th3rd3rd1st2nd
2020 European Championships4th
Grand Prix Brno3rd4th1st2nd
2019 World Championships4th6th5th5th10th (Q)12th (Q)
World Challenge Cup Kazan4th4th3rd5th11th (Q)
World Challenge Cup Minsk6th24th (Q)4th6th7th
Grand Prix Brno5th2nd3rd
European Championships3rd7th3rd3rd
World Cup Tashkent2nd8th2nd7th2nd
World Cup Pesaro3rd4th2nd5th
2018
World Championships2nd4th6th
Kazan World Cup4th3rd6th4th7th
Baku World Cup9th4th2nd
Tashkent World Cup9th3rd8th
Grand Prix Thiais3rd5th3rd3rd9th
Sofia World Cup6th3rd5th
Grand Prix Moscow10th2nd1st3rd
2017World Games9th (Q)9th (Q)10th (Q)9th (Q)
World Challenge Cup in Portimao4th5th6th3rd
MT Sofia Cup1st2nd1st1st1st
World Cup Baku9th20th (Q)10th (Q)15th (Q)7th
World Cup Tashkent4th7th7th3rd
Alina International Tournament2nd
2016Corbeil-Essonnes Cup10th
International Tournament of Lisbon4th2nd2nd2nd2nd
Baltic Hoop10th
International: Junior
Year Event AA Team Ball Ribbon Hoop Clubs
2014European Junior Championships4th3rd
National
Year Event AA Team Hoop Ball Clubs Ribbon
2023Bulgarian Championships2nd1st2nd3rd4th
2022Bulgarian Championships1st2nd1st5th1st
2021Bulgarian Championships1st1st1st1st1st
2020Bulgarian Championships1st
2019Bulgarian Championships1st1st2nd1st3rd
2018Bulgarian Championships2nd6th1st3rd2nd
2017Bulgarian Championships3rd2nd3rd1st
Q = Qualifications (Did not advance to Event Final due to the 2 gymnast per country rule, only Top 8 highest score);
WR = World Record; WD = Withdrew; NT = No Team Competition; OC = Out of Competition(competed but scores not counted for qualifications/results), DNS = Did Not Start, DNF = Did Not Finish

References

  1. ↑ "Sofia's Boryana Kaleyn has high hopes for World debut". gymnastics.sport.
  2. ↑ "FIG World standings for rhythmic gymnastics". International Federation of Gymnastics. Retrieved 30 August 2017.
  3. ↑ Stamenova, Borislava (24 March 2021). "Боряна Калейн: Шампионка в няколко тома (ВИДЕО)". btvnovinite.bg (in Bulgarian). Retrieved 20 July 2021.
  4. ↑ "2Boryana Kaleyn – new hope for BUL rhythmic gymnastics". bitelevision. 20 September 1996. Archived from the original on 4 March 2017. Retrieved 4 March 2017.
  5. ↑ "Сензационна Боряна Калейн спечели сребро на турнира в Москва!". topsport.bg. 17 February 2017.
  6. ↑ "Moscow Grand Prix 2018". Archived from the original on 18 June 2018. Retrieved 24 March 2018.
  7. ↑ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 July 2019. Retrieved 20 July 2019.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  8. ↑ "Rhythmic Gymnastics — Individual All-Around — Qualification — Results" (PDF). 2020 Summer Olympics. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 August 2021. Retrieved 6 August 2021.
  9. ↑ "Eurovision Sports Live". www.eurovisionsports.tv.
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