Stella Salapatiyska

Stella Salapatiyska
Стела Салапатийска
Born	(1979-04-25) 25 April 1979 (age 45) Plovdiv, Bulgaria
Gymnastics career
Discipline	Rhythmic Gymnastics
Country represented	Bulgaria
Years on national team	1993-1997
Level	International Elite
Head coach(es)	Neshka Robeva
Retired	yes
Medal record Representing  Bulgaria Rhythmic Gymnastics Junior European Championships 1993 Bucharest Team 1993 Bucharest All-Around European Championships 1996 Asker Team

Stela Salapatiyska (Bulgarian: Стела Салапатийска; born 25 April 1979) is a former Bulgarian rhythmic gymnast and coach. She is a multpiple European Championships medalist.

Career

Stella won the bronze medal in the All-Around and gold in teams, along Boriana Docheva and Elena Stefanova, at the 1993 Junior European Championships held in Bucharest.^[1]

At the 1996 European Championships in Asker she won team bronze, alongside Diana Popova, as well as placing fifth in the individual All-Around competition and seventh in the ball final.^[2]

In 1997 at the European Championships in Patras she placed seventh in the All-Around, sixth in the rope final and seventh in the ribbon final.^[3]

After her retirement, she has worked as a coach for gymnasts of national interest such as Elizabeth Paisieva and Stela Sultanova.^[4]

References

1. "9. (4. Junior) European Championships in Bucharest, Romania (20.-23. May 1993)". r-gymnast.bplaced.net. Retrieved 2024-03-25.
2. "Results Book 1996 European Championships" (PDF). UEG European Gymnastics.
3. "Results Book 1997 European Championships" (PDF). UEG European Gymnastics.
4. "История на БФХГ". www.fbgr.org (in Bulgarian). Retrieved 2024-03-25.