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Bulgarian rhythmic gymnast From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Simona Peycheva (Bulgarian: Симона Пейчева, born 14 May 1985, in Sofia) is a rhythmic gymnast who represented Bulgaria at the 2004 and 2008 Olympics.[1] She is a vice-World all-around champion from 2001 Madrid and a World champion with hoop, ball and clubs as well as a vice-champion with rope.
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| Country represented |  Bulgaria | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 14 May 1985 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Discipline | Rhythmic gymnastics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Peycheva started rhythmic gymnastics in 1991 under coach Marietta Dukova.[2]
She won three gold medals (hoop, ball, and clubs), two silver medals (all-around and rope), and one bronze medal (team) at the 2001 World Championships.[2][3] At the 2004 Olympics in Athens, she placed 6th in the final[1] with a total score of 101.050 (hoop 25.375, ball 25.675, clubs 25.600, ribbon 24.400).[2] At the 2008 Olympics in Beijing, she finished 10th.[1]
| Olympic Games | Apparatus | Score (final) | Score (qualifying) | Music[4] |
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| Athens 2004 | Ribbon | 24.400 | 23.725 | Navras (Don Davis & Juno Reactor) |
| Ball | 25.675 | 24.800 | Prokliatieto (Isihia) | |
| Hoop | 25.375 | 25.475 | Handel's Sarabande (Maksim Mrvica) | |
| Clubs | 25.600 | 24.700 | ||
| All-around | 101.050 | 98.700 | ||
| Beijing 2008 | Ribbon | 15.750 | 16.675 | Overture (Andrew Lloyd Webber) |
| Rope | 15.975 | 16.900 | Berlin Foot Chase (John Powell) | |
| Hoop | 16.975 | 17.125 | Summertime (Rick Wakeman) | |
| Clubs | 16.775 | 16.475 | Korana (Balkanika) | |
| All-around | 65.475 | 67.175 | ||
Peycheva is married to Goran Petrov and has a son named Aleksey.
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