Gabriela Atanasova

{{Short description|Bulgarian gymnast (born 1983)}}

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{{MedalCountry | {{BUL}} }}

{{MedalCompetition | European Championships }}

{{MedalBronze| 2001 Geneva|3 Ropes + 2 Balls}}}}

Gabriela Atanasova (Bulgarian: Габриела Атанасова; born 16 November 1983) is a retired Bulgarian rhythmic gymnast.{{Cite web |title=ATANASOVA Gabriela - FIG Athlete Profile |url=https://www.gymnastics.sport/site/athletes/bio_detail.php?id=17610 |access-date=2024-04-19 |website=www.gymnastics.sport}}

Career

Atanasova started her sport career at Levski Sofia.{{Cite web |title=Olympedia – Gabriela Atanasova |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/91252 |access-date=2024-04-19 |website=www.olympedia.org}} Her biggest achievement was competing at the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney as a member of the Bulgarian group along with teammates Zhaneta Ilieva, Proletina Kalcheva, Eleonora Kezhova, Galina Marinova and Kristina Rangelova. The team placed 6th in the preliminaries and 7th in the final.{{Cite web |title=Sydney 2000 Results |url=https://olympics.com/en/olympic-games/sydney-2000/results/gymnastics-rhythmic |website=olympics.com}}

In 2001 she competed at the European Championships in Geneva (with teammates Galina Marinova, Gergana Stefanova, Eleonora Kezhova and Hristina Vitanova). They placed 4th in the all-around and in the 10 clubs final, and they won bronze with 3 ropes and 2 balls.{{Cite web |last="Дневник" |date=2001-06-17 |title=Ансамбълът ни остана на четвърто място |url=https://www.dnevnik.bg/sport/2001/06/17/24623_ansambulut_ni_ostana_na_chetvurto_miasto/amp/ |access-date=2024-04-19 |website=Dnevnik |language=bg}}{{cite web |title=Results Book 2001 European Championships |url=https://backend.europeangymnastics.com/sites/default/files/paragraph/age-group-competition-info/competition-results/Classeur1_2.pdf |publisher=UEG European Gymnastics}}

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