Boryana Kaleyn

Boryana Kaleyn
Boryana Kaleyn
Full name	Boryana Nikolaeva Kaleyn
Nickname(s)	Buba, Bubi
Country represented	Bulgaria
Born	23 August 2000 (age 23); Sofia, Bulgaria
Hometown	Sofia
Residence	Sofia
Height	168 cm (5 ft 6 in)
Weight	51 kg (112 lb)
Discipline	Rhythmic gymnastics
Level	Senior Elite
Years on national team	2011 – present
Club	Levski Triaditsa
Gym	Rakovski
Head coach(es)	Branimira Markova
Assistant coach(es)	Mariana Pamukova
World ranking	11 WC 19 WCC (2017 Season)
Medal record
Rhythmic Gymnastics
Representing Bulgaria
Representing Bulgaria
World Championships
European Championships
World Games
Grand Prix Final
Junior European Championships

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), twice silver medalist (in 2018 and 2023) and once bronze medalist (in 2017).

Career[edit]

Junior[edit]

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[edit]

2016[edit]

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[edit]

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,^{[clarification needed]} 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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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

2022[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

Year	Apparatus	Music title
2024
	Hoop	"특(S-Class)" by Stray Kids
	Ball	Never Enough (The Greatest Showman) by Loren Allred
	Clubs	SOS d'un terrien en détresse by Dimash Qudaibergen
	Ribbon	The Power In Me by Emelina Gorcheva
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[edit]

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[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 Sofia	1st		8th	8th	2nd	6th
2024	IT Sofia Cup	1st			2nd	2nd	2nd
2023	World Championships	6th	1st	4th	4th	2nd	2nd
	World Cup Milan	4th		7th	2nd		2nd
	World Challenge Cup Cluj-Napoca	2nd			1st	1st	4th
	European Championships	1st	1st	3rd	6th	2nd
	World Cup Athens	3rd
	Grand Prix Tartu	4th		7th(Q)	9th(Q)	3rd	1st
2022	World Championships	DNS	DNS	DNS	DNS	DNS	DNS
	World Challenge Cup Cluj-Napoca	4th		2nd	2nd	12th (Q)	5th
	World Games			1st	5th	4th	2nd
	European Championships	2nd	1st	3rd	1st	8th	1st
	World Challenge Cup Pamplona	1st		WD	WD	WD	WD
	World Cup Baku	2nd		2nd	1st	10th (Q)	1st
	World Cup Sofia	1st		1st	1st	6th	1st
	Grand Prix Marbella	2nd					2nd
2021	World Championships	4th		4th	4th	4th	8th
	World Challenge Cup Cluj-Napoca	1st		1st	1st	1st	1st
	Olympic Games	5th
	European Championships	2nd	4th	7th	6th	4th	9th (Q)
	World Cup Baku	2nd		9th (Q)	3rd	2nd	1st
	World Cup Sofia	2nd		1st	3rd	1st	1st
	Grand Prix Moscow	4th		3rd	3rd	1st	2nd
2020	European Championships	4th
2020	Grand Prix Brno	3rd		4th		1st	2nd
2019	World Championships	4th	6th	5th	5th	10th (Q)	12th (Q)
	World Challenge Cup Kazan	4th		4th	3rd	5th	11th (Q)
	World Challenge Cup Minsk	6th		24th (Q)	4th	6th	7th
	Grand Prix Brno	5th		2nd	3rd
	European Championships		3rd	7th	3rd		3rd
	World Cup Tashkent	2nd		8th	2nd	7th	2nd
	World Cup Pesaro	3rd		4th	2nd	5th
2018
	World Championships		2nd	4th			6th
	Kazan World Cup	4th		3rd	6th	4th	7th
	Baku World Cup	9th		4th		2nd
	Tashkent World Cup	9th		3rd			8th
	Grand Prix Thiais	3rd		5th	3rd	3rd	9th
	Sofia World Cup	6th		3rd	5th
	Grand Prix Moscow	10th		2nd	1st		3rd
2017	World Games			9th (Q)	9th (Q)	10th (Q)	9th (Q)
	World Challenge Cup in Portimao	4th		5th	6th	3rd
	MT Sofia Cup	1st		2nd	1st	1st	1st
	World Cup Baku	9th		20th (Q)	10th (Q)	15th (Q)	7th
	World Cup Tashkent	4th		7th	7th	3rd
	Alina International Tournament	2nd
2016	Corbeil-Essonnes Cup	10th
	International Tournament of Lisbon	4th		2nd	2nd	2nd	2nd
	Baltic Hoop	10th
International: Junior
Year	Event	AA	Team	Ball	Ribbon	Hoop	Clubs
2014	European Junior Championships	4th		3rd
National
Year	Event	AA	Team	Hoop	Ball	Clubs	Ribbon
2023	Bulgarian Championships	2nd		1st	2nd	3rd	4th
2022	Bulgarian Championships	1st		2nd	1st	5th	1st
2021	Bulgarian Championships	1st		1st	1st	1st	1st
2020	Bulgarian Championships	1st
2019	Bulgarian Championships	1st		1st	2nd	1st	3rd
2018	Bulgarian Championships	2nd		6th	1st	3rd	2nd
2017	Bulgarian Championships	3rd		2nd	3rd		1st
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[edit]

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

External links[edit]

Boryana KALEYN at the International Gymnastics Federation
Boryana Kaleyn on Instagram

[1] "Sofia's Boryana Kaleyn has high hopes for World debut". gymnastics.sport.

[figws17-2] "FIG World standings for rhythmic gymnastics". International Federation of Gymnastics. Retrieved 30 August 2017.

[KaleynBiography-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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