Rhythmic Gymnastics Carrier

Maria Gateva was four years old when she made the first steps in Rhythmic Gymnastics in 1983 – the generation of the Bulgarian “Golden girls”.  Her first coach was Maria Kyzmanova. She was followed by Valentina Ganeva, Krasimira Filipova and Neshka Robeva. Maria became part of the Bulgarian National Rhythmic Gymnastics team in 1993 and continued to compete under the Bulgarian flag for 6 years. 

She took part in several European and World competitions and her best achivements were:

1994, 1995: National champion - senior, individual Rhythmic Gymnastics   

1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998: National team champion - Rhythmic Gymnastics

1995: 7^th place at European cup, Telford – individual RG; 6^th place on ball; 4^th on ribbon

1994: 3^rd place at European Championships – team, RG

1993: 1^st place at European Championships – team, RG