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Full name  Zhaneta Tosheva Ilieva
Head coach(es)  Tatiana Stoianova
Height  1.76 m
Residence  Sofia, Bulgaria
Assistant coach(es)  Ina Ananieva
Weight  54 kg

Years on national team  1988–2004
Name  Zhaneta Ilieva
Disciplines  Rhythmic gymnastics
Club  Club Iliana Levski
Role  Gymnast
Country represented  Bulgaria
Born  3 October 1984 (age 38) Veliko Tarnovo, Bulgaria (1984-10-03)
Olympic medals  Gymnastics at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Women's rhythmic group all-around
Similar People  Vladislava Tancheva, Olesya Belugina, Fabrizia D'Ottavio, Laura Vernizzi, Elisa Santoni

BUL~ 3 Hoops 2 Balls @ '04 Athens OG


Zhaneta Tosheva Ilieva (Bulgarian: Жанета Тошева Илиева; born October 3, 1984 in Veliko Tarnovo) is a retired Bulgarian rhythmic gymnast. She is a two-time member of the Bulgarian rhythmic gymnastics team at the World Championships, and contributed to a silver medal in the group all-around in 2003. The following year, at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Ilieva helped her squad claim a bronze medal in the same program before her official retirement from the sport.

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2000–2003

Ilieva made her senior official debut in 1999, and later competed as part of the Bulgarian women's rhythmic gymnastics team at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, where she placed seventh in the group all-around tournament with a composite score of 38.432 (19.166 for five clubs and 19.266 for two hoops and three ribbons).

At the 2002 World Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships in New Orleans, Louisiana, United States, Ilieva and her Bulgarian team finished fourth in the same program with a score in 47.050, missing out the medal podium by 350-thousandths of a point.

The following year, at the 2003 World Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships in Budapest, Hungary, Ilieva pulled off the second highest score both in ribbons and in hoops and clubs to hand the Bulgarians a silver medal in the group all-around tournament (a score of 50.175), and a qualifying ticket to her second Olympics.

2004 Summer Olympics

At the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Ilieva competed for the Bulgarian women's rhythmic gymnastics team in the group all-around tournament, after receiving a qualifying berth from the World Championships. Teaming with Eleonora Kezhova, Zornitsa Marinova, Kristina Rangelova, and twin sisters Galina and Vladislava Tancheva in the competition, Ilieva performed a double routine using five ribbons (23.400) and a combination of three hoops and two balls (25.200) to deliver the Bulgarian squad a bronze-medal score in 48.600.

Life after gymnastics

Shortly after the Olympics, Ilieva announced his retirement from rhythmic gymnastics to further pursue her degree in sports journalism at the National Sports Academy in Sofia, and later worked as a recreational and competitive team and individual coach for the Bulgarian team.

References

Zhaneta Ilieva Wikipedia