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| Born | (1996-03-03) March 3, 1996 (age 28) Bulgaria | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Hometown | Baku, Azerbaijan | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 168 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 45 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Gymnastics career | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Discipline | Rhythmic gymnastics | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Country represented |  Azerbaijan | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Ocaq Sport club | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Retired | yes | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Siyana Vasileva (Bulgarian: Сияна Василева; born 3 March 1996) is a retired Azerbaijani group rhythmic gymnast from Bulgaria. She is the 2014 European 3 Balls + 2 Ribbons silver and the 2018 European 3 Balls + 2 Ropes bronze medalist.
Career
Senior
She competed at the European Championships in 2014 (Baku), where she was placed 2nd in the apparatus final with 3 ribbons and 2 balls. She also competed at the European Championships 2018 in Guadalarajara, Spain and was placed 3rd in the apparatus final with 3 balls and 2 ropes. She competed the 2018 World Championships in Sofia, Bulgaria, where she was placed 7th in Group All-around competition. She was also part of the group that took 8th place in All-around at the 2019 World Championships in Baku, Azerbaijan.
Post-competitive career
In 2021, she was elected FIG Athletes Representative in Rhythmic Gymnastics, as the successor to Liubou Charkashyna (BLR), who had been the athletes' representative of the World Gymnastics Federation for Rhythmic Gymnastics since 2013.
In 2024, she was sanctioned by the Gymnastics Ethics Foundation, along with her mother, Mariana Vasileva, and another coach, after an investigation found that she had hit a gymnast with a phone. She was required to undergo safeguarding training and monitoring.
Personal life
While living in Bulgaria, she trained in rhythmic gymnastics as a child until aged 12 and competed for a short time as an individual gymnast, representing Bulgaria. She is the oldest daughter of Azerbaijani rhythmic gymnastics former head coach and deputy minister of sport Mariana Vasileva. Her mother, who was then the national coach of the Bulgarian rhythmic gymnastics team, was hired to coach the Azerbaijani national rhythmic gymnastics team. The Azerbaijani team was preparing for the European Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships in 2009, which were held in Baku. The family relocated from Sofia, Bulgaria and moved to Baku in October 2008. She has a younger sister named Valeria, who also trained as a rhythmic gymnast.
She attended the Azerbaijan State Academy of Physical Education and Sport. In addition to her native Bulgarian, she speaks fluent Azeri, Russian, and English. She lives in Baku and is studying as of 2022 with the goal of becoming a psychologist.
References
- "Vasileva Siyana". Retrieved 2 January 2022.
- "VASILEVA Siyana - FIG Athlete Profile". www.gymnastics.sport. Retrieved 2023-08-07.
- "Gymnastics - Siyana Vasileva". Retrieved 2 January 2022.
- "Siyana Vasileva elected FIG Athletes Representive [sic] in Rhythmic Gymnastics". 1 November 2021. Retrieved 2 January 2022.
- "The GEF Disciplinary Commission Panel sanctioned Azerbaijan's former Rhythmic Gymnastics Head Coach, the current acting Head Coach, a Coach, and the Azerbaijan Gymnastics Federation (AGF)". GEF. 2024-12-31. Retrieved 2024-12-31.
- Asgarov, SmartScoring | Developed by: Ayaz. "Mariana Vasileva". agf.az. Retrieved 2024-05-30.
- "Mariana Vasileva: Finding a New Home". www.ijf.org. Retrieved 2024-05-30.
- "Vasileva Siyana | Coach". agf.az. Retrieved 2024-05-30.
- Asgarov, SmartScoring | Developed by: Ayaz. "Mariana Vasileva". agf.az. Retrieved 2024-05-30.
- "Сияна Василева: В зале моя мама - босс, а дома мы - подружки. Я ей очень горжусь". 1news.az (in Russian). Retrieved 2024-05-30.