Tzveta Kousseva
| Tsveta Kousseva | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Цвета Кусева | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 6 January 1989 Sofia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Discipline | Rhythmic gymnastics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Country represented |  Bulgaria (2006–2008) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Tzveta Kousseva (Bulgarian: Цвета Кусева; born 6 January 1989) is a Bulgarian former group rhythmic gymnast who now works as a fashion designer. She competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics and won medals at both the World and European championships.
Career
[edit]Kousseva began competing as a member of the national senior group in 2006. She was a member of the club CSKA.[1]
She competed at the 2006 European Championships in Moscow, where she participated in both the 5 ribbons and 3 hoops + 2 clubs routines. The group placed 4th in the all-around and in the 5 ribbons final, and they won bronze in the mixed apparatus final.[2]
The next year, she competed at the 2007 World Championships in Patras. There, the group placed 4th in the all-around. They went on to win the bronze medal in both event finals.[3]
In June 2008, she competed at the European Championships in Torino, where she again competed in both the group's routines, and the group again placed 4th in the all-around. They were 5th in the mixed apparatus final, but they won the bronze medal in the 5 ropes final.[4] In August that year, she participated in her last competition, the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.[5] The Bulgarian group qualified in 5th place,[6] and they placed 5th in the final as well.[7]
After finishing her gymnastics career, Kousseva studied at the University of Architecture, Civil Engineering and Geodesy and also worked as a model.[5] She later began her own fashion brand, with her clothes inspired by her architecture studies, and she opened a boutique in Sofia.[8]
References
[edit]- ^ "Клуб ЦСКА" [Club CSKA]. Bulgarian Rhythmic Gymnastics Federation (in Bulgarian). Retrieved 29 April 2025.
- ^ "22nd European Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships Moscow" (PDF). European Gymnastics. 24 September 2006. Retrieved 29 April 2025.
- ^ "Results for 28th FIG Rhythmic Gymnastics World Championships Patras (GRE)". International Gymnastics Federation. Retrieved 29 April 2025.
- ^ "24th European Championships in Rhythmic Gymnastics Results Book" (PDF). European Gymnastics. 7 June 2008. Retrieved 29 April 2025.
- ^ a b "Бившата гимнастичка Цвета Кусева стана модел" [Former gymnast Tsveta Kousseva has become a model]. Hotnews.bg (in Bulgarian). 13 September 2010. Retrieved 29 April 2025.
- ^ Friday's Olympic Rhythmic Gymnastics Results – AP Worldstream, archived from the original on 12 March 2017, retrieved 14 January 2022
- ^ "Beijing 2008 Gymnastics Rhythmic group competition women Results". Olympics.com. Retrieved 29 April 2025.
- ^ Anastasova, Kamelia (19 May 2015). "Момиче на седмицата: Дизайнерът Цвета Кусева | Lazara.bg" [Girl of the week: Designer Tsveta Kousseva]. Lazara (in Bulgarian). Retrieved 29 April 2025.