Paulina Nikolova

Paulina Nikolova née Kratseva is a retired Bulgarian rhythmic gymnast and coach. She was a double gold medalist at the World Championships.

Biography
Paulina was a member of the Bulgarian national senior group that won All-Around gold at the 1983 World Championships in Strasbourg. Two years later the group retained the medal at the 1985 World Championships in Valladolid.

After her retirement from the sport she had three children with former football player, who represented Bulgaria at the 1986 World Cup, Iliya Dyakov: Paola, Denis and Stiliana who is a successful rhythmic gymnast. She currently lives with her family in Cairo, Egypt, where she and her daughter Paola work as rhythmic gymnastics coaches.