Vanesa Emilova

Vanesa Emilova (born 7 January 2008) is a Bulgarian rhythmic gymnast. She is the 2023 world and European Junior champion with the Bulgarian team.

Personal life
She took up the sport at age three, as a young child she would go to a gymnasium where her parents worked as coaches. Her mother trained in rhythmic gymnastics while her father was involved in artistic gymnastics. She focused on rhythmic gymnastics, and her aunt Nina Sarasakalova became her first coach. Her idol is Bulgarian gymnast Maria Petrova. Outside the gym she enjoys watching artistic gymnastics and Formula One with her father, kart racing, solving the Rubik's Cube, spending time by the sea, hiking in the mountains.

Career
In 2023 she won All-Around gold, 5 balls gold and 5 ropes silver at Miss Valentine. At the Sofia Tournament the junior group won gold in the All-Around and with 5 ropes, bronze with 5 balls. In May she competed at the European Championships in Baku, where she won silver in the All-Around and gold with 5 balls and 5 ropes. In July Vanesa and Eva Emilova, Andrea Ivanova, Krasimira Ivanova, Gabriela Peeva, Tsveteyoana Peycheva became junior All-Around champion and won silver with 5 balls and 5 ropes at the 2nd edition of the tournament in Cluj-Napoca.