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Alexandra Kiroi-Bogatyreva
Kiroi-Bogatyreva at the 2022 Oceania Championships
Personal information
Nickname(s)Alex, Sasha
Born (2002-03-04) 4 March 2002 (age 22)
Wellington, New Zealand
HometownMelbourne
Height173 cm (5 ft 8 in)
Gymnastics career
DisciplineRhythmic gymnastics
Country represented Australia
Years on national team2015–present
Training locationBaku, Azerbaijan
LevelSenior International
ClubLe Ray Gymnastics Academy
Head coach(es)Dani Le Ray
Medal record
Rhythmic gymnastics
Representing  Australia
Commonwealth Games
Gold medal – first place 2022 Birmingham Clubs
Silver medal – second place 2022 Birmingham Team
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Gold Coast Team
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Gold Coast Ball
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Birmingham All-around
Maccabiah Games
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Israel All-around
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Israel Hoop
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Israel Ball
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Israel Clubs
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Israel Ribbon
Oceania Championships
Gold medal – first place 2022 Australia Team
Gold medal – first place 2024 Budapest All-around
Silver medal – second place 2023 Philippines Team

Alexandra Kiroi-Bogatyreva (born 4 March 2002)[1] is an Australian rhythmic gymnast. She is the 2022 Commonwealth Games clubs champion, team silver medalist, and all-around bronze medalist. She also won two bronze medals at the 2018 Commonwealth Games She is a four-time Australian all-around champion. She will represent Australia at the 2024 Summer Olympics.

Early life

Born in Wellington, New Zealand, Kiroi-Bogatyreva was raised in Melbourne, Australia. Her mother, Valeriya, was a Dancesport competitor, competing in ballroom and latin dance for 15 years.[2] Kiroi-Bogatyreva is Jewish.[3] She started gymnastics and ballet at the age of two and shifted to practicing rhythmic gymnastics at the age of two at Prahran Rhythmic Gymnastics Specialist Centre in Windsor, an inner South-Eastern suburb of Melbourne.[4][2] She attended The King David School in Armadale.[5]

Early international career (2012–2017)

Kiroi-Bogatyreva first competed internationally in 2012, marking her debut with an all-around gold medal at the 2012 Vitri Cup in Spain, organised by Olena Vitrichenko.[6][7] She won the national title for level 9 juniors in 2015.[8]

In 2016, she took second place in the all-around at the Stelle di Natale in Italy and competed at the AEON Cup in Tokyo, Japan, the field for which included 2016 Olympic medallists and other leading gymnasts from over 20 nations.[9] In 2017, she won first place at the 2017 Luxembourg Cup and placed 11th at the 2017 FIG Aphrodite Cup in Greece, and she also competed in the junior section of the Holon RG Grand Prix in Israel.[10] Early in 2018, she was third in the all-around at the inaugural Australia Cup, which was a qualification event for 2018 Commonwealth Games.[8][11]

Senior international career (2018–current)

2018

Kiroi-Bogatyreva became eligible to compete as an international senior in 2018. Her first major senior international event was the 2018 Commonwealth Games. She turned 16 shortly before the Games began.[8][12][13] She won bronze medals in the rhythmic gymnastics ball and team events; the team of three gymnasts included Enid Sung and Danielle Prince.[14][15]

After the 2018 Commonwealth Games, Kiroi-Bogatyreva made her World Cup debut in Baku where she competed at AGF Trophy World Cup. She went on to compete in the 2018 World Challenge Cup series in Guadalajara, Spain and Portimão, Portugal.[2]

At the 2018 Australian Gymnastics Championships, she won her first senior national title.[16][17]

In September 2018, Kiroi-Bogatyreva represented Australia at the 2018 Rhythmic Gymnastics World Championships in Sofia, Bulgaria.[2]

2019

Alexandra Kiroi-Bogatyreva at 2019 Rhythmic Gymnastics World Championships. Photo: Alex Bogatyrev
Kiroi-Bogatyreva at the 2019 World Championships

At the 2019 Australian Gymnastics Championships, Kiroi-Bogatyreva successfully defended her national title, winning all 5 available gold medals and leading her state team (Victoria) to a team medal.[18][19]

Kiroi-Bogatyreva again represented Australia at the 2019 Rhythmic Gymnastics World Championships in Baku, Azerbaijan.[2]

2020

In 2020, Kiroi-Bogatyreva competed at the 18th Berlin Masters, taking a gold medal in the clubs final, silver medal in the ball final and bronze medal in hoop.[20] The 2020 season was interrupted by COVID in March. Kiroi-Bogatyreva qualified to compete at 2020 Oceania Championships in New Zealand and was registered for three events of the World Cup Series. Unfortunately, all events were cancelled and Kiroi-Bogatyreva spent nearly a year training out of her garage.[1]

2021

In 2021, Kiroi-Bogatyreva ranked 33rd in the FIG World Ranking - World Challenge Cup Ranking List 2021.[21] She also joined the FIG Safeguarding Working Group set up by the International Gymnastics Federation (FIG) and the Gymnastics Ethics Foundation.[22]

At the Australian Gymnastics Championships, she took three national titles in individual apparatus in hoop, ball and clubs, as well as a silver medal in ribbon.

Kiroi-Bogatryeva was second at the 2021 Oceania Championships, which doubled as the Australian Championships that year.[23] There was controversy over the results. During the all-around event, Lidiia Iakovleva appealed her ribbon score; her score was increased on review, and the new score put her into first overall ahead of Kiroi-Bogatyreva, who missed out on both the all-around championship title and the Olympic berth it conferred. Kiroi-Bogatyreva appealed the competition results. The Gymnastics Ethics Foundation ultimately upheld the placements after video review of the routines, but found issues with the makeup of the judging panel and procedures at the competition.[24]

Early in October, Kiroi-Bogatyreva participated in the last event of 2021 FIG Rhythmic Gymnastics World Cup series, the World Challenge Cup at Cluj-Napoca in Romania.[25]

The 2021 Rhythmic Gymnastics World Championships were held from 27 to 31 October 2021 in Kitakyushu, Japan, and Kiroi-Bogatyreva again represented Australia there.

In December, she became a guest of the Azerbaijan Gymnastics Federation. She began to train at the National Gymnastics Centre in Baku, Azerbaijan.[26][27] She also took part in an experimental international tournament called "Divine Grace" organised by Olympic Champion Alina Kabaeva. Kiroi-Bogatyreva finished in 7th place. Her performance was noted in the Russian media.[28]

2022

Alexandra Kiroi-Bogatyreva with a ball
Kiroi-Bogatryreva performs a side balance with her ball at the 2022 Oceania Championships

In 2022, after attending two of five World Cups, Kiroi-Bogatyreva ranked 38th in the World on the World Cup Ranking List 2022.[29]

She was inducted into Maccabi Victoria Hall of Fame in March for her contribution to sport, promotion of sport in community and advocacy for women in sport.[30]

In May 2022 at the Australian Gymnastics Championship, Kiroi-Bogatyreva regained the individual all-around national title, while adding two more individual apparatus national titles and a team gold medal.[31][32]

After successfully qualifying for the 2022 World Games in 2019, Kiroi-Bogatyreva took part in the event, hosted in Birmingham, Alabama, USA. Day one of the competition saw her place 12th in ball and 20th in hoop, scoring 29.250 and 27.700 respectively. The second day of competition saw her finish 14th in ribbon and 15th in clubs, with scores of 27.900 and 28.950 respectively.[33]

Only days after representing Australia at the World Games, Kiroi-Bogatyreva, who is a Maccabi Australia member, joined the Australian team in Tel-Aviv, Israel, for the Maccabiah Games 2022. She stood with Israelis Daria Atamanov and Noga Blok on the podium, taking 5 bronze medals.

She then made her second Commonwealth Games appearance at Birmingham 2022.[34] There she won her first career Commonwealth Games gold in the individual clubs final, which came after bronze in the individual all-around final and a team silver, completing a full set of medals from 2022 Games.[35]

Kiroi-Bogatyreva concluded her 2022 season by taking part in 2022 Rhythmic Gymnastics World Championships in Sofia, Bulgaria.

In September, she was announced as a Sports Australia Hall of Fame Scholarship holder Tier 2.[1]

On 6 November 2022 Kiroi-Bogatyreva attended an award ceremony at Government House, Melbourne where Governor of Victoria, Her Excellency the Honourable Linda Dessau awarded Alexandra Australian Sport Medal (ASM) for her achievements at the 2022 Commonwealth Games.[36]

2023

In April, Kiroi-Bogatyreva took part in the Thais Grand Prix. She ranked 10th in the all-around and became the first Australian rhythmic gymnast to qualify into the finals of a Grand Prix event after she qualified into the hoop and ribbon finals.

In May, Kiroi-Bogatyreva defended her all-around national championship title for the 4th time.[37] She became the 8th rhythmic gymnast to be included on Gymnastics Australia's Athlete Roll of Honour.

She returned to Sofia, Bulgaria for the World Cup, Sofia 2023 for her first competition of the 2023 FIG Rhythmic Gymnastics World Cup series. Later, Kiroi-Bogatyreva competed at 2023 Baku World Cup and the inaugural Milan World Cup in Italy. She also competed at the Cluj-Napoca World Challenge Cup in Romania.[38]

Kiroi-Bogatyreva was the only Australian individual representative at the 40th FIG World RG Championship, held in Valencia, Spain in August 2023. She maintained a top position among the representatives of the Commonwealth and Oceania nations, ranking 37th out of 82 gymnasts at the event.[39][40][26]

2024

Kiroi-Bogatyreva placed 14th at the Marbella Grand Prix.[41] To conclude first quarter of the 2024 season, Kiroi-Bogatyreva competed in 2024 FIG Athens World Cup in Greece.[42]

The second quarter of 2024 for Kiroi-Bogatyreva was mainly dedicated to Olympic qualification via the continental championship quota. She competed in Sofia at the Bulgarian International Tournament in early April, a prequalifying event for the Australian team. While preparing for the Continental (Oceania) Championships, Kiroi-Bogatyreva took part in the 2024 FIG Baku World Cup and inaugural 2024 Rhythmic Gymnastics European Cup, with both events taking place in Azerbaijan.[43][44] She was the only non-European to compete at the European Cup, and she came in 10th place.[44] In May, she competed at 2024 European Championships in Budapest, Hungary, which also doubled as the 2024 Oceania Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships. She won the all-around title and thus claimed the Oceania continental qualification quota for Paris 2024.[45]

Personal life

Since 2021, Kiroi-Bogatyreva has been studying for a law degree at Monash University.[46] She is involved with the Gymnastics Ethics Foundation.[1]

Awards and accolades

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