Danaya Atanasova

Danaya Atanasova (Bulgarian: Даная Атанасова; born 1 April 2007) is a Bulgarian rhythmic gymnast. She represents Bulgaria as part of the national senior group.

Personal life Atanasova is the niece of former Bulgarian national team gymnast Boryana Gineva, who had been her coach for years.

Career In 2023 Atanasova won bronze in the national club championships along Mia Alexandrova, Arina Shvets, Ivon Boshkilova, Radina Stoyanova, Anania Dimitrova, Plamena Petrova, Antonia Marinova, Eleonora Ivanova and Eva Emilova. The following year she competed in the Sofia International Tournament.

In December 2024, following the retirement of Kamelia Petrova, Margarita Vasileva and Magdalina Minevska, she became a starter along Rachel Stoyanov, Sofia Ivanova (who became the new captain), Alina Kolomiets, Suzan Pouladian and Viktoria Georgieva with Sofia Pavlova and Ivon Boshkilova as reserves.

In April 2025 the new group debuted at their domestic World Cup stage in Sofia, being 4th in the All-Around and winning gold with 5 ribbons. In Baku they won gold in the All-Around and bronze with 3 balls & 2 hoops. In May, they won gold medals in cross battle at both European Cups (Baku, Burgas). Next month, they competed at the 2025 European Championships in Tallinn, Estonia. Due to many mistakes in both routines, they finished on 15th place in all-around and failed to qualify to apparatus finals. In July, the group won bronze medal in 5 Ribbons final of World Challenge Cup in Cluj-Napoca. In August she was selected to compete at the 2025 World Championships in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil along Rachel Stoyanov, Sofia Ivanova, Alina Kolomiets and Emilia Obretenova. They took 6th place in the All-Around, after a drop in mixed routine, winning silver in the team event together with Eva Brezalieva and Stiliana Nikolova.