Kristina Shikerova

Kristina Shikerova is a retired Bulgarian rhythmic gymnast. She competed as both an individual and group member and won medals at the European Championships and World Championships. She now works as a coach.

Personal life Shikerova has three children with a businessman whom she was married to for over twenty years before they divorced. She coaches her daughter Siyana in gymnastics. In 2023, she received a degree in sports from the National Sports Academy "Vasil Levski".

Career Shikerova began training in artistic gymnastics at age 6 and was introduced to rhythmic gymnastics at age 7 by a coach she met at a competition. She joined the national team at age 10, where she trained for 14-15 hours a day. Her best performance at an international competition was that October at the 1991 World Championship in Piraeus, where she won the silver medal in the rope final and another silver medal in the team competition, along with her teammates, Mila Marinova and Maria Petrova. She was also fourth in the individual all-around as well as in the hoop final.

In 1993, Shikerova became a member of the national group. As part of the group, she competed at the 1993 Bucharest European Championships. There, she and the group won two silver medals, in the all-around and in six ropes, as well as the gold medal in four hoops and two pairs of club.,

Shikerova retired in 1994 and began coaching at Levski Club. After coaching there for more than a decade, in 2017, she founded her own gymnastics club.