Rachel Stoyanov

[2] She started practicing rhythmic gymnastics at the age of 4, when her mother took her to the Levski Club in Sofia, where Neshka Robeva trained her.

In October, she participated in the International RG Online Tournament in Moscow organized by Irina Viner, where she obtained ninth place in the all-around and the silver medal with the hoop.

[2] At the end of the 2021 season, Stoyanov was selected to compete with the Bulgarian group, led by Vesela Dimitrova and her assistant Mihaela Maevska.

In February 2022, the International Gymnastics Federation (FIG) approved her change of nationality to represent Bulgaria and leave North Macedonia.

[7] She was selected to compete at 2022 Rhythmic Gymnastics European Championships in Tel Aviv, Israel with the group, along with her teammates Zhenina Trashlieva, Sofia Ivanova, Kamelia Petrova, Vaya Draganova and Margarita Vasileva.

They won the all-around gold and as well as the mixed apparatus final, and they obtained a group quota for the Olympic Games in Paris 2024.

[11] At the 2023 European Championships, held in Baku, Stoyanov won gold medals in both the group all-around and team competition.

They also won gold in the Team event together with the individual gymnasts, Boryana Kaleyn, Elvira Krasnobaeva and Stiliana Nikolova.

[15] In August, Stoyanov was selected to compete as part of the group at the Olympic Games in Paris, where she, Kamelia Petrova, Sofia Ivanova, Margarita Vasileva and Magdalina Minevska, took fourth place in the final after making mistakes in their 5 hoops routine.