Alexandra Kiroi-Bogatyreva
Name:
Alexandra (Sasha) Kiroi-Bogatyreva
Age:
22
Sport:
Rhythmic Gymnastics
Clubs:
Le Ray Gymnastics Academy / Prahran RGSC
Major Career Achievements:
- Commonwealth Games 2018 dual bronze medalist.
- 2018 Australian Senior International Champion – 4 National Titles
- 2019 Australian Senior International Champion ( absolute) – 5 national titles (all around and in each discipline/apparatus)
- Australian top representative at 7 World Cups and 2 World Championships ranking #1 in Oceania.
- 2019 Stelle di Natale International Tournament – 1st place winner
- 2020 Berlin Masters International Tournament – 1 gold, 1 silver and 1 bronze medals.
- 2022 Birmingham Commonwealth Games: Gold in clubs, silver in team event, and bronze in the individual event
- 2022 Maccabiah Games: First Australian rhythmic gymnast to compete, winning five bronze medals
- 2024 European Championships in Budapest: All-around title winner, securing Oceania continental qualification berth for Paris 2024
- Winner of every Australian competition entered in uppermost Senior International level from 2018 (including NSW and VIC State Team qualifiers, Oceania Championship qualifier, Prahran Invitational and NSW State Invitational Tournaments)
Philosophy:
“I think luck has little play when it comes to elite sport. The honour to represent our country comes with hard work, sweat and bruises.” (gymnastics.org.au, 16 Aug 2019)
Biography
When Alexandra had just turned 16, she set a new benchmark in rhythmic gymnastics by being the youngest gymnastics team member at the 2018 Commonwealth Games, where she became a dual bronze medalist. She won every Australian competition at the uppermost Senior International level from 2018. At the Australian Senior International Championships in 2018 and 2019, she won four and then five national titles respectively, becoming Australia’s top representative at seven World Cups and two World Championships, ranking number one in Oceania. She also won gold, silver, and bronze medals at the 2020 Berlin International Masters Tournament, establishing herself as one of the best-performing rhythmic gymnasts in Australian sporting history.
Intensive training sessions in Baku, Azerbaijan, prepared Alexandra for the 2022 Birmingham Commonwealth Games, where she collected gold in clubs, silver in the team event, and bronze in the individual event. In the same year, she competed at the 2022 Maccabiah Games, winning five bronze medals. In May 2024, she competed at the European Championships in Budapest, which also served as the Oceania Championships, and won the all-around title, securing the Oceania qualification berth for Paris 2024.
On 18th June, Alexandra Kiroi-Bogatyreva was officially announced as a member of the Australian Olympic Team for Paris 2024. Watch out world, here comes our Olympian Sasha!
Maccabi Victoria Wishes Sasha All The Best in Paris!
