Antoaneta Tsankova

Tsankova took up the sport when she was six years old.^[2] In 2023 she won gold in the All-Around among pre juniors at the Bulgarian Championships, repeating the result with ball and with clubs, winning a silver medal with ribbon as well.^[3][4] In October she was selected to integrate the national team.^[5]

The following year she won silver at the national clubs championships, representing Avangard with Svetlizara Petkova and Yuliana Dimitrova.^[6] In April she competed out of competition at the 2024 Sofia Cup.^[7] Later that year she took bronze at nationals, behind Alexandra Petrova and Siyana Alekova.^[8] In June she was confirmed into the national team.^[9] That year she also won two silver and one bronze medals at the Balkan Games.^[2]

In 2025 she was 5th with ball and won gold with hoop at the Bosphorus Cup.^[10][11] At the Sofia Cup she won gold in teams, as part of "Bulgaria 1", as well as in the clubs final.^[12][13] On May 1-4, she competed at European Cup Baku and won gold medal in team (with Aleksa Rasheva and Magdalena Valkova) and with clubs.^[14][15][16] At the stage in her native Burgas she was 4th with ball and again won gold in teams, with Valokova and Anastasia Kaleva.^[17][18][19] She then was crowned vice champion of Bulgaria, winning gold with clubs.^[2][20] At the Balkan Championships she took gold with clubs.^[21] In December she topped the All-Around among juniors at the "Christmas Stars" tournament.^[22]

In late January 2026 she took 4th place at the first national control training, behind Dea Emilova, Viktoria Lilkina and Siyana Alekova.^[23][24]