Gymnast Alexandra Kiroi-Bogatyreva will represent Australia at the Paris Olympics

A four-time Australian all-around champion, 2022 Commonwealth Games clubs champion, team silver medalist, and all-around bronze medalist, Alexandra Kiroi-Bogatyreva won the all-around at the 2024 Oceania Championships and will represent Australia at the 2024 Summer Olympics.

Alexandra Kiroi-Bogatyreva at all-around qualifications; 39th FIG Rhythmic Gymnastics World Championships on 14.09.2022 at the Arena Armeec in Sofia. Photo: Ulrich Fassbender Source: Supplied / Ulrich Fassbender/Photo: Ulrich Fassbender

Key Points

• Born in Wellington, New Zealand, Alexandra moved with her family to Melbourne when she was 12 months old.
• She became the Australian Gymnastics Champion in 2018, 2019, 2022 and 2023.
• After the COVID-19 pandemic, Alexandra is training in Baku.
• In addition to gymnastics, she is studying law at Monash University in Melbourne.

“I've been working towards this for a very long time,” Alexandra Kiroy-Bogatyreva said in an interview with SBS Russian. “I've been training so much, I've had so many tears, so many hard days that no one has seen except my coaches and friends.”

And finally knowing that I will be participating in the Olympics soon is priceless. I am very grateful to everyone who helped me achieve this goal.

Aleksandra Kiroy-Bogatyreva