Raya Bozhilova

Raya Bozhilova (Bulgarian: Рая Божилова, born 12 October 2010) is a Bulgarian rhythmic gymnast.^[1] She represents Bulgaria in international competitions.

In 2018, Bozhilova was selected to perform exhibitions at the World Championships in Sofia.^[2] In 2021 she helped Levski Iliana win bronze at the Bulgarian club championships along Magdalena Valkova and Raya Chervenkova.^[3] The following year she won silver in the national group championships along Raya Chervenkova, Magdalena Valkova, Ambra-Maria Dimitrova and Valentina Kostadinova.^[4]

In 2023,Bozhilova, Andrea Gyoreva, Karina Petrova, Emilia Obretenova, Emona Tsenova, Dara Stoyanova, Magdalena Valkova, Slaveya Donova, Victoria Evtimov, Monika Mladenova, Tatyana Volozhanina, Stiliana Nikolova and Alexandra Petrova won the national club championships as part of Iliana.^[5] In October she entered the national team of Bulgaria.^[6]

The following year she was selected for the national junior group.^[7] In 2025 she won silver overall and gold with 5 hoops at the Bosphorus Cup.^[8][9][10] Later the group won bronze in the All-Around and gold with 5 hoops at the Aphrodite Cup in Athens.^{[11][12][13][14]} At the Sofia Cup they won gold in the All-Around and with 5 hoops.^[15] Competing at the European Cup in Baku the group won all three gold medals.^[16][17] They repeated the same results in Burgas.^[18][19][20] In May she took part in the European Championships in Tallin, where she helped the group win bronze with 10 clubs.^{[21][22][23][24]}