Riselda Selaj

Riselda Selaj
— Gymnast ♀ —

Riselda Selaj on beam during European Championship in Birmingham 2010
Personal information
Country represented  Albania
Born (1993-04-07) April 7, 1993
Hometown Tirana, Albania
Height 5 ft 7 in (170 cm)
Discipline Women's artistic gymnastics
Level Senior International Elite
Years on national team 2004–2014
Club Klubi Sportiv Partizani
Former coach(es) Ferdinand Mara

Riselda Selaj (born April 7, 1993) is an Albanian former artistic gymnast. She is the first Albanian gymnast to win 5 gold medals at an international competition. And the first gymnast to win 2 times in a row 5 medals in the same international competition. She is announced as the one of the best Albanian gymnast over the years.

She is all-around gold medalist, beam, floor, vault, uneven bars gold medalist and team bronze medalist. Also she is the all-around, beam and vault Balkan Champion in 2009, in FYROM.

Selaj became a member of the Albanian senior team in 2008. She is a nine-time Albania all-around Champion winning four as a junior and five as a senior.

Selaj has participated at the World Championship London 2009 doing an excellent performance on beam. She also was part of Albania team during the Mediterranean Games, in Italy where she was qualified in all-around final ranked 13th place, and on vault final, ranked in 6th place.

Selaj has been competed also at European Championships and at European Youth Olympic Festival (EYOF) giving her best performances.

Selaj announced her retirement from gymnastics on October, 2014 due to decline of Albanian federation gymnastics.

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