Alessia Verstappen

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Alessia Verstappen
Born (2006-06-20) June 20, 2006 (age 19)
Sint-Niklaas, Belgium
Gymnastics career
Discipline Rhythmic gymnastics
Country
represented		Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium
(2019-2025)
ClubHappy Gym
Head coach(es)Roumiana Bourova
Retiredyes

Alessia Verstappen (born June 20 2006) is a retired Belgian individual rhythmic gymnast. [1] On national level, she is a three-time (2022-2024) senior all-around champion.

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Personal life

Verstappen took up the sport at age 5 after her parents noticed she was a problem eater as a toddler and decided to make her do sport to encourage her appetite and health. At first they opted for ballet, as Verstappen's great-grandmother was a ballet dancer, but then she saw rhythmic gymnastics at the Olympics and fell in love. She trains 7 to 8 hours a day and her dream is to compete at the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris. [2] She speaks Dutch and Russian. [1]

Career

Junior

Alessia debuted internationally in 2019 at the 1st Junior World Championships in Moscow along with her teammate Alexandra Safronova. She performed only with rope, where she scored 12.100 for 41st place. [3]

Senior

In May 2022, her first senior year, she became Belgian champion ahead of Carina Iacos and Oona De Decker. [4] [5] A month later, she competed in the European Championships in Tel Aviv, where she was 54th in the all-around, 55th with hoop, 63rd with ball, 44th with clubs and 54th with ribbon. [6] In September, she was selected as the sole representative for Belgium for the World Championships in Sofia. She ended 58th in the all-around, 52nd with hoop, 65th with ball, 53rd with clubs and 62nd with ribbon. [7]

In 2024, she represented Belgium at the 2024 European Championships in Budapest, Hungary and took 52nd place in the all-around.

She started the 2025 season at Miss Valentine Grand Prix in Tartu, Estonia, where she ended in 20th place in the all-around. [8] On April 18-20, she competed at the Baku World Cup and finished 57th in the all-around.

She announced her retirement on June 13 via her Instagram profile due to having had multiple injuries in 2025. [9]

Routine music information

YearApparatusMusic Title
2025Hoop
BallBlack Lord by Eronika
Clubs
Ribbon
2024HoopBeliever by Tommee Profitt feat. Colton Dixon
BallThe Illusionist by Maxime Rodriguez
Clubs
RibbonLust of Power by Gabriel Saban

References

  1. 1 2 "VERSTAPPEN Alessia - FIG Athlete Profile". www.gymnastics.sport. Retrieved November 22, 2022.
  2. ↑ "Alessia Verstappen mag voor het eerst naar het WK: "Sessies van acht uur training per dag"". Het Nieuwsblad (in Flemish). September 12, 2022. Retrieved November 22, 2022.
  3. ↑ "2019 Junior Worlds Result Book" (PDF). longinestiming.
  4. ↑ "Alessia Verstappen's profile". gymfed.be.
  5. ↑ "2022 Belgian Rhythmic Gymnastics' Championships" (PDF).
  6. ↑ "European Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships 2022 - Results Women". www.the-sports.org. Retrieved November 22, 2022.
  7. ↑ "World Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships 2022 - Results Women". www.the-sports.org. Retrieved November 22, 2022.
  8. ↑ "2025 Miss Valentine RG Tartu Grand Prix, AGG World Cup". ksis.eu. Retrieved May 23, 2025.
  9. ↑ Verstappen, Alessia [@verstappenalessia]; (June 13, 2025). "Today I'm saying goodbye to the big world of rhythmic gymnastics and stopping my professional career" – via Instagram.
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