18-year-old swimmer Petar Mitsin has grabbed the "Sports Icarus" prize of the Bulgarian Sport Foundation for 2023.
This year he set a world junior 400m freestyle record, winning three European junior titles (200m, 400m and 800m freestyle) as well as the European gold in the 400m freestyle for swimmers under 23. At the World Junior Swimming Championships, Mitsin became champion in the 400m freestyle and grabbed silver in the 800m freestyle and 200m butterfly events.
Mitsin also has two Olympic quotas for the Paris 2024 Games in the 400m and 800m freestyle.
Vesela Lecheva is the new chairwoman of the Bulgarian Olympic Committee . At the general meeting of the organization, Lecheva, who is the chairwoman of the Bulgarian Shooting Union, prevailed over the long-time head of the Olympic movement in Bulgaria,..
The striker of the Greek club PAOK Kiril Despodov has been named Footballer No. 1 of Bulgaria for 2024 . He wins the award for the 4th consecutive time and 5th time in total. Despodov was honored for the first time in 2018, and in the last 4..
Ivan Vezyuv won gold in the 100-metre cross-country skiing event at the Special Olympics World Winter Games in Turin. In the same discipline, two other Bulgarian athletes made the podium in different divisions - Asya Todorova and Darina Bogdanova took..
Karlos Nasar has been declared “Best Weightlifter in Europe” for 2024 in the rankings of the European Weightlifting Federation and the..
European Artistic Gymnastics Championship silver medalist Valentina Georgieva won the gold on vault at the Artistic Gymnastics..
Bulgarian racing driver Nikola Tsolov achieved exceptional success in Bahrain as he won the sprint race of the FIA Formula 3..
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