ПРОГРАМИ
en de ru fr es sr gr al tr ro
Podcast in English
Share
Text size
Bulgarian National Radio © 2024 All Rights Reserved

Olympic taekwondo medallist Kimia Alizadeh to compete for Bulgaria

Photo: Bulgarian Taekwondo Federation

World star in taekwondo Kimia Alizadeh - named one of the BBC's 100 most influential people - has received a Bulgarian passport and will be able to represent the country at the Paris Olympics. This will be the first time that Bulgaria has had a taekwondo competitor at the highest sporting forum.

Twenty-three-year-old Kimia Alizadeh will also be part of the Bulgarian team at the European Championships in Belgrade in May.

An Iranian refugee in Bulgaria, Kimia Alizadeh is the first woman in the country's sporting history to win an Olympic medal. In Rio de Janeiro she finished third in the 57kg category.

Последвайте ни и в Google News Showcase, за да научите най-важното от деня!
Listen to the daily news from Bulgaria presented in "Bulgaria Today" podcast, available in Spotify.
Radio Bulgaria Sport    bulgaria kimia alizadeh paris olympics taekwondo

More from category

Bulgaria to host L'Etape by Tour de France for a second year

For the second year in a row, Bulgaria will host the L'Etape by Tour de France event, which will take place near Velingrad in the Western Rhodopes.  On 28 July competitors are invited to take part in two distances - 102 and 57 kilometres, both..

published on 7/3/24 2:31 PM

Basketball star Sasha Vezenkov to play for Toronto Raptors

The Toronto Raptors have officially announced the signing of Bulgarian basketball star Alexandar - Sasha - Vezenkov . The 2023 Euroleague Most Valuable Player (MVP) has left the Sacramento Kings to join the only Canadian team in the National Basketball..

published on 7/3/24 1:48 PM
Stiliana Nikolova

Stiliana Nikolova has qualified for all four apparatus finals at the Pharaohs Cup 2024

The current European champion Stiliana Nikolova has qualified for all four apparatus finals at the Pharaohs Cup 2024 international rhythmic gymnastics tournament in Cairo. She performed excellently in all four routines, receiving the highest..

published on 6/30/24 9:43 AM

WEATHER
Pick city: Sofía
Mostly Cloudy
Min: 13 | Max: 27
Mostly Cloudy
Min: 20 | Max: 30
Mostly Cloudy
Min: 19 | Max: 29
Partly Cloudy
Min: 16 | Max: 29
Partly Cloudy
Min: 15 | Max: 26
Mostly Cloudy
Min: 16 | Max: 28
Mostly Cloudy
Min: 14 | Max: 26
Mostly Cloudy
Min: 16 | Max: 27
sunshine, cloud, rain and thunder
Min: 18 | Max: 28
Mostly Cloudy
Min: 14 | Max: 27
Mostly Cloudy
Min: 15 | Max: 26
Partly Cloudy
Min: 14 | Max: 28
Mostly Cloudy
Min: 17 | Max: 30
Mostly Cloudy
Min: 14 | Max: 25
Mostly Cloudy
Min: 17 | Max: 28
Mostly Cloudy
Min: 18 | Max: 30
Mostly Cloudy
Min: 15 | Max: 27
Mostly Cloudy
Min: 18 | Max: 30
Mostly Cloudy
Min: 17 | Max: 27
Mostly Cloudy
Min: 17 | Max: 28
sunshine, cloud, rain and thunder
Min: 11 | Max: 21
Mostly Cloudy
Min: 14 | Max: 25
Mostly Cloudy
Min: 16 | Max: 29
Mostly Cloudy
Min: 16 | Max: 27
Mostly Cloudy
Min: 18 | Max: 29
Mostly Cloudy
Min: 17 | Max: 28
Mostly Cloudy
Min: 18 | Max: 30
BULGARIA IN PICTURES
Which world-famous Bulgarian artist designed QSL cards for Radio Bulgaria?
Yasen Gyuzelev
Theodore Ushev
Christo Javacheff - Christo
Ilia Peikov
Lika Yanko

BULGARIANS ABROAD

Български English Русский Deutsch Српски Français Ελληνικά Español Shqip Türkçe Română
MOST VIEWED

Bulgaria to host L'Etape by Tour de France for a second year

For the second year in a row, Bulgaria will host the L'Etape by Tour de France event, which will take place near Velingrad in the Western Rhodopes...

published on 7/3/24 2:31 PM

Basketball star Sasha Vezenkov to play for Toronto Raptors

The Toronto Raptors have officially announced the signing of Bulgarian basketball star Alexandar - Sasha - Vezenkov . The 2023 Euroleague Most Valuable..

published on 7/3/24 1:48 PM

english@bnr.bg

+359 2 9336 661

Общи условия за използване на сайта | Политика за поверителност | Политика за "бисквитки"