Podcast in English
Text size
Bulgarian National Radio © 2024 All Rights Reserved

Valentin Andreev tops world rank list in hammer throw

Valentin Andreev
Photo: dobrudjabg.com

Vice champion in hammer throw at the Youth Olympics and the 2018 European under 18 championship Valentin Andreev topped the world rank list after his participation in the competition in Greece on 23 March.

17-year old Andreev threw 77.80 m. (5-kg. hammer), a result that earned him the gold at the national championship in Thessaloniki, Greece, in which he was invited to take part by the Greek side.

In 2018 the athlete set a national record throwing the 5-kg. hammer 83.09 m. He also holds the national record for 6-kg. hammer with 73.64 m.



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.

More from category

Chess player Nurgyul Salimova wins first game at Grand Prix in Kazakhstan

Nurgyul Salimova scored her first victory at the Grand Prix chess tournament in the Kazakh city of Shymkent . In an eighth-round match, she defeated Mongolia's Batkhuyag Munguntuul with the black pieces. Salimova took the initiative from the start and..

published on 11/7/24 6:44 PM
Todor Zelenkov

Todor Zelenkov: To overcome world competition in arm wrestling, you need a strong will and a doze of stubbornness

Arm wrestling is rarely talked about in Bulgaria as a prestigious sport, but we can boast with being a world power in this sport as our athletes have become European and world arm wrestling champions more than once.  Thanks to athletes such as Plamen..

published on 11/7/24 11:33 AM

Khaalia Hillsman from USA to play for the Bulgarian national basketball team

The players of the Bulgarian women's national basketball team have welcomed American Khaalia Hillsman, who has recently received Bulgarian citizenship. She will play for the Bulgarian team for the first time next week and joins the..

published on 11/4/24 9:05 AM