The Bulgarian Sportsperson of the Year Award for 2021 goes to the gold medalist from the Tokyo Olympic Games, Ivet Goranova (karate). This is shown by the results of the 64th edition of the survey, organized by Nove Holding, in which 133 journalists from 54 print and electronic media took part.
The National Rhythmic Gymnastics Ensemble grabbed the award in the "Team of the Year" category. At the Tokyo Games, Simona Dyankova, Madeleine Radukanova, Laura Traats, Stefani Kiryakova and Erika Zafirova became Bulgaria's first Olympic champions in rhythmic gymnastics. Vesela Dimitrova, who led the ensemble to the Olympic title, received the award for "Coach of the Year".
Hristian Stoyanov (athletics) became "Athlete with Disabilities of 2021”. He won a silver medal at the Paralympic Games in Japan.
Ivet Goranova also won the "Audience Award" of Bulgarian sports fans.
Bulgarian open water swimming star Petar Stoychev showed an outstanding performance and broke the record for the Triple Crown. It includes crossing the English Channel, swimming around Manhattan Island and crossing the Catalina..
Grigor Dimitrov retained his 10th position in the ATP tennis rankings published today, while Viktoriya Tomova climbed six places in the women's rankings. Dimitrov returned to the top 10 on April 1. Grigor has 3,775 points following his quarterfinal..
The Bulgarian national football team drew 1-1 with Slovenia in a friendly match played in Ljubljana. So far, the team played sixth matches under the leadership of Ilian Iliev. It recorded five draws against Hungary, Serbia, Azerbaijan, Romania and..
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