Bulgaria’s boxer Rami Kiwan achieved the biggest success of his career at the European Boxing Championships in Belgrade, Serbia. He defeated Russia’s Dzhambulat Bizhamov 3:2 in the men’s 75 kg final. At the beginning of April, the 23-year-old Bulgarian won an Olympic quota in the 71 kg category. Rami was losing after the first round, but managed to win the second round, despite receiving a cut. In the decisive third round, Kiwan was equal to Bizhamov. The fight had to be reviewed by the ringside observer, who awarded him the victory.
Two other Bulgarians also competed for the gold medals. In the 60 kg category, Radoslav Rosenov lost to Vsevolod Shumkov (Russia) 0:5. In the 57 kg category, Javier Ibanez lost to Eduard Savin (Russia) 1:4. Bulgaria won 2 gold, 3 silver and 6 bronze medals at the European Boxing Championships.
Malena Zamfirova won second place in the parallel giant slalom event of the Snowboard World Cup round in Krynica, Poland. This is the first time the 15-year old is taking part in a world cup contest after clocking 13 th in the qualifications...
Isabella Shinikova, Bulgaria, won the singles title at the Sharm el Sheikh hard court tennis tournament with USD 15,000 in prize money. In the final, the No.4 seeded player defeated Chenting Zhu, China by 6-4, 3-6, 6-3. This is the 10 th..
Vesela Lecheva is running for chair of the Bulgarian Olympic Committee (BOC), her press service informed. The general election meeting of the headquarters is scheduled for March 19 in Sofia. Lecheva, a two-time Olympic silver medalist and..
Vesela Lecheva is the new chairwoman of the Bulgarian Olympic Committee . At the general meeting of the organization, Lecheva, who is the chairwoman of..
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