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Bulgarian becomes president of European modern pentathlon federation

Andrey Kuzmanov
Photo: BGNES

The chairman of the Bulgarian Modern Pentathlon Federation Andrey Kuzmanov has been elected President of the European organization. According to the rules of the world federation – UIPM – every continental president becomes part of the world federation’s executive board. “It is a great honour for me to head the European modern pentathlon federation. I was invited by UIPM President Dr Klaus Schormann,” Andrey Kuzmanov said.

A Bulgarian has never held such a high managerial position in the over 100-year long history of modern pentathlon, BGNES reports 



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