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.
Tsanko Tsankov is the world champion in ice-water swimming at the championships in Tallinn , Estonia, the Sports in Bulgaria Foundation announced. The Bulgarian swimmer beat his competitors in the 200m freestyle. He swam the 200m distance in the icy..
Bulgarian tennis player Lia Karatancheva has qualified for the second round of the tennis tournament in Santo Domingo (Dominican Republic) with a prize fund of 25 thousand dollars. 20-year-old Karatancheva won 7:6(3), 7:5 against..
Kristiyan Nikolov started the Olympic Boxing Qualifying Event in Busto Arsizio with a victory. In the 80-kilogram category, the Bulgarian national defeated 4:1 Daniel Ilyushonok of Israel. This is Kristiyan Nikolov's first step towards qualifying..
Bulgaria’s best tennis player Grigor Dimitrov defeated 3:6; 6:3; 7:6 (3) Hubert Hurkacz (Poland) to reach the quarterfinals of the ATP Masters 1000 Miami..
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