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Aleksandar Vezenkov nominated for Balkan Athlete of the Year

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Bulgarian basketball player Aleksandar Vezenkov is in the Top 10 of the 2022 Balkan Athlete of the Year ranking. The winner will be announced this week. All national news agencies of the peninsula participate in the 49th edition of the survey. With the Bulgarian team, Vezenkov finished as number 1 in the ranking of tackles won at the European Championship and at club level he established himself as the main player of the Greek giant Olympiakos.

Among the top ten athletes one can find basketball players Nikola Jokic and Giannis Antetokounmpo, Romanian swimmer Dadiv Popovici, Bosnian swimmer Lana Pudar, Croatian football player Luka Modric, and others.



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