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Bulgaria's Georgi Peev wins the 100m breaststroke title at the 2023 World Transplant Games in Australia

Photo: Facebook/GeorgiKPeev

Georgi Peev won the 100m breaststroke title at the 2023 World Transplant Games held in Perth, Australia. Georgi Peev, who lives in the town of Haskovo (Southeastern Bulgaria), announced this news on his Facebook page. Athletes from 45 countries are participating in the 24th World Transplant Games.

Georgi Peev is the first double organ transplant recipient in Bulgaria who earned five medals from one European transplant game. Bulgaria is also represented by 63 year-old Ognyan Ganchev who is the longest- surviving transplant patient in Bulgaria. They received heart transplants at the University Hospital Professor Alexander Chirkov in 2006 and 2013.




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