Bulgaria in the Top 3 medals at the European Taekwondo-Do ITF

Bulgaria’s ITF Taekwon-Do national team once again proved that it is among the biggest forces in Europe. The home delegation of the championship was led by the President of the Bulgarian Federation and Vice-President of the European Federation, Master Mario Bogdanov, and by the Secretary General of the Bulgarian Federation and Vice-President of the EITF Tournament and Judges Committee and member of the Tournament Committee, ITF Godfather Virgilii Sitnilski. The chosen ones of our national selectors, Amalia Koleva, Todor Kozladerov and Ivo Ivanov, won 14 gold, 8 silver and 42 bronze medals from the European championship that ended on Sunday and was held in Koper, Slovenia.

Thus, our country ranked third in the general medal ranking. In the 11- to 13-year-olds, we also took third place in honors, while in men and women we are second.

Here are all our medalists from the Old Continent Championship:

GOLD

sparring boys up to 55 kg. – Ivan Velev (One)

sparring girls up to 50 kg. – Rumyana Kostadinova (One)

sparring women up to 47 kg. – Isabel Mihailov (Vasilena)

sparring men up to 71 kg. – Lubomir Bakalski (Falcon)

sparring men up to 58 kg. – Kiril Iliev (Falcon)

sparring men over 92 kg. – Nikolay Petkov (Falcon)

men’s special technique – Nikola Nikolov (Falcon)

junior sparring – Egor Spesivtsev (Odessos)

special men’s team technique – Nikolay Petkov, Kiril Iliev, Lyubomir Bakalski, Anton Ogorelkov, Nikola Nikolov and Deni Velev (Falcon)

men’s sparring team – Lyubomir Drakaliyski, Deni Velev, Rami Shau, Anton Ogorelkov, Kiril Iliev and Lyubomir Bakalski (Falcon)

junior girls’ self-defense – Victoria Ivanova (Tiger Team), Alexander Ognyanov (Tiger Team), Petar Kosturkov (Odin)

women’s team sparring – Katrin Gemkova (Hawk), Vasilena Yordanova (Vasilena), Lilia Mitreva (ASTK), Isabel Mihailova (Vasilena), Ivet Vasileva (Kaloyan Ladimeks), Katerina Beycheva (Asenovets)

men’s strength test – Yordan Staev (Levski Angeli)

women’s self-defense – Vasilena Yordanova (Vasilena), Lubomir Bakalski (Falcon), Deni Velev (Falcon)

SILVER

women’s team strength test – Natalie Vrancheva (ABC), Katrin Gemkova (Hawk), Katerina Beycheva (Asenovets), Tsvetelina Georgieva (Taek Kion)

women’s strength test – Katerina Beycheva (Asenovets)

Katerina Beycheva – sparring 77 kg. women (Asenovets)

Vasilena Yordanova – sparring 52 kg. women (Vasilena)

Lilia Mitreva – sparring 62 kg. (ASTK)

Neli Todorova – sparring 58 kg. Senior Girls (Falcon)

Tina Hadjieva – sparring 45 kg. junior girls (Vasilena)

Petar Kosturkov – sparring 70 kg. Junior Junior (One)

BRONZE

Aleksandar Angelov – junior junior form (Next)

Atanas Bolchynov – men’s form (ASTK)

Alexander Kirilov – sparring boys up to 35 kg. (ASTK)

women’s team form – Lyubka Petrova (Hva Rang), Vasilena Yordanova (Vasilena), Ivet Vasileva (Kaloyan Ladimeks), Lilia Mitreva (ASTK Trakia), Tsvetelina Georgieva (Taek Kion)

Beloslava Dimitrova (ASTK) up to 45 kg – sparring girls

Ilina Tarachorova (Odessos) up to 45 kg – sparring girls

Veronika Betsinska (ABC) up to 40 kg – sparring girls

Atanas Lesov (ASTK) up to 45 kg – sparring boys

Jem Shefket (Asenovets), over 60 kg – sparring boys

Lilia Kostadinova (Tiger Team) up to 35 kg – sparring girls

Hana Koshutarska (Falcon) over 55 kg – sparring girls

Emil Betsinski (ABC) up to 40 kg – sparring boys

Alexander Georgiev (Tervel) up to 50 kg – sparring boys

Stefan Hristov (Tervel) up to 60 kg – sparring boys

Reya Maksimova (Kaloyan Ladimeks) up to 35 kg – sparring boys

special technique team girls junior age – Viktoria Atanasova (Asenovets), Tina Hadjieva (Vasilena), Violina Belyakova (Taek Kion), Stefania Alexandrova (ABC), Lora Vasileva (Tiger Team), Svetoslava Evstatieva (Kaloyan Ladimeks)

Katrin Gemkova – sparring 67 kg. women (Hawk)

Ivet Vasileva – sparring 57 kg. women (Kaloyan Ladimeks)

Lyubka Petrova – sparring 67 kg. women (Hwa Rang)

Natalie Vrancheva – sparring 77 kg. women (ABC)

Bozhidar Mihailovich – sparring +92 kg. men (ASTK)

Nikola Boyadzhiev – sparring 92 kg. men (Asenovets)

Kristian Petrov – sparring 85 kg. Men (Tiger Team)

Rami Shau – sparring 78 kg. men (Falcon)

Dragomir Palankaliev – sparring 78 kg. men (Falcon)

Anton Ogorelkov – sparring 64 kg. men (Falcon)

special technique team juniors senior age – Martin Dimitrov (Hawk), Boris Simeonov (Kaloyan Ladimeks), Mikhail Simeonov (Kaloyan Ladimeks), Valentin Prodanov (ASTK), Georgi Ridarski (Falcon), Alexander Mihailov (Falcon)

Ivan Ivanov – sparring veterans +94 kg. (Tiger Team)

Martin Dimitrov – sparring +75 kg. Junior Senior (Hawk)

Valentin Prodanov – sparring +75 kg. junior high age (ASTK)

Alexander Mihailov – sparring up to 69 kg. Junior Senior (Falcon)

Nikolay Angelov – sparring up to 63 kg. Junior Senior (Falcon)

Svetoslava Evstatieva – sparring +65 kg. junior girls (Kaloyan Ladimeks)

Victoria Ivanova – sparring up to 45 kg. Junior Girls (Tiger Team)

Kalina Danailova – sparring up to 40 kg. Junior Girls (Tiger Team)

Antoni Asenov – sparring up to 55 kg. Junior Juniors (Tervel)

men’s team self-defense – Kristian Ranchov (Falcon), Dragomir Palankaliyev (Falcon), Deni Velev (Falcon), Lubomir Bakalski (Falcon)

self-defense junior senior team – Valentin Prodanov (ASTK), Boris Simeonov (Kaloyan Ladimeks), Georgi Ridarski (Falken), Mihail Simeonov (Kaloyan Ladimeks)

men’s team strength test – Yordan Staev (Levski Angeli), Lyubomir Bakalski (Falcon), Nikola Boyadzhiev (Asenovets), Deni Velev (Falcon), Nikolay Petkov (Falcon), Nikola Nikolov (Falcon)

junior team sparring – Yegor Spesivtsev (Odessos), Mladen Vachkov (Odessos), Alexander Ognyanov (Tiger Team), Petar Kosturkov (Odin), Deyan Valev (Falcon), Viktor Asparuhov (Kaloyan Ladymex)

junior team sparring senior – Valentin Prodanov (ASTK), Georgi Ridarski (Falcon), Nikolay Angelov (Falcon), Martin Dimitrov (Hawk), Alexander Mihailov (Falcon), Mikhail Simeonov (Kaloyan Ladimeks)

junior girls sparring team – Tina Hadjieva (Vasilena), Stefania Alexandrova (ABC), Lora Vasileva (Tiger Team), Victoria Atanasova (Asenovets), Svetoslava Evstatieva (Kaloyan Ladimeks)

The Bulgarian judges of the championship were: Stanislav Arabadzhiiski, Borislav Vitkov, Nikolay Spasov, Lyubomir Piskuliiski, Svetoslav Hristov and Mariyan Harizanov. Doctors and physiotherapists of our national team were Julian Zlatkov and Georgi Penchov.