Mayor Baikushev and other politicians congratulated and awarded the karate fighters from the “Falcon” club

Today’s regular meeting of the Blagoevgrad Municipal Council began with an extremely pleasant event, namely the awarding of the medalists of the TC “Falcon” from the 2024 European Championship.The chairman of the local parliament, Radoslav Taskov, congratulated the Blagoevgrad athletes and called on the municipal councilors and all those present in the “September 22” hall to stand up and applaud the athletes who performed well.“Dear fellow citizens,
Dear municipal councilors,
I am convinced that there is no person who has not watched, read or heard about the incredible achievements of the Bulgarian National Taekwondo ITF team.
They once again proved that our team is among the biggest forces in Europe!
I am proud that the players from the Blagoevgrad club “Falcon” are at the heart of this success.
I congratulate their coaching staff, their parents and their friends, who have a huge amount of credit for what they have achieved.
And now, from the rostrum of the Blagoevgrad Municipal Council, I want to invite you to stand up and loudly applaud the excellent performance of the Blagoevgrad athletes at the European Championships in Koper, Slovenia this past week.At today’s awarding ceremony, the athletes received their certificates from the Mayor of Blagoevgrad Municipality, Metodi Baikushev, the Chairman of the Municipal Council Radoslav Taskov, Stanislav Kimchev – Deputy Mayor for Culture, Sports and Tourism and Blagovest Stoitsov, Chairman of the Commission for Children and Youth , sports, tourism and work with non-governmental organizations at the Blagoevgrad Municipal Council.The medalists of TC “Falcon” from the 2024 European Championship.
1. Lubomir Bakalski – sparring up to 71 kg.
2. Kiril Iliev – sparring up to 58 kg.
3. Nikolay Petkov – sparring over 92kg.
4. Nikola Nikolov – special technique
5. Deni Velev
6. Anton Ogorelkov
7. Lubomir Drakaliyski
8. Rami Shaw
9. Neli Todorova – sparring girls up to 55 kg.
10. Hana Koshutarska – sparring girls over 55kg.
11. Dragomir Palankaliyev – men’s sparring up to 78 kg
12. Alexander Mihailov – sparring juniors up to 69 kg
13. Nikolay Angelov – sparring juniors up to 63kg.
14. Christian Ranchov
15. Deyan Valev – junior team sparring – bronze
16. Georgi Ridarski – team sparring and team special technique – senior juniors – bronze
17. Todor Kozladerov – senior coach of the national team