Blagoevgrad once again has a reason to be proud, 16 athletes from the club “Folkan” – Blagoevgrad are medal winners of the European Taekwondo-Do ITF Championship, held in the city of Koper, Slovenia.
Before the start of the regular session of the Municipal Council – Blagoevgrad, an awarding ceremony was held. The athletes were greeted with thunderous applause by the municipal councilors and citizens present in the hall. Todor Kozladerov’s boys received letters of invitation 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, Youth, Sports and Tourism and work with non-governmental organizations at the Blagoevgrad Municipal Council.
Here is the full list of awardees:
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 69kg
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
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