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.
Stefani Stoeva and Gabriela Stoeva won the women's doubles title at the Badminton International Challenge tournament in Hertogenbosch , the Netherlands. The sisters, ranked fifth at the Paris 2024 Olympics and number one in the main draw, defeated Great..
Bulgaria’s top-ranked female tennis player Viktoriya Tomova has reached the round of 16 at the WTA 500 tournament in Tokyo. She defeated defending champion Veronika Kudermetova from Russia 7-6(3), 6-3 after nearly two hours of play. Tomova's next..
Grigor Dimitrov is one match away from the title in the ATP 250 tournament in Stockholm with a prize fund of €767,455. In the semi-final, the Bulgarian tennis player won 2:6, 7:5, 6:4 against Dutchman Tallon Griekspoor...
The players of the Bulgarian women's national basketball team have welcomed American Khaalia Hillsman, who has recently received..
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