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🎉 Sports hall "Danube" is already a fact. The Mayor of Plovdiv Municipality, Mr. Kostadin Dimitrov, officially opened the new multifunctional sports complex, located at 124 Dunav Blvd.
🍀According to an old Bulgarian custom, the new jewel of the city was opened with a solemn water festival for health and well-being. The official guests of the event were the chairman of the Plovdiv Municipal Council - Atanas Uzunov, the deputy mayors: Nikolay Bukhalov, Zhenya Petkova, Ivan Stoyanov, Savina Petkova, Angel Slavov, engineer Tosho Pashov, the mayor of the Northern District Vencislava Lyubenova, the municipal councilor Georgi Tityukov, the president of the Bulgarian Gymnastics Federation and Olympic medalist from the Atlanta Games Krasimir Dunev and the president of the Bulgarian Aerobics Union Dimitrina Kandeva.
🏅The cutting of the ribbon was honored with the presence of the Olympic medalists (listed in alphabetical order): Alexander Hristov (boxing), Ani Uzunova (volleyball), Bozhidar Milenkov (kayak), Diana Paliyska (kayak), Krasimira Mircheva - daughter of Todor Diev (football), Magdalena Georgieva (rowing), Rumen Alexandrov (weightlifting), Stoyan Gunchev (volleyball), Stoyanka Gruycheva (rowing) and world and European champions Venelina Poptoleva (boxing) and Stanilia Stamenova (canoe-kayak). Sports journalist and former handball player Iliya Kisimov, as well as many of his colleagues, were also part of the sports celebration. World and European medalists in aerobics also graced the event with their presence.
🏆Especially for the opening of the sports hall, the Plovdiv Youth Center team prepared an interesting museum exhibition called "Sports glory of the city of Plovdiv". It housed the belongings of some of the most famous sports names of the city, who made Plovdiv and Bulgaria famous at the European, world and Olympic level (listed in alphabetical order): Alexander Hristov (boxing equipment and shoes), Ani Uzunova (volleyball ball) . Yovchev (t-shirt), Krasimir Dunev (sports team and rubber bands), Magdalena Georgieva (certificate and medal), Nikolay Bukhalov (sports T-shirt and paddle), Rumen Aleksandrov (medal), Siika Kelbecheva (medals and badges), Stanilia Stamenova (sports T-shirt and pass), Stefan Topurov (Olympic torch), Stoyan Gunchev (sports team), Stoyanka Gruycheva (sports team) and Todor Diev (badges, certificates, photos and cup).
The belongings of the aerobics champions were also exhibited: (listed in alphabetical order) Ana-Maria Stoilova (t-shirt), Antonio Papazov (t-shirt, pass and medal), Borislava Ivanova (t-shirt), Darina Pashova (t-shirt, pass and certificate), Ivelina Lukaki (shirt), Tihomir Bratoev (shirt, diploma and pass), Hristo Manolov (shirt and pass). Visitors were able to familiarize themselves with the biographies of each of them, as well as their colleagues: (listed in alphabetical order) Alexander Mishinkov, Tanya Hadjieva, Hristiyan Busarov and Hristiyana Zlatanova. The guests touched their sporting treasures, and some had the honor of meeting them live, taking pictures and chatting.
🖼️In addition, old photographs were hung throughout the hall, reminding of important historical sports events in our city. They are part of the sports archive of Plovdiv, stored and digitized here: https://sportsmuseumplovdiv.bg/bg
📹 During the opening, videos containing summarized statistics on the number of medals won by the people of Plovdiv from European, world and Olympic championships were projected. Pride gave rise to the fact that Plovdiv's European triumphs totaled 505 medals (from 1949 to 2023), World medals totaled 285 (from 1949 to 2023) and Olympic medals totaled 52 (from 1956 to 2004). ).
📖In addition, the "Book of Messages" passed through the hands of all former and current athletes who, in addition to leaving a mark on the pages of Plovdiv history, also left a mark on that of the Danube Hall.
✏️All visitors to the event placed their wishes on hand-made medals, which will be kept as a memory, but will also be left at the main entrance for future guests of the hall.
🏢 The multifunctional sports complex will be managed by the Municipal Enterprise "Youth Center Plovdiv" and all sports lovers will be able to benefit from aerobics, rhythmic gymnastics, football, volleyball, basketball, handball, tennis and boxing. To follow what is happening in the Dunav sports hall, you can like this current Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/sportnazaladunav
Project № BG06-103 "Establishing a Youth Centre in the City of Plovdiv" under the programme "Children and Youth at Risk", component 1 "Care for Youth at Risk" with the financial support of Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway by the Financial Mechanism of the European Economic Area 2009-2014.
Project № BGLD-1.003-0002 "Youth Centre Plovdiv - a powerful factor for local development" under the programme “Local development, poverty reduction and enhanced inclusion of vulnerable groups” funded by the Financial Mechanism of the European Economic Area 2014-2021.
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