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Born on 12.01.1955 in Koprivlen, Blagoevgrad District Anka Uzunova was a member of the national team of Bulgaria, who won a bronze medal at the Moscow 1980 Olympic Games in Russia. She took her first steps in volleyball in 1968 under the coaches Ivan Batev and Kiril Nedev, and later competed for the Maritsa (Plovdiv) team (1970 – 1981 and 1986). From 1981 until 1992 Uzunova played in the Italian championship for the teams of Bari, Campobasso, Noventa Vincentina, Legnano, and Pordenone. She helped the Bulgarian team become European champion at the 1981 Championship in Sofia, Bulgaria. She also has a bronze medal from the 1979 Continental Championship in Lion, France. Uzunova also played at the European Championships in 1975 in Belgrade, Serbia (fourth place), in 1983 in Berlin, Germany (fourth place), and in 1985 Amsterdam, the Netherlands (fifth place). She took part in more than 260 games with the national team of Bulgaria. In 1988 Uzunova started her coaching career with Campobasso, Italy and later on trained the team of Bari, Italy. She was awarded “Honorary sign of the city of Plovdiv” 2019. Interview with Annie Uzunova: I have never been late for a workout or match |
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.
Rowing Channel, 18 Jasna Poljana Str., Plovdiv 4000, Bulgaria