2024-08-29 04:45:29
As is known, Bulgaria is sending only three athletes to the Paralympics in Paris, and their starts are on Friday and Saturday. On the other hand, they have won a total of 6 Disability Games awards.
Rushed Rushed
Only the third Bulgarian with a title from the Paralympics. Born on April 14, 1991 in Glodjevo, Vetren municipality. At 17 years old
comes to life after severe crash, which leaves him
paralyzed from the waist down
During balneotherapy, he meets Daniela Todorova, who is also paralyzed after dropping a barbell during a Belmeken camp, and her brother and trainer Rumen Todorov. They discovered Rushdi’s talent.
At the Rio Paralympics, he became the shot put champion with a new world record for the F55 group of 12.33 meters. It is second in Tokyo. He also has 4 world titles from the Paralympic Games in Doha, London, Paris and Kobe and three European titles from Swansea and Grosseto. In Italy, he triumphed in the shot put and discus.
Christian
Stoyanov
Our best middle distance athlete, regularly winning medals in competitions for the disabled in our country. Born on August 20, 1998 in Gabrovo, but competes for “Dunav” (Ruse) under the legend Evgeni Ignatov. He was born with a disability in his right hand, which was not developed. It has been on the track since 2011.
In 2013, at the European Championship for disabled people up to 23 years old in Brno, he was first in 800 meters and won two silver medals in 100 meters and long jump. Later, at the world championships in Mayaguez (Puerto Rico) under 20, he was the champion at 1500 meters and third at 800 meters.
In 2014, at the under-23 world championships in Stoke Mandeville (England), Hristiyan became a two-time champion at 800 and 1500 meters.
Stoyanov is the champion of Bulgaria for juniors at 800m and 1500m in 2015. At the European Under-20 Championships for people with disabilities in Varaždin (Croatia) he was first at 800m and 1500m. After that
repeats its success
and at the world championships, finishing in 800 meters in 2:00.17 minutes, which is also his personal best. In the discipline of 1500 meters, he won the gold with a result of 4:17.00 minutes, which covered the standard for participation in the world championship in athletics for men.
In September 2015, in Sochi, he entered the men’s race and achieved the first result in the 1500 meters, but due to recalculations according to his disability, he was awarded a silver medal.
At the European Championships in 2016, he placed second in the 1500 meters with a time of 4:03.63 minutes. At the Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, he was the youngest competitor in the Bulgarian team and one of the youngest athletes at the games. In the run of 1500 meters category T45/T46 finished in seventh place.
In Tokyo, he won silver in the 1500 meters in the T46 class with a time of 3:52.63 min.
Stella Eneva
Winner of 3 Paralympic medals. She was born on July 8, 1975 in Sevlievo, but spent her whole life in Varna.
Born with leg malformations, even as a baby Eneva
is subjected to of amputation
on both lower legs
and moves with prostheses. He graduated from higher education – “Accounting”, in Varna. He began to engage in athletics in 2000. He established the “Atlant” sports club for disabled people in Varna.
He first competed at the 2004 Athens Paralympics in discus, shot put and javelin, but finished 10th, 11th and 12th respectively.
At the World Championships in 2006, Stella won two gold medals – in the shot put with 9.82 meters and in the discus with 31.94 meters.
At the 2008 Beijing Paralympics, Eneva won silver in the discus, category F57-58, with a result of 34.58 meters and was fourth in the shot put with 10.28 meters.
In 2011, he finished with two silver medals at the world championship. He achieved a result of 10.54 meters in the shot put, and 39.84 meters in the discus.
In her third participation at the Paralympics in London, she came second in the discus and shot put, respectively, with results of 36.56 and 11.38 meters.
In 2013, at the world championships, she was second in the shot put and fourth in the discus. At the European Championships in Swansea in 2014, she was a two-time champion – in the discus with 31.88 meters and in the shot put with 10.58 meters. Both results represent a personal best for Eneva.
At the World Championships in Doha in 2015, he won gold in the shot put (11.14 meters) and silver in the discus (32.25 meters), but he tested positive for the anabolic steroid oxandrolone and the results were annulled. Her rights have been suspended for 4 years and because of this she misses the Paralympics in Rio.
Now he is back on the track after a long absence.