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Bulgarian
Swimming Library
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Front page of
the book
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Bulgarian sport swimming” about the history of the Bulgarian swimming
sport is published on July 21, 2003 in Sofia. “The Bulgarian sport swimming”
is financial supported by the Ministry of Youth and Sport and personal
contributions of Mrs. Tanya Bogomilova (Executive Director of the Bulgarian
swimming federation) and Mr. Nikolay Krastev (sport journalist). |
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| The first page of the book:"Swimming
- love for whole life" (by N.Krastev in Bulgarian only...) |
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| The compiler is Mr. Ivan
Tsanov. The authors are: Mr.
Ivan Tsanov, Mr. Maxim Stanishev, Mrs. Zinaida Kononova and Mr. Vassil
Zlatarev. |
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| The total print of the book
is limited and after first few days was almost out of print. |
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Arranged on July 22.2003 |
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Meet
Bulgarian Swim Legends
Mr. Yulian Roussev
Arranged
by I.Tsanov (July 21, 2003)
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Yulian Roussev
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Name: Yulian Roussev
Date of birth: 31th of July
1949
Deceased: July 1974
Place of birth: Varna
Swimming carrier: 1961 –
1973
Swimming club: Tcherno more
(Varna)
Coach: Mr. Lyuben Lazarov,
MD
Top performances:
Bulgarian swimmer
No.1 during the period 1931 – 1981
1968 Olympic Games (Mexico)
– 12th place in 400 m I.M.
Fourfold Balkan champion
31th Bulgarian Champion
titles
Twice World Champion on
water safety (1970 and 1973)
 The
complete story in Bulgarian |
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Mrs. Zinaida
Kononova, MD
Arranged
by I.Tsanov (May 10, 2003)
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1995 - the swimming
pool in Sandansky
Mrs. Zinaida Kononova, MD
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Name: Mrs.
Zinaida Kononova, MD
Date of birth: January 06,
1930
Place of birth: Lom
Main style: Free
Swimming carrier: 12 years
(1946 - 1958)
Coaches: Mr. A. Petkov,
Mr. M. Koutintchev, Mr. K. Guetsov
Clubs: Repoublikanets (Lom),
Spartak (Sofia), Septemvry (Sofia), TSDNA (Sofia)
Top performances:
1948, 1949, 1950, 1951,
1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957 -
Bulgarian National LC Champion
in 100 m Free
1948, 1949, 1950, 1951,
1954, 1955, 1956, 1957 -
Bulgarian National LC Champion
in 100 m Back
1947 First Bulgarian Absolute
LC Record set in 100 m Free - 1:36,0
1956 Last Bulgarian Absolute
LC Record set in 100 m Free - 1:13,5
1947 First Bulgarian Absolute
LC Record set in 100 m Back - 1:47,5
1954 Last Bulgarian Absolute
LC Record set in 100 m Back - 1:25,8
The
complete story in Bulgarian |
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Mr. Maxim Stanishev
Arranged
by I.Tsanov (May 10, 2003)
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May 29, 1932
Swimming pool “Diana bad”
(50 m) Sofia
Maxim Stanishev set the
New Bulgarian Record in 100 m Free - 1:14,0 at the Meet organized by the
"Sport" magazine
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Name: Maxim
Stanishev
Date of birth: August 15,
1915
Place of birth: Sofia
Main style: Free
Swimming carrier: One of
the pioneers of the modern swimming sport in Bulgaria. Competitor, coach
and swimm administrator.
Club: Levsky (Sofia)
Top performances:
1932: Bulgarian Absolute
LC Record set in 100 m Free 1:14,0 in Sofia
1934: Bulgarian Absolute
LC Record Holder in 200 m Free 3:10,0
1935: Bulgarian National
Champion (Absolute) in 400 m Free 6:44,0
The
complete story in Bulgarian |
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Mr. Vassil Dobrev
Arranged
by I.Tsanov (March 31, 2003)
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1972, Spartak Swim pool
Sofia, Bulgaria
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Name: Vassil
Dobrev
Date of birth: September
24, 1947
Place of birth: Sofia
Main style: Fly
Swimming carrier: 14 years
(1961 - 1975). During this period won 20 Bulgarian swimming titles and
set 28 national records.
Coaches: Mr. Ivan Krastev
(Vantata), Mr. Kiril Izov, Mr. Vladimir Minashkin
Clubs: Septemvri (Sofia),
Levsky (Sofia), TSSKA (Sofia)
Top performances:
1963 First Bulgarian Junior
Record set in 100 m Fly - 1:09,4
1965 Bulgarian Record Holder
(Absolute) in 100 m Fly - 1:07,1 (LC)
1972 Olympic Games - 22th
200 m Fly
1972 The first Bulgarian
swimmer under 1 minute in 100 m Fly (LC) - 0:59,5
1973 Balkan Games - Double
Gold medalist 100 m Fly and 200 m Fly
The
complete story in Bulgarian |
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Posledniyat
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An interesting thing on swimming in general (in Bulgarian only)...
Arranged by I.Tsanov (March 2003) |
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Sparkles
from the Bulgarian Swim History...
| 1920 - In the town
of Varna, the Bulgarian People's Marine Agreement (BPMA) is created
- the first national organization supporting and developing the swimming
sport. |
| 1931 - First official competition
(within the the Balkan Games) in the new Olympic pool "DIANABAD"
in Sofia. |
| 1931 - First registered
records. |
| 1931 - Bulgaria is the new
recruit in FINA. |
| 1935 - First state championship
with the participation of eight clubs. |
| 1946 - Bulgarian swimmers
take part in the Balkan championship in Split (Yugoslavia). |
| 1958 - First participation
of the swimmers at the European Championship (Budapest, Hungary). |
| 1968 - Olympic participation
of the swimmers (Russev, Nicolova, Chakarov). |
| 1969 - First success at
a European Championship - Slavcheva (100 m. butterfly) is 8th in
Barcelona, Spain. |
| 1971 - At the tournament
"Friendship" (Katovize, Poland) V. Pantaleev is second (100 m. breast
stroke). |
| 1972 - The Bulgarian swimmers
and divers are already Balkan Champions. |
| 1973 - The Bulgarian swimmers
take part in the First FINA World Championship in Belgrade, Yugoslavia. |
| 1974 - At the European Championship
in Vienna St. Georgiev (100 m. freestyle) is ranked 8th. |
| 1975 - At the World FINA
Championship Columbia, the men's 4 x 100 freestyle relay is 8th |
| 1976 - First silver medal
at the European Championship (cadets) in Oslo - K. Tumanov (200
m. medley) |
| 1978 - Silver medal at the
European Championship (cadets) in Florence for P. Kochanov (400
m. freestyle). |
| 1978 - The first Bulgarian
(and Balkan) Masters Swimming Championship take place in Sofia. |
| 1980 - First point from
Olympic Games - Sonya Dangalakova is ranked 6th in 400 m medley. |
| 1980 - First gold medal
in the tournament "Friendship" won by Tsvetanka Tsvetanova in
200 m. breaststroke. |
| 1981 - At the European Championships
in Split (Yugoslavia) Tanya Bogomilova is 4th in 200 m. breaststroke. |
| 1983 - First bronze medal
at an European Championship - Tanya Bogomilova (100 m. breaststroke) |
| 1984 - Breaking the record
Georgi
Mihalev becomes a European Champion (cadets) in 100 m back. |
| 1985 - Bulgaria organizes
the XIV European championship winning four medals |
| 1988 - Tanya Bogomilova
is an Olympic Champion in Seoul (100 m. breaststroke). |
| 1988 - At the Olympics
in Seoul Antoineta Frenkeva is a vicechampion. |
| 1994 - Denislav Kalchev
in
Stavanger, Norway, the first Bulgarian European Champion in 100 m medley. |
| 2002 - The first Bulgarian
World Champion in Masters swimming, Anton Mihaylov in Christchurch
(New Zealand) |
| In the Balkan Championships
up to now Bulgaria is 11 times complex swimming Champion, with 136 men's
titles and 95 lady's titles. |
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Some
Theme from Mr. Tsanov's Swim History Works
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BULGARIAN
SWIMMING FEDERATION
President: Mr.
Emil Kyulev
Executive director: Mrs.
Tanya Bogomilova - Dangalakova
Post address: 75,
Vassil Levski Blvd., 1040 Sofia, Bulgaria
Tel.: (++
359 2) 9300.617; (++ 359 2) 9300.618 Fax: (++ 359 2)
986 - 20 - 94
e-mail: bgr_swimm17@hotmail.com |
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Direct contact to Mr. Ivan Tsanov
may be made via e-mail: ivan_tsanov@yahoo.com
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