{"id":1700,"date":"2024-01-05T16:31:39","date_gmt":"2024-01-05T14:31:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportbulgaria.bg\/nurgul-salimova-boryana-kalein-and-stiliyana-nikolova-in-the-top-10-of-athlete-of-the-year-2023\/"},"modified":"2024-01-23T22:29:45","modified_gmt":"2024-01-23T20:29:45","slug":"nurgul-salimova-boryana-kalein-and-stiliyana-nikolova-in-the-top-10-of-athlete-of-the-year-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportbulgaria.bg\/en\/nurgul-salimova-boryana-kalein-and-stiliyana-nikolova-in-the-top-10-of-athlete-of-the-year-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"Nurg\u00fcl Salimova, Boryana Kalein and Stiliyana Nikolova in the TOP 10 of &#8220;Athlete of the Year 2023&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"1700\" class=\"elementor elementor-1700\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-ac28fda elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"ac28fda\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-dddf905\" data-id=\"dddf905\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ff3db48 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"ff3db48\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.13.2 - 11-05-2023 *\/\n.elementor-heading-title{padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title[class*=elementor-size-]>a{color:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-small{font-size:15px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-medium{font-size:19px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-large{font-size:29px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xl{font-size:39px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xxl{font-size:59px}<\/style><h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Nurg\u00fcl Salimova, Boryana Kalein and Stiliyana Nikolova in the TOP 10 of \"Athlete of the Year 2023\"<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-56389cd elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"56389cd\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-30de693\" data-id=\"30de693\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-03fcffd elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"03fcffd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.13.2 - 11-05-2023 *\/\n.elementor-widget-image{text-align:center}.elementor-widget-image a{display:inline-block}.elementor-widget-image a img[src$=\".svg\"]{width:48px}.elementor-widget-image img{vertical-align:middle;display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"393\" src=\"https:\/\/sportbulgaria.bg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Capture-768x393.png\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-1522\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sportbulgaria.bg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Capture-768x393.png 768w, https:\/\/sportbulgaria.bg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Capture-300x153.png 300w, https:\/\/sportbulgaria.bg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Capture-1024x523.png 1024w, https:\/\/sportbulgaria.bg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Capture-200x102.png 200w, https:\/\/sportbulgaria.bg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Capture.png 1203w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-c45182f elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"c45182f\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-a4f8857\" data-id=\"a4f8857\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6264a25 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6264a25\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.13.2 - 11-05-2023 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p>Three athletes, supported by the Sport in Bulgaria Foundation, made it to the top ten of the annual contests &#8220;Sportsman of the Year 2023&#8221;. Nurg\u00fcl Salimova, Boryana Kalein and Stiliyana Nikolova ranked sixth, seventh and ninth respectively in the ranking.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-1b31f82 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"1b31f82\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-f05d11f\" data-id=\"f05d11f\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0115ceb elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"0115ceb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"857\" height=\"552\" src=\"https:\/\/sportbulgaria.bg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Capture2.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1524\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sportbulgaria.bg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Capture2.png 857w, https:\/\/sportbulgaria.bg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Capture2-300x193.png 300w, https:\/\/sportbulgaria.bg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Capture2-768x495.png 768w, https:\/\/sportbulgaria.bg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Capture2-200x129.png 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 857px) 100vw, 857px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-b011898 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"b011898\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-1ff1533\" data-id=\"1ff1533\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-551be86 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"551be86\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>In 2023, Nurg\u00fcl Salimova came second at the Women&#8217;s Chess World Cup in Baku. In the same year, on 20 November 2023, the young chess prodigy won a gold medal as the winner of the second board in the Bulgarian team at the European Women&#8217;s Team Chess Championship in Budva (Montenegro). During the 2023 Athlete of the Year competition, she came sixth and thanked the crowd. <\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-670ac64 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"670ac64\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-e19a4da\" data-id=\"e19a4da\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-24a1a33 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"24a1a33\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"846\" height=\"541\" src=\"https:\/\/sportbulgaria.bg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Capture1.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1523\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sportbulgaria.bg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Capture1.png 846w, https:\/\/sportbulgaria.bg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Capture1-300x192.png 300w, https:\/\/sportbulgaria.bg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Capture1-768x491.png 768w, https:\/\/sportbulgaria.bg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Capture1-200x128.png 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 846px) 100vw, 846px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-bac31c8 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"bac31c8\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7967fd3\" data-id=\"7967fd3\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b27afe1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b27afe1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The absolute European champion in rhythmic gymnastics from Baku 2023 Boryana Kalein took seventh place in the traditional poll of sports journalists &#8220;Sportsman of the Year&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It is a great honour for me to be here today. To be number 7 among the athletes of Bulgaria. It shows that hard work is rewarded. Thank you to my coach Mariana Pamukova, without whom I wouldn&#8217;t have gotten here today. Thank you to the Bulgarian Rhythmic Gymnastics Federation and the sports journalists,&#8221; said Boryana Kaleyn.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-3cd7988 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"3cd7988\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-9c43722\" data-id=\"9c43722\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-40a3487 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"40a3487\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"848\" height=\"497\" src=\"https:\/\/sportbulgaria.bg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Capture3.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1525\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sportbulgaria.bg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Capture3.png 848w, https:\/\/sportbulgaria.bg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Capture3-300x176.png 300w, https:\/\/sportbulgaria.bg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Capture3-768x450.png 768w, https:\/\/sportbulgaria.bg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Capture3-200x117.png 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 848px) 100vw, 848px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-143f80c elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"143f80c\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-d0f9c4a\" data-id=\"d0f9c4a\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f80c648 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f80c648\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The bronze medalist in the all-around at the European Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships Stiliyana Nikolova placed 9th. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;First of all I would like to thank the journalists who voted for me, the Ministry of Youth and Sports for their support and the Bulgarian Rhythmic Gymnastics Federation for always being there for us and helping us. I wish everyone a great 2024, which will be one of the most unforgettable years for our sport&#8221;, said Stiliana Nikolova.<\/p>\n<p>List of the TOP 10 in &#8220;Sportsman of the Year 2023&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Alexander Vezenkov (Basketball) &#8211; 1009 points <\/li>\n<li>Grigor Dimitrov (Tennis) &#8211; 711<\/li>\n<li>Petar Mitsin (Swimming) &#8211; 684<\/li>\n<li>Albert Popov (Alpine Skiing) &#8211; 587<\/li>\n<li>Carlos Nassar (Weightlifting) &#8211; 572<\/li>\n<li>Nurgyul Salimova (Chess) &#8211; 459<\/li>\n<li>Boryana Kalein (Artistic Gymnastics) &#8211; 301<\/li>\n<li>Ioana Ilieva (Fencing) &#8211; 269<\/li>\n<li>Styliana Nikolova (Artistic Gymnastics) &#8211; 138<\/li>\n<li>Alexander Nikolov (Volleyball) \u2013 129<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nurg\u00fcl Salimova, Boryana Kalein and Stiliyana Nikolova in the TOP 10 of &#8220;Athlete of the Year 2023&#8221; Three athletes, supported by the Sport in Bulgaria Foundation, made it to the top ten of the annual contests &#8220;Sportsman of the Year 2023&#8221;. Nurg\u00fcl Salimova, Boryana Kalein and Stiliyana Nikolova ranked sixth, seventh and ninth respectively in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1522,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"elementor_header_footer","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1700","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-23"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportbulgaria.bg\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1700","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportbulgaria.bg\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportbulgaria.bg\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportbulgaria.bg\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportbulgaria.bg\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1700"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/sportbulgaria.bg\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1700\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1730,"href":"https:\/\/sportbulgaria.bg\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1700\/revisions\/1730"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportbulgaria.bg\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1522"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportbulgaria.bg\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1700"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportbulgaria.bg\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1700"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportbulgaria.bg\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1700"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}