Miroslav Kirchev is Eurofootball’s No.1 Sports Talent

Miroslav Kirchev is Eurofootball’s No.1 sports talent, it emerged at the closing ceremony of the Sports Talent 2014 at Paradise Centre’s Playground,  Sofia on 12 December.

The Ruse native was chosen from among 33 young athletes by media partners of the initiative scoring the highest 132 points. He received a number of awards by Eurofootball including a cheque worth 800 leva. "I’d like to thank Eurofootball for their support, happy holidays to everyone", Miroslav said upon receiving the award. The rest of the athletes in the top ten are as follows:

2. Mitko Tzenov, track-and-field athletics, 118 points, a 600 leva grant;

3. Desislava Georgieva, academic rowing, 68 points,  a 400 leva grant;

4. Denislav Kodzhabashev, table tennis for people with disabilities, 64 points, a 300 leva grant;

5. Mihail Hristov, field athletics for people with disabilities, 60 points, a 300 leva grant;

6. Violeta Gencheva , Judo, Sambo and Sumo, 53 points, Judo, Sambo and Sumo, a 300 leva grant;

7. Boyan Savov, Diving, 52 points, a 300 leva grant;

8. Georgi Bozhilov, rowing, 46 points, a 200 leva grant;

9. Lydia Ivanova, swimming, 45 points, a 200 leva grant;

10. Dennis Dimitrov, field athletics, 44 points, a 200 leva grant.

18 media voted in the poll for Eurofootball’s top10 sports talents. Those who were ranked first received 10 points, those who ranked  second  got 9 points, the  third place brought 8 points and so on.  The winner had the highest scoring.

The ceremony began with a short speech of Eurofootball’s manager Ms. Ekaterina Mihaylova, who wished good luck to all 33 athletes the company supports financially. "You are part of Eurofootball’s team, I hope you felt the excitement with which we follow your victories ! I wish you new goals and peaks", she said. She had the honour of awarding the sports talents who fell into the Top 10 ranking.

Iliana Nikolova, executive director of Workshop for Civic Initiatives, a partner of Eurofootball’s  Sports Talents programme, added: "I feel as if I was at a prom, congratulating some very capable and successful young people and feeling excited. Remember:  the bigger your dream, the more successful you are!"

For more information about the achievements of 2014 sports talents please go here.

The fourth edition of the Sports Talents programme will be officially announced in early 2015 on www.eurofootball.bg.