World champion at the 2019 European games in Minsk and bronze medalist at the 2018 Women’s Kumite 55 kg event in Madrid. (Karate)

Jovan Simic is a former footballer and founder of the charity Foundation “Zajedno za zivot“, which aims to help children who need medical treatment in the country or abroad. Earlier this year, he was introduced as a new reinforcement of the Vozdovac football club as marketing director.

Ricardo Quaresma is an international football players, who won the European Championship with Portugal in 2016

Boris Vrhovac (Bosnia) is a physiotherapist who has worked with famous athletes across Europe and the Middle East.
He is part of the Ministry of Sport of the Republic of Srpska.

Konstantin is an Estonian professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for FC Flora and the Estonia national team. Vassiljev has been named Estonian Footballer of the Year three times, and has won the Estonian Silverball award a record five times.

Denislav Kodjabashev is a Paralympian Table Tennis player.

Eirini Mandraveli is a Greek rhythmic gymnast. She has won medals at many competitions both individually and with the Greek National Rhythmic Gymnastics Team.

Eoghan is an Irish television and radio presenter

Arjan Pano is a University professor.

Paralympic medalist in wheelchair tennis.

Jan Volko is a Slovakian sprinter.
He received the silver medal at the 2017 European Indoor Championships and the gold medal at the 2019 European Indoor Championships.

Josephina Grima is a professional basketball player and a member of the national team.

Czech swimmer specialising in breaststroke, gold and silver medalist at the short-course European Championsip in 2012

Kristina Anxhara is a professional shooter.

Joana Bartaškienė is a sports gymnast. She is the pioneer of aerobics in Lithuania.

Karl Izzo is the Head Coach of Malta’s national waterpolo team and Director of the World Waterpolo Coaches Association.

Natasa Kovacevic is a basketball player. She won second place at the U20 European basketball Championship and she won the national cup with Crvena zvezda.She is FIBA Youth Ambassador.

Brigita Langerholc is a Slovenian athlete. She performed for Slovenia at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney and 2008 in Beijing.

Gerti Shima is a professional basketball player.

Janine Flock is an Austrian Olympic skeleton racer, silver medal at the 2016 World Championship.

After becoming blind, Jorge Pina was forced to leave professional boxing and
reshape his life. When the doctors gave him the news, he asked, "Can I run?"
and soon began training. Since, he has participated in the Beijing Paralympic
Games in 2008, in London in 2012 and the Rio de Janeiro Games in 2016.

Andreas Onea´s career highlight was the bronze medal in Swimming at the Paralympics in Rio. As #BeActive Ambassador he wants Austrians to be fitter, more self-confident and happier: "Being active means development; it´s the foundation of our lives."

Eberhard Gienger is a former gymnast and world champion on high bars. He is now member of the German parliament and spokesperson of his party for sports and voluntary work.

A French international footballer, playing as a midfielder. She has one the highest records for a team sports athlete.

She has an exceptional record with 12 national titles, six French Cup victory's and five Champions League titles.

Since 2017, she has captained the French national team and now has 92 caps. In 2020, she won the 1st edition of the French Tournament.

Nina is a three times world champion fencer(U23); Second place at the European Championship (Seniors); Second place at the World Championship (Team); Third place at the Georgian championship; Two time first place in the satellite tournaments; Bronze medal holder at the world cup (Senior); Silver medal holder at the world cup (U 23);.

She has won more than 30 medals at international and national level. She is also an architect.

Olympic champion in heptathlon and Chair of the NOC Women in Sport Commission.

Olga Saladukha is a triple jumper. 3 times European Champion, 1 time World Champion and European Indoor Champion, and bronze medal at the Olympic Games in 2012.
Member of the NOC Executive Committee and Chair of the NOC Commission "Athlete's Entourage".

A popular tv-chef who also participated in dutch gameshows.

Rachel Chircop is a 19-year-old Special Olympics Malta BowlerJoining Special Olympics Malta (SOM) has helped her to boost her confidence and enhance her sports and education skills. Rachel quickly adapted to her sport discipline and participated in various local competitions, achieving great scores.

Rachel was elected Secretary of SOM Athlete Leadership Committee in February 2020, and later on, SOM Ambassador for the #Be Active European Week of Sports.

Narcisa Lecusanu is a former handballer who played for the Romanian national team. She received a silver medal in the 2005 World Championship.

In 2011 she was the technical director of the national women's handball team of Romania.

A very distinguished Portuguese television presenter with a health and
well-being blog called “Simply Flow”.

Bronze medalist at the 2019 European championship. (Boxing)

Professional athlete born 1996, since 2009 she has trained in professional track and field, representing North Macedonia in European and World sports events, including the Olympics Games in Rio de Janeiro 2016. She was awarded best athlete in North Macedonia 8 years in a row, from 2010 until 2019, best athlete of the city Skopje 2017,2018,2019., 9 times National Champion, 8 National Records. Drita is an athlete that inspires social cohesion within the country and is fighting for young girls, no matter what their religion or background to continue reaching their goals.

Plays as a centre back for Premier League champions Liverpool and the Croatia national team, which is the current world runner-up, coming second in the 2018 FIFA World Cup.

Ana Umer is the most successful Slovenian archer. She was the European Champion in both 2015 and 2017, team silver in the 2017 European Archery Championships, and team bronzes in the 2016 and 2018 Polish Archery Championships. She was 1st place in the 2016 Veronika Cup.

Yannick AGNEL is a former French swimmer specializing in sprint and middle-distance (100 to 400 meters) freestyle swimming events.

He won 2 gold medals during the London 2012 Olympic Games in 200-meters freestyle and in the 4×100-meters freestyle relayb. He also became two-time World champion in 2013. On August 7, 2016, at the end of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games, he announced his retirement from competitive swimming. He remains the World record holder for male 400-meters freestyle in short course and the European record holder for male 800-meters freestyle also in short course.

Zosia is a Polish swimmer and alpine skier. She is a medalist at the European and World Championship. She set a paralympian European record on the 800m run in Tampere.

The National Danish Performance Team is considered a world leader in team and display gymnastics. The team consists of 28 selected and highly-skilled gymnasts from all over Denmark. The team has toured the world since 1994 and more than 2 million people from nearly 60 countries have seen NDPT’s shows.

Kaltrina Zeka (Kosovo) is a karate athlete.

At birth, Dino was diagnosed with Arthrogryposis multiplex congenita, a disease characterized by multiple joint contractures. He started playing sports in 2004 to improve his health. His biggest success was winning a gold medal at the 2019 World Paragliding Championships in London. In total, he has more than 30 appearances recorded in various competitions, of which it is worth noting the 1st place at the European Paralympic Championships in Dublin in 2018 and 3rd place at the European Paralympic Championships in Reykjavik in 2009.

Baris Telli (Turkey) is a National Football Player, EURO 2024 Ambassador.

Maya Azarashvili (Georgia) is a former sprinter, especially in the 200m. She was a semi-finalist of the World Championship in 1987.

Maria is a European junior javelin champion. She took fourth place at the Rio Olympic Games in 2016.

Elisabete dos Santos Marques Jacinto is a Portuguese off-road rider with several Dakar appearances from 1998 to 2009.

Georgie Twigg MBE was an International field hockey player, having played at international level from 2010 through to 2016, retiring officially from hockey in 2018. She played as a midfielder for both England and Great Britain.

Simone Perrotta è stato un calciatore professionista. Ha militato in diverse squadre della Serie A, vincendo una Coppa Italia. Ha giocato nella Nazionale di calcio Under 21 vincendo il titolo europeo e nella Nazionale maggiore vincendo i Mondiali del 2006 in Germania.

My name is Amal Amjahid, I am 23 years old and I live in Molenbeek. My passion for Jiu-Jitsu started early, around the age of six. The trigger was a fight in school against a big, intimidating boy. After this event, my teachers advised my parents to practice a fighting sport to better focus my energy. I tried out a lot of disciplines but Jiu-Jitsu was my favorite choice. Since 2008, I've been passing on my passion and sports values at my academy called "Cens Academy", which I created in Molenbeek with my parents.

Tomislav is a Macedonian tennis player who has been awarded first place in the ATP F10 Georgia and has participated in Wimbledon Junior and Roland Garros Junior Grand Slam. This year he is joining the EWoS Ambassadors team for North Macedonia, aiming to reach out to young athletes & inspire them to realise their goals and continue to be successful as they learn and grow. He is a local hero that continues to empower young children with all kinds of disabilities, physical and mental, to continue to work towards their dreams.

Born in Barcelona, January 22, 1990, Laura Ester Ramos is a Spanish water polo player who plays as a goalkeeper in the CN Sabadell of the Women's Division of Honor and in the Spanish team.

She was awarded Best European player of 2017 by the LEN, World champion in 2013, two-time European champion (2014 and 2020) and came runner-up in 2012 Olympic Games.

Olympic champion in rowing and member of the NOC Athletes Commission

Dejan is a Macedonian handball player for Telekom Veszprém and the North Macedonian national team. He is a great handball player that is an inspiration to a lot of young people in the country, giving them something to look up to as well as to fight for. He has reached great success through his hard work, training and for never giving up. This year we are proud to have him as an Ambassador who will spread the message of the be active campaign on a local, regional, national and international level.

Jelena is a female basketball player, who is involved in and plays for the National Basketball Federation of North Macedonia. She has been recognised for her numerous achievements and is a great inspiration for young girls in the country. She was a captain of the Senior National team of Macedonia and is also a youth coach working with young girls on a local level to continue searching for their goals and reaching their full capacities.

Taybe Yusein is the leader of the national women's wrestling team in Bulgaria. She is 2018 World Cup champion in the 62kg category. She was the number one athlete in Bulgaria in 2018.

Kellie won the gold medal in the lightweight division at the 2018 Women's World Boxing Championships. She was the silver medallist in the light welterweight division at the 2016 Women's World Championships.

Rasa Sraka Vukovic is a successful athlete and Olympian. She competed in Judo. She represented Slovenia at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens and 2012 in London, where she finished 7th.
At the 2005 World Cup in Cairo, she won the first medal in Slovenian judo history.

Gabriela Szabo is a former runner. Olympic champion and three time world champion on the 5000m and 1500m.

Born in Santo Domingo, May 26, 1993, Ray Derley is a Spanish athlete who competes in artistic gymnastics and who specializes in floor and jump tests.

He was awarded a bronze medal at the 2015 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships and a gold medal at the 2015 Baku European Games. Both of these awards were for floor events

Iulian Berco has participated in 65 marathons and ultramarathons in South Africa, New Zealand, the Europe, CIS and other regions. He has organised over 20 sport events, mostly running competitions. He has been involved in over 25 charitable fundraising actions, and in over 100 TV and radio programs.

Patricia Matos is a Portuguese sports journalist. She has been a journalist for TVI since 2007. She was part of TVI24's initial project, where she presented weekend afternoons and after hours. She later became the face of Diário da Manhã .

A midfielder for English club Chelsea and the Croatian national team. Kovačić was selected in Croatia's 23-man squad for the 2018 FIFA World Cup which came runner-up.

Jake Vella is a Maltese youngster that needs to constantly exercise to battle ROHHAD NET.
He is an inspiration for kids and adults across the country.

Tanja Mihhailova – Saar is a Russian-Estonian pop singer, dancer and actress. She represented Estonia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2014 with the song "Amazing"

Benjamin Savšek (born 24 March 1987) is a Slovenian slalom canoeist who has competed at the international level since 2002.
He won seven medals at the ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships with a gold (C1: 2017), three silvers (C1: 2014, 2015, C1 team: 2018) and three bronzes (C1: 2013, C1 team: 2014, 2015). He also won seven medals at the European Canoe Slalom Championships (4 golds, 1 silver and 2 bronzes).

Olympic medalist in short track ice skating.

Allar Levandi is a former Estonian nordic combined skier who won a bronze in the 15 km individual at the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary. Levandi is now a successful entrepreneur, helping athletes to pursue their dreams.

In the 2020 European Wrestling Championships, Miglena won a gold medal in the women’s 50 kg event. (Wrestling)

A member of the Croatia women's national volleyball team, Fabris was part of the Croatian national team at the 2014 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship in Italy. With Pomi Casalmaggiore, she won the silver medal at the 2016 FIVB Volleyball Women's Club World Championship.

Also known as Pacheco, Pedro Fernandes is a Portuguese presenter, actor,
speaker, screenwriter and humorist.
He was also the #BeActive Ambassador for 2019 trail and ultra-trail runner.

Shawn is the captain of the Finnish basketball team, the Wolf Pack. He plays for the Helsinki Seagulls.

He is an Olympic runner-up and two-time medalist of the World Road Championships.

Artur is a former international handball player. He participated in the Olympic Games, was runner-up in the World Championship 2007 and bronze medalist in the 2009 World Championship.

Former Portuguese athlete and Olympic champion, one of the best of his
generation, known across the world for long distance athletics.
Lopes excelled in track, road and cross-country events.

An adapted swimming athlete holding a remarkable record.
He was won the European Champion title four times, has been awarded European Vice Champion seventeen times and has won ten bronze medals.

He won the title of World Runner-up five times and was considered one of the three best adapted swimmers in 2016 by the Portuguese Swimming Federation. He won the Best Swimming Athlete Award by the same Federation in 2017 and 2018.

A world-record holding paralympic discus thrower, winning a gold medal at the 2008 Paralympic Games in Beijing. He is the first is Croat to win a gold medal at the Paralympic Games.

Aged 15, he became the first Croatian gymnast to enter the individual finals of a senior world competition (Olympics, WC, SK), entering the World Cup finals in Paris. Later, at the World Cup in New York in 2005, he became the first Croatian gymnast to win an individual medal at a senior world competition. This was also the first senior medal in gymnastics for Croatia since independence. He is the first Croatian gymnast to win the World Cup competition (2005 in Ghent) and the Universiade (in Izmir).

Martin Stefqanovski is a professional swimmer who has participated in numerous major international competitions, including the Balkan Games, European and World Championships, the World University Olympic Games and the Olympic Games.

Maciej is a long and high jump athlete. He won gold in tine London and Rio Paralympics.

A powerlifter, Justyna is a Paralympic silver medal in the Beijing 2008 Olympics, she is medalist in both the World and European championships.

European champion 2016 and 2018, World champion 2014 in the 54 kg category (Boxing)

Otylia is a former swimmer, a two time silver medalist at the Olympics, two times World Champions, five times European champion, three-time world record holder.

Šárka Kašpárková is a former Czech track and field athlete who specialised in the triple jump. She attended her first Summer Olympics in 1992, participating in the high jump.
She won an Olympic bronze medal for the triple jump at the 1996 Atlanta Games. Šárka became a world champion at the 1997 World Championships in Athletics in Athens, her winning jump of 15.20m is a Czech record until today.

Bronze medalist at the 2020 European Championship in Baku. (Rythmic Gymnastics)

Coming from a family of athletes, 17-year-old Sarah Chouhal is herself a 400m and hammer throw athlete.

She is the first Maltese female surpassing the 50m mark in hammer throw and she has obtained multiple national records in the U14, U16 and U18 categories.

In the COJI Games, Sarah got the gold medal in hammer throw, silver in the Swedish relay and bronze in the 400m and 800m. During the Fisec Games, she won silver in the mixed Swedish relay and bronze in the 400m. Sarah qualified for the 200m final.

Ivan Klepić (Bosnia) works for the Bosnian Ministry of Culture & Sports. He is the European champion in Karate in the +84kg category.

Alexander Wieczerzak is a German judoka. He won a gold medal at the World Championships in 2017 and 2010 and is preparing with the judo team for the 2021 Tokyo Olympics.

Xhafer Rakipllari is a University professor.

Born in Madrid, August 21, 1986, Sara Andreas is a Paralympic athlete.

She was awarded a Bronze medal at the London Athletics World Championship in 400 and 200 meters and holds the World record for long jump, achieving the 4.07 meters in the T62 category.

She has qualified for Tokyo 2021.

Nuno Delgado is a former judoka. He has become known for winning Portugal's first Olympic medal in judo after he won the bronze medal in the 2000 Summer Olympic Games. He was also a senior European champion.

Brian is an International 400m sprinter who has won a silver medal at the European Championships and represented Ireland at 4 senior World Championships and 7 European Championships. Brian has won 8 national titles and was part of the 4x400m relay team who broke the Irish record on three occasions. Brian was voted Irish track and field athlete of the year in 2017
Brian has a BA in Sports Science and a Level 2 Athletics coaching qualification. Brian works for the Institute of Education secondary school as Director of Sport."

Antonella Bellutti is an Italian cyclist. Her gold medals from the 1996 Atlanta Olympic Games and 2000 Sydney Olympic Games make her a 2x Olympic Champion.

Silver medal at the 2019 European Championship in Minsk and world champion at the 2019 Military World Games in China. (Judo)

Anja Čarman is a Slovenian swimmer. She won several medals at European LC and SC Championships and competed at the 2004, 2008 and 2012 Summer Olympics. Anja is an alumnus of swimming powerhouse The Bolles School.