Paralympic Swimmer

Olympic skeleton racer.

Jiu-Jitsu World Championships gold medalist

Neviana Vladinova is a Bulgarian gymnast, who won a bronze medal at the Grand Prix 2014 and at the World Championships.

Denislav Kodjabashev is a Paralympian Table Tennis player.

Alexandra Nacheva is the 2018 Buenos Aires Youth Olympic Champion in triple jump. That same year, she won the World Championships Under 20 in Tampere, Finland with a fantastic 14.18m! In 2017, Nacheva won a silver medal from the Under-18 World Championship in Nairobi, Kenya. This year she ended second at the European Athletics Championship Under 20 in Boros, Sweden. She was voted Best Young Athlete of Bulgaria in 2018.

Albert Popov is one of Bulgaria's greatest talents in winter sports. He won bronze in the giant slalom of the Youth World Cup 2018 in Davos, Switzerland. He has been twice in the top 10 of the World Cup. Participating in the PyeongChang Olympic Games 2018, he finished 28th in the giant slalom. In 2017, he ranked 27th in the slalom of the World Championships in St. Moritz, Switzerland.

Daniel Asenov is a two-time European Boxing Champion, when he won the tournaments in Samokov, Bulgaria in 2015 and Kharkov, Ukraine in 2017. The Bulgarian won a silver medal at the 2019 Old Continental Championship held in Minsk, Belarus. Three-time European Under 22 Champion Double winner of the Strandja Cup, the oldest amateur boxing tournament in the world. He participated in the 2016 Rio Summer Olympics.

Boyan Asenov is the younger brother of the two-time European champion Daniel Assenov. In the 56kg category, he won a silver medal at the European Championships Under-22 in 2019.

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.

Yordan Yovchev is one of the emblems of Bulgarian sports. He participated in six Summer Olympics - Barcelona '92, Atlanta '96, Sydney 2000, Athens '04, Beijing '08, London 12. Silver medalist in the Greek capital, he won bronze on the still rings as well as on the floor exercise. Four years earlier in Sydney Yovchev also climbed twice on the podium with two bronze medals on still rings and floor exercise. Four-time gold, five-time silver and four-time bronze medalist at the World Championships. He was European still rings Champion in 2002.

Petar Metlicic is the record holder of caps with the Croatian Handball national team. He won the gold medal at the Olympics in 2004 and the World Championship in 2003.

Olympic track and field athlete

Czech athlete

Olympic Decathlon

Ott Kiivikas is an Estonian bodybuilder. He won the 2009 World Games with a body weight of up to 90kg.

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"

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.

Tonis Niinemets wanted to become a volleyball player but now he is one of the most loved Estonian actors. Still, his dream is to try out every sports he can, right now he is working on his skills in cycling.

Sandra Raju is a fitness coach and influencer, having worked as a Nike Master Trainer for years

Kai Realo is the CEO of Circle K Estonia, leading, directing and controlling the activities of the business unit. Being active is a part of her job.

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.

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

The two times World Cheerleading Championship winners Finnish Cheerleading Team is represented by Rosanna Toivonen, one of the captains.

Astrid Guyart is a French fencer, specialised in foil. The former world number 2, she has won more than 30 international medals, including 2 gold in individual and 2 gold in teams during World Cup.

Renaud Lavillenie is a French pole vaulter, current indoor world record holder, with a record of 6.16 m set indoors on 15 February 2014. He won gold at the London 2012 Olympics, and silver in Rio in 2016.

Sophie Scheder is a German gymnast. Her biggest success is a bronze medal on uneven bars at the Olympic Games in Rio 2016. Sophie is nominated for this years World Championships in Stuttgart with the goal to qualify for the Olympic Games in Tokyo next year. She is not only a dedicated sports person, but is encouraging people to live a healthier lifestyle themselves.

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.

Kelly Loufaki is a champion in Wheelchair Fencing, while working in a bank. She participated in the Paralympic Games in Rio 2016, which was an amazing experience for her and she looks forward to the future with optimism hoping to participate in Tokyo 2020! In April 2018 she won the Bronze Medal at the Montreal World Cup!

Balazs Doborhegyi is a Hungarian member of the Face Team Acrobatic Sports Theatre. He currently serves as Manager of Face Team. Balázs and his team's tricks have stunned spectators at NBA and FIBA events worldwide.

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."

Killian Byrne is a 47 year old father, husband and small business owner. Having lost over 30kg in recent years he has gone from inactive middle aged man to regular cyclist, marathon runner and Ironman 70.3 triathlete. Despite a busy day to day home and business life Killian has managed to build regular exercise into his routine and is passionate about encouraging others to do the same. With two children of his own, he is very familiar with the problems inactivity brings and is a keen believer that active families are happy and healthy families.

Niamh McCarthy is a Discus thrower from Co. Cork. Niamh first emerged onto the Paralympic Athletic scene in 2013 after being discovered at a talent search event. Despite learning the sport from scratch, Niamh won a bronze medal at her first World Championships in Qatar in 2015 and has been going from strength to strength ever since. Niamh has won a medal at every major Championships including a Silver medal in the Rio 2016 Paralympics. Niamh is currently in training for the 2020 Paralympics in Tokyo.

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.

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.

Roberts Radičuks is nordic walking athlete and member of Latvian Academy of Sports Education

Aija Ambrasa is a kiteboarder. She has a bronze medal from the World Championships in Winter Wind Sports in 2017.

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.

Kaltrina Zeka (Kosovo) is a karate athlete.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Zofia is a windsurfer, Olympic medalist in London 2012 in RS: X class (bronze medal). She's also won medals at the World and European championships.

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

Oktawia is a pentathlete. She won medals at national, European and World Championship level. She also won a bronze medal at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games.

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.

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

Zbigniew is a speed skater. He won a gold and bronze medal at the Sochi Winter Olympics in 2014.

Monika Pyrek is a pole vaulter, a medalist in the World and European Championships. She participated four times in the Olympics. She now runs the Monika Pyrek Foundation and the "Jump in Dreams" scholarship fund.

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

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.

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.

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

Boris Vrhovac (Bosnia) is a physiotherapist who has worked with famous athletes across Europe and the Middle East.

Mirsad Catic (Bosnia) is an executive board member for the National Olympic Committee of Bosnia.

Nuno Delgado is a former judoka who became known for winning Portugal's first Olympic medal in judo.

Patricia Matos is a Portuguese sports journalist.

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

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

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.

Ana Umer is the most successful Slovenian archer. She was the European Champion in both 2015 and 2017.

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).

Rajmond Debevec is a Slovenian shooter. He has won three Olympic and five World Championship medals in shooting. He also holds the world record for the 50 metre rifle three positions event.

Debevec started shooting in 1971 and became a member of the Yugoslavian junior national team in 1979. Debevec joined the Military Sport Squad of the Slovenian Army in 1991 and holds the rank of Warrant Officer.

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

Mitja Petkovšek is a Slovenian gymnast. Petkovšek is a specialist on parallel bars, where he is world champion (2005, 2007), World Cup Final champion (2000, 2004), and European champion (2000, 2007, 2008). Although he has never won a medal at trhe Olympics, his total of 12 world championship, World Cup Finals, and European championship medals (7 of them Gold) means that he has both more parallel bars titles at these level and more medals than any other gymnast in the history of the sport. He is married to Mojca Rode, Slovenian rhythmic gymnast.

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.

Andrej Hauptman is a Slovenian former professional road racing cyclist. He was a member of Slovenian Olympic team at Summer Olympic games 2000 in Sidney and 2004 in Athens.

Marko Milič is a Slovenian former professional basketball player. After being selected by the Philadelphia 76ers in the 1997 NBA Draft (34th overall), Milič's rights were traded to the Phoenix Suns. After seeing limited NBA duty (44 career games) during his two seasons with the Suns, he returned to Europe and played for Union Olimpija , Real Madrid, Fortitudo Bologna, Pesaro (2004 Italian Cup finalist) and Virtus Bologna. He also represented Fenerbahçe in the first part of the 1998-99 season, due to the NBA season's lockout.

Rok Perko, an alpine skier, ex member of the Olympic team. He qualified twice for the Olympic games. He scored an excellent 14th place in Vancouver 2010.

He is also a former junior skiing world champion and super giant slalom champion.

Jernej Slivnik is the most successful Slovenian para-alpine skier. He made his debut at the PyeongChang 2018 Paralympic Games, making an excellent 12th place in the slalom, which is the best Slovenian ranking since the 1991 Paralympic Winter Games.

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.

Zan Košir has three Olympic medals, one silver and two bronze, which he won in Sochi 2014 and Pyongyang 2018.
Košir is currently one of the best snowboarders in the world. He competes in the Parallel Slalom and the Giant Slalom. He has his own team, which he also leads.

Dejan Fabčič is a successful Slovenian athlete and a doctor. At the Rio Paralympics, he finished sixth in the final of the Parakayak Challenge in the KL2 sprint 200m.

At the Beijing Games in 2008, he competed as a swimmer and finished sixth in the 100m breaststroke and eighth in the 100m backstroke.

Sašo Bertoncelj got involved in gymnastics from a very early age. He started training at the National Sports Association at the age of seven. From the very beginning, his coach was Sebastian Piletic. He has won two medals at the European Championships in 2010 and 2014, and added silver medal from the European Championship in Glasgow in August in 2018.

Sara Isakovič is the most successful Slovenian swimmer, winner of the silver Olympic medal at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, which was the highlight of her sports career. After completing her career, she found her mission in researching brain function and performance in psychology.

Xhafer Rakipllari (Albania) is a University professor.

Arjan Pano (Albania) is a University professor.

Jennifer Pareja Lislade is a former Spanish water polo player. Some of her most notable accomplishments include winning the silver medal at the 2012 Olympics Games and the gold medal at the European Championship in 2014.

Eva Moral is a bronze medalist in the Paratriathlon World Championship in 2016. She won the Treviso and Sevilla marathons that same year.

Gisela Pulido is a multiple world champion in kitesurf, in a career spanning over 15 years.

Fernando Carro is a 3.000m obstacle runner. He won a gold medal in the European Championship in 2019.

Batuhan Eruygun (Turkey) is a 110 m hurdles sprinter.

Ozan Karakus (Turkey) is the president of the Turkish Sports Industry Association.

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

John McAvoy (United Kingdom) is currently a triathlete however he was previously a high profile armed robber who has found redemption through the power of sport. Having broken both British and World records whilst in prison he is now forging a new life as an endurance athlete.

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.

Baroness Tanni Grey-Thompson is a crossbench peer and legendary Paralympian wheelchair racer - one of the most successful British athletes of all time.
Over an international career spanning 19 years she won 11 Paralympic Gold medals, held over 30 world records and won the London Marathon six times.

David Andrew Smith MBE took up Paralympic Rowing in 2009 after representing Great Britain in able-bodied Karate between 1993-1999 and Bobsleigh from 2002-2006. During this time, he also worked with the British Ski Teams as a national assistant coach.

Sports lover, healthy lifestyle and nature, is the best way to describe Marija Gjurcinovska. She practices an active lifestyle and inspires and motivates others to get out of their homes and find an activity that will make them happy.

Elena Bubalo has participated in many sports events including: short training before the race of Skopje Marathon, Mariovo off road Festival, Skopje Run, Fitness and Wellness expo, Intro to orienteering, part of FITKIT mobile application with total body and crossfit training.

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.

Zarko Batic has spent over 14 years in basketball and 6 years in recreational and professional cross-fit athlete. As a cross-fit competitor, Zarko has won numerous awards in national and international competitions.

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.

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.

Zorana Arunovic is a Serbian shooter. At the recently finished European Games in Minsk, she won two medals and was the most successful athlete of the Serbian team. She is the current Vice-Champion of the World and the first athlete from Serbia to qualify for the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo.

Nela Bunčić is a fitness enthusiast who is using social media to motivate people to be physicaly active and live a healthy lifestyle. A few years ago she started with active running with a goal to run her first half marathon. Today she ran more than 30 half marathons including the famous New York Marathon.