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.

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

Monika is an athlete that has inspired a large number of girls to not be discouraged to take part in the man’s world, she is a karate champion and has reached 3rd place on a European level which was a wonderful success story for North Macedonia as well as the female population. She is an inspiration to girls, working towards gender equality in sport and paving the way for females in the sport sector.

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.

Paralympic Swimmer

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.

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.

Popular tv-personality with a big passion for horsebackriding.

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.

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.

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

Amal Amjahid discovered a passion for Jiu-Jitsu early, around the age of six. The trigger was a fight in school. After this event, her teachers recommended that she practiced a fighting sport to focus her energy. After trying a lot of disciplines, but Jiu-Jitsu was her favorite choice. In 2008, she's been passing on her passion and sports values at her academy, "Cens Academy", which she created with her parents. The academy aims to support young people by developing their talents through the practice of Jiu-Jitsu.

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

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.

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.

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

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.

Olympic medalist in short track ice skating.

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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

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.

Dominic Thiem is an Austrian tennis player. In May 2018, he won his 10th title at the Lyon Tennis Tournament. At the French Open, he reached the final of the Grand Slam Tournament for the first time in 2018.

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.

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

Arjan Pano (Albania) is a University professor.

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.

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

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.

Very talented and young skateboarder, who is set to enter her first olympics.

Tomáš Kovács alias, Tomi Kid (born 20 June 1977 in Galanta, SVK) is a former Slovak boxer. His motto: “Impossible does not exist”. Debut in box on 12 April 2008, division, light heavy, height, 6′ 1″ / 185cm. reach. 72″ / 183cm. During his boxing career he won a world champion title and listed 27 victories (16 KO) and 2 loses. In October 2016 he decided to quit his professional career and started to focus on young athletes and people who need a help.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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, chair of the NOC Commission "Athlete's Entourage".

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

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

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.

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

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

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.

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.

Alisa Theresa Buchinger is an Austrian Kumite-karateka. At the 2016 World Championships in Linz, she was world champion in the weight category for up to 68kg.

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.

Erika Zafirova, Simona Dyankova, Laura Traets, Madlen Radukanova, Staphanie Kiryakova, Madlen Radukanova)

European sabre champion at the 2020 European Cadets and Juniors Fencing Championships. (Fencing)

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

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).

A long-distance swimmer and the first Croatian woman to swim the English Channel. She is also the only person and the second woman in history to swim the triple crown of long-distance swimming in 90 days: the bridges of Manhattan in New York, the Gulf of California from Catalina to San Pedro, and then La Manche. Levačić swam the four of the big seven swimming marathons of the Oceans Seven: the Catalina Pass in California, the English Channel in Europe, the Molokaʻi in Hawaii, and Tsugar in Japan.

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.

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.

Mathias Mester is a Paralympian athlete. He won a silver medal in the 2008 Summer Paralympics for the men's F40 shot putt event in Javelin.

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.

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

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.

Sergey Bubka is multiple Gold medal winner in the World Championship and Olympic Games, in pole vault. He is an IAAF Hall of Famer, a l'Equipe Champion des Champions, a Marca Leyenda. He was the first pole vaulter ever to clear 6.10 meters.

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.

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.

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.

Plays as a forward for Dinamo Zagreb and is a member of the Croatia national team. Petković was instrumental to Dinamo Zagreb's successful Champions League qualifying campaign in 2019.

Jana Dukatova won eight medals at the ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships with three golds (C1: 2010; K1: 2006; K1 team: 2011), four silvers (K1: 2010, 2011, 2017; K1 team: 2009) and a bronze (K1 team: 2014). She won the overall World Cup title four times in the K1 class (2009, 2010, 2011 and 2013). At the European Championships she won a total of 14 medals (4 golds, 5 silvers and 5 bronzes).

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.

Olympic track and field athlete

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

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.

Kakhi Kakhiashvili, a former weightlifter, won an Olympic Gold Medal in 1992 Barcelona, 1996 Atlanta, 2000 Sydney, became European champion (1992, 1993, 1995, 1996), World Champion (1995, 1998, 1999), USSR Cup Champion 1991.

He is also a seven times World record holder, was awarded the best athlete of the year in Georgia (1992, 1993), is President of the National Weightlifting Federation (2015 to present) and is a member of the International Federation of Membership Committee.

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.

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 .

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

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

A former World Cup alpine ski racer from Croatia, who specialized in the slalom and combined races, but was also one of the few alpine World Cup ski racers
able to score points in all disciplines.His main accomplishments include a 2003 World Championship gold medal in slalom, an Olympic silver medal in slalom in 2010, Olympic silver medals in

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.

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Khalida Popal is the former captain of the Afganistan Women’s National Football Team and founder and director of the Girl Power Organisation, which focuses on giving women in minority communities the chance to meet, collaborate and develop better self-esteem and confidence through sport.

Kaltrina Zeka (Kosovo) is a karate athlete.

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.

Played for 15 seasons at the WNBA and retired in 2012.
Currently she is a player’s agent.

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.

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."

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.

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

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

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.

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

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

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.