The document summarizes the history and achievements of Sports School "G.S. Rakovski" in Dobrich, Bulgaria. It was established in 1984 and trains over 220 students in 9 sports including gymnastics, athletics, boxing, cycling, football, handball, volleyball, weightlifting and wrestling. The school has produced many national and international champions in these sports, winning over 30 medals in European and World championships. Specifically, it notes championship wins and individual athletes who have medaled or ranked highly in Olympics, World and European competitions in wrestling, boxing, weightlifting, track and field, football and cycling.

1. Sports School “G.S.
Rakovski”
Dobrich, Bulgaria

2. Sports School “G.S.
Rakovski”

3. History
➢ The sports school in Dobrich is thought of as
one of the most prominent in the region and
has built up a reputation for a quality and care
school organization.
➢ It was established 01.09.1984and enrolls
students from north-east part of Bulgaria.
➢ It is named after the famous Bulgarian
revolutionary - Georgi Stoykov Rakovski who
was an important figure of the Bulgarian
National Revival and the resistance against
Ottoman rule.
Georgi Stoykov
Rakovski

4. Nowadays
➢ The school trains more than 220 students grouped in 10 classes from
5th to 12th grade.
➢The school develops nine (9) kind of sports: artistic gymnastics,
athletics, boxing, cycling, football, handball, volleyball, weight-lifting,
wrestling.

6. Sports facilities

7. Sports facilities

8. Sports facilities

9. Our school motto
Citius, altius, fortius
Faster-Higher-Stronger
The school strongly believes in the
importance
of
physical
and
character-building
and
the
inculcation of values in the pupils .
Our aim is to support pupils to
develop their sports skills and talent
in different kind of sports.

10. Our proud
➢ During the years of its establishment
our Sports school boasts of hundreds
sports triumphs, prouds of many
eminent sports personalities, wins
innumerable medals, cups, prizes,
diplomas and in different kind of sports
.
Our students have won:
➢ 23 medals in European championships
for junior, men and women; 9 students
ranked among sixth.
➢ 9 medals in World championships ( 3
gold, 3 silver, 3 bronze medals; 7
students ranked among sixth

11. Best wrestlers in Sports School history
➢ Our sports school has strong traditions in
wrestling.
➢ The wrestler Plamen Paskalev won many times
the national championships for boys and men. He
took part in two Olympic games: 4th place in
Atlanta and Sydney 74 kg.
➢ Our wrestling team won the championships in
87, 88, 89, 91.93 and 2003.
Petar Petrova wrestling coach
Plamen Paskalev

12. Nowadays

14. Best boxing players in Sports School history
➢ Sports School has a traditional boxing ring
success.
Yuliyan Strogov is a boxer who won 10
times the National championships, 3rd in
the World Cup in Sydney, 2nd place at
European Championship for Men's 51 kg.
He took part in two Olympic Games:
Barcelona 1992 and Atlanta 1996.
Marian Momchev is a world champion for
2003 cadets., a lot of times a national
champion for youth and men.
Not only boys, but also girls win boxing
titles. Stoika Petrova is 7 times a champion
of Bulgaria.
In 2000 the boys and girls from the school
won 5 gold and 4 silver medals from the
national championship.
Yuliyan Strogov
Marian
Momchev
Mihail
Georgiev

16. Best weightlifting athletes in Sports School history
➢ Our weightlifters brought much glory and
prestige for the school.
➢ Siika Stoeva has won 2 silver and 3 bronze
medals from World Championships, 9 gold, 12
silver and 2 bronze medals at European
Championships and five-time champion of
National Championships for women.
➢ Radostin Dimov took 3rd place in the World
Cup 1994 in Istanbul, 2nd place at the
European Championship in 1994.
➢ Stoyan Eremiev is a winner at the European
Youth Champion 1989, Sarajevo, won 3 golden
medals from world championships.
➢ Svetlin Ivanov won 4th place at the European
Championship in Italy, silver medalist of
European Championship in Spain.
➢ The coach is: Todor Kirkov.

17. Nowadays

18. Handball
➢Sports school handball team has also
successful games on the sports ground.
In 1991 it won 2nd place, 3rd place in
1992, 1st place in 1993.
➢National players are Svetoslav
Bozhkov, Daniela Obretenova and so
on.

20. Best track and field athletes in Sports School
history
➢ There are dozens athletes who have brought fame
not only on national level, but also on European and
World Championships.
Sports School is proud of his long and triple jumper
Galin Georgiev who won 2nd place on the World
Championships for 17 years old in triple jump with a
world record in the same discipline; took place in two
Olympic Games: Barcelona 1992 (11th) and Atlanta
1996
(7th).
Miroslav Kostov is six times champion of Bulgaria in
shot put and 3 times in discus throw.
A great number of medals sports school athletes have
won in the disciplines: hammer throw, 20 km walk
400 metres., 1500 metres and 3000 metres.
➢ Some of the prominent coaches at schools: Plamen
Papazov, Nadejda Hlebarov, Nikolay Yankov,
Emanuela Yankova.
Galin
Georgiev
Plamen
Papazov
Emanuela Yankova

21. Nowadays

23. Best football players in Sports School history
➢ The football team for boys won silver medal in 1985, silver medal in 1990
for the youth team, gold medals in 1992, 1993 for boys and youth teams’.
➢ National players are Milen Petkov (20 matches), Galin Ivanov (14
matches), Svetoslav Todorov (10 matches).
Svetoslav
Todorov
Milen Petkov
Iliya Dyakov
Valentin
Peichev

25. Best cycling riders in Sports School history
➢ There are many successful cyclists who won many prizes
for our school and country.
➢ Krassimir Koev has won a great number of road and track
championships. In 1998 he was the winner for Tour of
Bulgaria.
➢ George Drumev is also famous with his great
achievements for our school and town. He’s a coach in our
school now.

26. Artistic gymnastics

27. Welcome to Bulgaria