DEAR DR. AMMONS,

       Bulgarian Deaf Sports Federation has already proved its ability to organize and carry out World Deaf Championships in the past years.

       Bulgarian Deaf Sports Federation has the support from all government institutions and mostly from the State Agency for Youth and Sports and the  respective national sports federations.

       Therefore, we would like to apply to host the following World Deaf Championships:

  1. World Deaf Badminton Championships /01-11 September 2011/, Primorsko, (on the Black Sea coast near the city of Burgas);

  2. World Deaf Futsal Championships /14-22 November 2011/, Sofia.

  3. World Deaf Football Championships /14-27 June 2012/ Albena, (on the Black Sea coast near the city of Varna);

  4. World Deaf Wrestling Championships/01-11 September 2012/,  Primorsko, (on the Black Sea coast near the city of Burgas);

       In approval and according World Deaf Championships Regulations we shall present additionally, at the Extraordinary ICSD Congress in Bratislava:

  1. Declaration from State Agency for Youth and Sports for full support.

  2. Declaration from National Sports Federation for full support.

  3. Location map of the sports facilities and hotels.

  4. Prices for accommodation and board.

       If necessary, we are ready to provide additional information.

       Nikolay Nikolov

       President

EUROPEAN  DEAF SPORTS ORGANIZATION

       DEAR MS. MALORIE,

       Bulgarian Deaf Sports Federation has already proved its ability to organize and carry out European Deaf Championships in the past years.

       Bulgarian Deaf Sports Federation has the support from all government institutions and mostly from the State Agency for Youth and Sports and the respective national sports federations.

       Therefore, we would like to apply to host the following European Deaf Championships:

  1. European Deaf Football Championships - Women /11-22 June 2011/ Sofia.

  2. European Deaf Volleyball Championships /12-21 May 2011/,  Sofia

       In approval and according EDSO Regulations we shall present at the EDSO Congress in Bratislava:

  1. Declaration from State Agency for Youth and Sports for full support.

  2. Declaration from National Sports Federation for full support.

  3. Location map of the sports facilities and hotels.

  4. Prices for accommodation and board.

       If necessary, we are ready to provide additional information.

       Nikolay Nikolov

       President

Gergana Baramova won gold in women's singles

       Bulgarian badminton player Gergana Baramova created the impossible and won the gold in women's singles in Summer Deaflympics at Taipei. She defeated China's Wang Meng with 2:1 sets and brought the 5th Olympic medal for Bulgarian team. In the general medals list Bulgaria finished at 28th position with one gold, one silver and three bronze. The success for Bulgarian deaf sport is great. The last gold, won from Bulgarian athlete was in 1981 at the XІV Deaflympics in Koln.

       

       

       

She lost the first set only by 2 points - 21:23. But in the following two sets Baramova showed who is the better player and defeated her rival with 21:16 and 21:14.

       For the bronze, 1st seeded Kristina Dovyddaityte (LTU) defeated Olga Shtayger (RUS) with 2:0.

       In women's double Baramova and Chapkanova finished at 9th place, the same result was achieved from the mixed double players - Georgieva and Tjankov. In team competition our athletes remained 9th.

       Bulgarian wrestlers, in both styles managed a great success and earned 4 medals at Summer Deaflympics in Taipei. Angel Kremov (under 55 kg) first won silver in Greco-Roman style, then he secured second medal - bronze in Freestyle. Plamen Donchev (60-66 kg) and Ivan Angelov (66-74 kg) also won bronze in Greco-Roman style tournament.

       

       In this way, our athletes supported the BDSF President - Nikolay Nikolov, who prognosticated minimum 3 medals for Bulgarian team before the Summer Deaflympics.

       In his first Greco-Roman match, Kremov run over Berchtold (AUT) with 10:0. The second victim was Ryenchinjav (MGL), who was defeated with 11:8. So, Kremov reached the final, but he did not manage to find suitable weapon against Iranian Mechdi Bakhshi and lost with 3:16. In Freestyle, Kremov started with big lost - 0:14 from Basaran (TUR). But in the next match the Bulgarian wrestler achieved minimum win with 10:9 against Shankar (IND). In the repechage Kremov was strong and won the bronze - win over Maistrenka (BLR) 4:1.

       

       Plamen Donchev started in Greco-Roman style with win - 9:0 over Garrels (USA), but in the semifinal he lost with 0:4 from Ozcan (TUR). In the repechage Donchev, who is bronze medalist from WC Yerevan defeated Zaraiski (BLR) and took the 3rd place.

       The road of Ivan Angelov to the broze was similar: win over Adamian (BLR), lost from the Russian Zaytsev 0:10 and win in the repechage with 5:2 over Hoffer (USA).

Ivan Angelov

       The beginning of the final match was difficult for our player, which was seeded 3rd.

She was elected BDSF Athlete of 2009

Gergana Baramova receives BDSF Athlete of the Year Award

       Badminton player Gergana Baramova won "Athlete with disabilities of the Year" award in a special ceremony, which took place at the National Theater "Ivan Vazov" in Sofia. The ceremony was broadcasted directly by the National TV - Channel 1 in the presence of the President of Bulgaria - Georgi Parvanov.

       This new category was included for the first time in the annual ceremony "Bulgarian Athlete of the Year". The journalists voted for Baramova, who won gold medal in the singles at Summer Deaflympics in Taipei. Baramova received her Award from sprinter

       

Ivet Lalova and said that she is very happy to earn this award, which is recognition for her work.

       In addition, 19-year old Baramova was elected BDSF Athlete of the Year and her coach Pencho Irikov was elected BDSF Coach of the Year. The medal holders from Summer Deaflympics in Taipei - the wrestlers Angel Kremov and Ivan Angelov were voted to second and third place.