Six broken national records this year and the first individual medal from an international forum.

This year was filled with incredible achievements for our athletes. They set new standards, exceeded their own expectations and brought us countless reasons to be proud. We strove for the top, continued to improve and believe that we are the home of champions and with each passing year we strengthen this belief. The results were coming again! Six new broken national records and the first individual medal at an international forum! We won a total of 404 medals from state championships and competitions.

We also received recognition for our collective work - our talented swimmer Simona Ivanova was awarded a laureate statuette at the XVI annual "Successful Children of Bulgaria" awards from Berbatov Foundation.

TOP achievements

New broken national record for Karina Mitrova in the 100-meter butterfly event with a time of 1:02.58 at the National Championship in Burgas, November 27 - December 1, 2024.

First individual medal from the international competition during Multinations Youth Swimming Meet for Simona Ivanova. The success for Bulgaria and her personal best came in the 200m freestyle event with a time of 2:06.56.

Karina Mitrova's new broken national record in the 50-meter butterfly event with a time of 28.56 at the international competition in Burgas Grand Prix, held from May 24 to 26, 2024.

What will we remember 2024 for?

We held several training courses and lectures:

• A lecture on sports psychology. With many discussions and accessible examples, our swimmers were introduced to key topics related to their psychological state - one of the main factors for success. How and what to concentrate on and what are the distracting factors? What are the different types of goals in sports psychology? What is stress and how to deal with it? What are the types of anxiety symptoms, how to overcome them and how to get into your zone?
• Educational lecture in collaboration with "Superhuman with Georgi Nenov" about the path to success, about ambition and will, about hard work and dedication, about the importance of being educated and curious.
• We held a lecture on nutrition and recovery, in order to raise important questions related to how, when and what we eat in order to improve our quality of life and of course to support our training process
• We created videos for all our coaches, with a main focus on specialty, views on the training process and their future dreams and goals.
• We translated and shared with the swimming community - "Elite Swimming" and "The Road to Success"

Competitions

• Multinations Youth Swimming Meet tournament in North Macedonia
• Happy Dolphins Tournament
• International Competition Grand Prix in Burgas
• Team Championship in Sofia
• Bulgarian Championships (13-14 years)
• Bulgarian Championships (11-12 years)
• Sharks Swimming Cup Burgas International Tournament
• Pirin - Blagoevgrad International Tournament
• 26th International Swimming Tournament - "Zamorata" '24
• Zlatoperki International Tournament
• 10th International Meeting Briz - Ivan "The Roshav" Stoychev

Camps

In 2024, we successfully held four sports camps - at the Belmeken high-mountain base, in the city of Sandanski and in Burgas. In the wonderful conditions provided by the hosts of the sports bases, we worked together to:

• Intensive and focused training: The camp provides an opportunity for full concentration and targeting of more specific goals.
• Improved physical and mental condition: Regular and structured training leads to significant improvement in physique, endurance and technique.
• Teamwork: By living and training together, swimmers build strong bonds and motivate each other.
• Specialized training: The camp allows the coach to develop individualized training plans for each swimmer, taking into account his strengths.

Initiatives

Simona Ivanova won the Grand Prize of the Dimitar Berbatov Foundation

Our talented swimmer Simona Ivanova was honored at the 16th annual "Successful Children of Bulgaria" awards with a laureate statuette, and another of our athletes, Alexander Nikolov, found a place among the finalists in the Sports category.

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7 years - part of the Run2Gether marathon in support of people with different abilities

We participated for the 7th consecutive year in the "Run2Gether" marathon for people with different abilities, which once again gave us and the children from the club the opportunity to learn valuable lessons about will, friendship and support.

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