NATIONAL SPORT ACADEMY<br />"VASSIL LEVSKI"
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Deapartment of Track-and-field Athletics

Department leader
Assoc. eng. Grigor Gutev, Ph.D. int. +359 2 4014297  email: grigor.gutev@gmail.com

 

Distinguished coaches of NSA

Prof. Petar Bonov, DSc.

· Track-and-field athletics coach of sport society “Levski-Spartak” since 1969.
· Coach of the youth national team of short and middle distance running from 1971 to 1974.
· Coach of the Olympic section – women - short and middle distance running 1973 – 1980.
· Coach for the physical preparation of the football club “Levski-Spartak” – seasons 1976-77 and 1980/81.
· Chief methodologist of physical preparation of the Bulgarian Football Federation, responsible for the national and club teams of Bulgaria – 1979-1982.
· Coach of the short and middle distance running teams of Sport society “Academic” 1983/85.
· Head coach of the national short and middle distance running team – 1986/90.
· Coach of the short and middle distance running competitors of the sport club NSA-KLASA from 1992 till now.

· Significant achievements in his whole sport-pedagogic activities as a coach:
- Svetla Zlateva – in 1975/76 placed 6th in 800 m running event at the Montreal Olympic Games with an achievement of 1:57.21 min and the world record holder in 4 h 800 m in 1975
- Two fourth places at the Indoor European Championship: Ivanka Bonova, 800 m in 1976 and Nikolina Stereva, 1 500 m in 1985.
- National records of international value: in 1980 Nikolina Stereva – 800 m and 1 500 m indoors 2:00.12 and 4:05.46 respectively; and in 1984 Rositsa Ekova – 3 000 m outdoors 8:47.94.
- The second place at the 1990 European Championship (athletes up to age of 21): Sergei Mitov – 800 m running.
- The twenty-seventh place in 800 m running at Sidney Olympic Games, 2000: Vancho Stoianov from Macedonia.
- The fifth place at the 2003 European Team Cup Championship: Dobrinka Shalamanova in 1 500 m running.
- Twenty four titles from Balkan Track-and-field athletics Games in the period 1972-2003 in the short and middle distance running.
- Once national champion as fitness football coach of the team of “Levski-Spartak” – 1976/77.
- Two times winner of the National Cup, as a fitness football coach of the team of “Levski-Spartak” – 1976/77 and 1980/81.