Work Experience

• From 2013 – Lecturer at the Department of "Wrestling and Judo" - NSA "Vasil Levski"
  Teaching and research activities related to the training of higher education personnel in the professional field – sports, pedagogy of physical education
• From 2013 – 2016 - Part-time lecturer - NSA "Vasil Levski"
• From 2016 – 2018 – Assistant - NSA "Vasil Levski"
• From 2018 – 2024 – Senior Assistant - NSA "Vasil Levski"
• From 2024 – Associate Professor - Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece
• November 2023 - Teaching mobility under the Erasmus+ program - Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece
• May - 2023 - Teaching mobility under the Erasmus+ program
  University "Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha" Toledo/ Spain
• February – 2017 - Teaching mobility under the Erasmus+ program
• Wrestling clubs "NSA Academic" and "NSA Vasil Levski" – Sofia
• From 2013 - Freestyle wrestling coach 

Education and Training

• National Sports Academy "Vasil Levski" Sofia  - 2004 - Bachelor's degree
  Specialty "Sports" Professional qualification - Freestyle wrestling coach
  Second specialty - Physical education with professional qualification - Physical education teacher
• 2011 - Master's degree / Specialty "Sports" Master's program - Sports psychology - Sofia University "St. Kliment Ohridski"
• 2004 – 2006 - Department of language training, level of English language training - I, II, III, IV-C1 ALTE

Academic Growth

• 2016 - Educational and scientific degree "Doctor" in the professional field 7.6. "Sports" with a scientific specialty "Theory and methodology of physical education and sports training (including the methodology of therapeutic physical culture). NSA "Vasil Levski" – Sofia
• 2024 - Academic position: Associate Professor

Additional Information

• Member of the European College of Sport Science (ECSS)
• Member of the International Network of Wrestling Researchers (INWR)
• Participation in national and international scientific forums:
  “European College of Sport Science“, Amsterdam; International Scientific Congress of Applied Sports Sciences; FIEP European Congress, International Scientific Congress "Sport, Stress, Adaptation"
• Member of the British Wrestling Federation from 2005 to 2010

Sports Career as a Competitor

• 1994 - 1999 - Wrestling club "Lyutfi Ahmedov" - Razgrad
• 1999 - 2000 - Wrestling club "Levski" - Sofia
• 2000 - 2005 - wrestling club "NSA-Academic" - Sofia
• 2005 - 2006 - wrestling club "Kensington Olympia" - London
• 2007 – 2010 - wrestling club "Legion" - London
• Republican champion of Bulgaria
• Participant and medalist in international tournaments

Sports Career as a Freestyle Wrestling Coach

• Since 2013 part of the coaching team in wrestling at "NSA Academic" and "NSA V. Levski" – Sofia
• Multiple team champion with the representative teams in freestyle wrestling – men, women, juniors, and girls. During this period, dozens of individual and team awards were won at both national and international levels.

Publications

• Author of over 28 scientific articles and publications, some of which are in indexed editions
• Monograph: “Motivational Manifestations in Wrestling“

Project Activities

Participation in national and international scientific and educational projects, funded by NSA, Ministry of Youth and Sports, Erasmus+, and others.