Despite its small size, Plovdiv is a place of well known sportists, painters, intellectuals, politicians. Here is a list of some of them, in random order:
Petar Stoyanov
The president of Bulgaria
Hristo Stoichkov
A world famous soccer player. Second in the World and first in Europe for 1994
Stefka Kostadinova
World and Olympic champion in athletics, high jump
Nikolaj Buhalov
Former World and Olympic champion in canu rowing
Maria Petrova
Three times World Champion in gymnastics
Zlatju Bojadgiev and Tsanko Lavrenov
World famous artists
. . . IN PROGRESS. . .
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