SPORTS LEGENDS 2nd SHOW

Benjamin “Beni” Raich

Benjamin “Beni” Raich (born on 28 February 1978 in Arzl im Pitztal). He was two time Olympic champion, three time world champion and overall winner at the 2005/06 World Cup. You can add the 8 wins at the World Cup and 5 titles from junior world championships.  With 36 win at the World Cup, he is the third most successful skier of Austria after Marcel Hirscher and Hermann Maier. According to the statistical data, he participated on 24 award ceremonies on big events (14 times on the podium, 10 times placed on fourth to sixth place).

Stefka Kostadinova

Stefka Kostadinova (born in Plovdiv, 25 March 1965) is a former Bulgarian high jumper and current president of the Bulgarian Olympic committee. Stefka Kostadinova won the gold Olympian medal at the Olympian Games in Atlanta in 1996, setting the Olympian record for women with 2.05 m. She also won the silver medal at the Olympian Games in Seul in 1988. She is two time world champion indoors. She was a champion at the World Championship for the first time in 1987, and for the second time at the World Championship in 1995. Kostadinova still holds the world record for high jump for women at 2.09 m, that she achieved at the World Championship in Rome in 1987.

Judo is a martial art where the competitors do not use a hitting technique against their opponents. Judo one of the military experiences in ancient Japan. Jigoro Kano – the creator of judo trained in schools for jujutsu for many years and in 1882 he published his system, which he named judo.

One of the best known representatives of this remarkable skill is Majlinda Kelmendi (Peja, 9 May 1991) – Kosovo-Albanian judoka who competes in the category of up to 52 kilograms. She is a two time European and world champion in her category. In 2014, Kelmendi was ranked first on the list of the international judo federation, and she was awarded the Presidential Medal of Honour by the president of Kosovo, Atifete Jahjaga.

Teodora Ungureanu

Teodora Ungureanu was born in Resita, Romania, 1960,  11 November) two time Olympian and world champion, silver medallist, Romanian gymnast, coach, international gymnast. In 2001, he added to the list of world class gymnasts of the International Gymnastics Hall of Fame.  In 2001 she was admitted in the International Gymnastics Hall of Fame.   Teodora Ungureanu!

 

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