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Competing on the Rings at the 2019 London Championships
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Awarded by the Science Council in the United Kingdom
Welcome to STK Sport
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I gained the Chartered Activity and Health Practitioner status
December 2020
In December 2020 I gained my Chartered Activity and Health Practitioner status, awarded by CIMSPA (the professional body for the sport and physical activity sector in the UK), after meeting the professional standards, and passing a 2-hour VIVA examination. CIMSPA establishes a new set of professional standards for the sport and physical activity sector in the UK. CIMSPA also holds the new UK's directory for all exercise and fitness professionals. CIMSPA awards Chartered status to those who have shown real excellence, innovation and quality within the field of sport and physical activity. CIMSPA chartered status is the hallmark of a qualified and excellent professional. -
My British Citizenship Ceremony
19 November 2020
On the 19th of November, at the age of 33, I obtained my British citizenship at the Woolwich Town Hall in the Royal Borough of Greenwich in London. I moved to London in 2013 and I have lived here since then. Gaining my British citizenship was one of my lifetime goals. -
25th ECSS Anniversary Congress 2020
30 October 2020
I presented our study on the benefits of gymnastics at the parallel virtual sessions of the 25th Anniversary Congress of the European College of Sports Science (ECSS). The findings show that gymnastics training in childhood, contributes to maintaining a normal mass, and thereby sustaining a normal health status. Practising artistic gymnastics has a positive impact on the health-related biomarkers of children’s physical fitness. -
16 October 2020
This study recorded the dynamics of training distress, performance, and excretion of cortisol and cortisone in urine during six weeks of training in elite swimmers. The study was part of the project 'Non-invasive monitoring of recovery and effects of glutathione supplementation on elite swimmers' supported by Grant 12/15.02.2018 by the National Sports Academy, Sofia, Bulgaria. -
First Article in a Journal with Impact Factor
1 February 2020
After my presentation at the ECSS Congress 2019, our study on nutrition and body composition was built upon further and the complete findings were published in the International Journal of Sports Science & Coaching. This is also my first article in a journal with Impact Factor. This journal has an impact factor of 1.253, and it is indexed in the international database Clarivate Analytics: Science Citation Index Expanded (Web of Science), SCOPUS and other databases. -
15 July 2019
I presented our study on body composition and nutrient intake of Olympic and elite rhythmic gymnasts at the parallel sessions of the 24th Annual Congress of the ECSS in Prague. This was the biggest conference I have ever taken part in, with 2703 participants from around the world, joining together for the top European event in sport and exercise science, ECSS Prague 2019, at the Prague Congress Centre.
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