Georgi Mirtschew

Georgi Mirtschew
nation	Bulgaria
birthday	August 22, 1985
place of birth	Sofia
Career
discipline	Single seater, double seater
National squad	since 2001
status	resigned
End of career	2003

Georgi Mirtschew ( Bulgarian Георги Мирчев ; born August 22, 1985 in Sofia ) is a former Bulgarian natural track luge .

Career

Mirtschew began sledding in 1995. After he had already started in the Intercontinental Cup, he first took part in an international junior championship, the Junior World Championship in Gsies , in February 2002 . There, however, he only came in 35th and last place in the single-seater. In the next winter Mirtschew started next to the single seater also together with Galabin Bozew in the double seater. At the 2003 European Junior Championships in Kreuth , he finished third from last in the single-seater 39th place and in the doubles with Bozew as the last, seventh place. Although he had never started in the World Cup , Mirtschew also took part in the 2003 World Championships held a week later in Železniki . There he rode in a single-seater among 48 rated tobogganists in 44th place, making him second-best of the five Bulgarians who started behind Bozew. In the two-seater he only achieved twelfth and last place with Galabin Bozew. After 2003 Georgi Mirtschew took part in no more international competitions.

successes

(Two-seater with Galabin Bozew)

World championships

• Železniki 2003 : 44th singles, 12th doubles

Junior World Championships

• Casies 2002 : 35th single-seater

Junior European Championships

• Kreuth 2003 : 39th single-seater, 7th double-seater

Web links

• Georgi Mirtschew in the database of the International Luge Federation

literature

• Harald Steyrer, Herbert Wurzer, Egon Theiner: 50 years FIL 1957 - 2007. The history of the International Luge Federation in three volumes . Volume II, Egoth Verlag, Vienna 2007, ISBN 978-3-902480-46-0 , pp. 299, 307, 363