Swilen Nejkow
Swilen Emilow Nejkow ( Bulgarian Свилен Емилов Нейков , Translit. Svilen Emilov Nejkov , English also written Svilen Emilov Neykov ; born December 14, 1964 in Varna , Bulgaria ) is a Bulgarian athlete, politician of the GERB party and from 2009 to 2013 the country's sports minister.
Life
Swilen Nejkow was a student at the Sofia National Sports Academy between 1987 and 1991. He has become multiple Bulgarian rowing champions over the years. He was also a finalist at the 1989 World Rowing Championships in Bled and Tasmania (1990). In 1989 he became world champion at the Student Summer Olympics in Duisburg .
Since 2006 he has been working as a fitness trainer at CSKA Sofia and as a lecturer at the National Sports Academy Sofia. From 2009 to 2013 he was the country's sports minister in the government of Boyko Borisov .
Nejkow is married to the Olympic rowing champion Rumjana Nejkowa , with whom he has two sons and whose coach he was also.
Web links
- Who is who: Bulgaria's New Sports Minister Svilen Neykov , Novinite.com. July 21, 2009. Retrieved August 2, 2009.
- Brief biography of Swilen Nejkow (English) on the website of the Bulgarian government
- Swilen Nejkow at Worldrowing.com ( FISA database )
predecessor | Office | successor |
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Wessela Letschewa | Minister of Sport of Bulgaria July 27, 2009 - February 20, 2013 |
Petar Stoychev |
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SURNAME | Nejkow, Swilen |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Nejkow, Emilow Swilen (full name); Neykov, Svilen Emilov (English spelling); Нейков, Свилен Емилов (Bulgarian spelling) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Bulgarian athlete, politician and economist |
DATE OF BIRTH | December 14, 1964 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Varna , Bulgaria |