Tsvetan Gashevski ( bg, Цветан Гашевски) (born 15 July 1970 in

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) is a Bulgarian arm wrestler. He lives and works in

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and he is one of the founders of the Gorna Oryahovitsa Arm Wrestling Club. Gashevski started his sport career with

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but soon switched to

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where he soon achieved great results - multiple Champion of

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in the 75 kg category (right hand).

International competitions

He was one of the Top 10 sportspersons of Gorna Oryahovitsa in the 20th century and was awarded the prize of Gorna Oryahovitsa for sporting achievements in 2001 and made an Honorary Citizen of

in 2002.

References

Honoured Citizens of Gorna Oryahovitsa

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