PIRIN

Swimming club PIRIN - 30 years of excellence

Found in 1993, the club is the leader in swimming sports in South-western region and one of the most consistent in Bulgaria. The club has many national champions and representatives on European and World championships. Since 2017, the club is also developing an Artistic swimming team, which already achieved big success on the national stage - various golden medals on almost every discipline/age group.

Here are some of the major club accomplishments:

• 15 golden medals on national club championships
• Golden medal on Malta open artistic swimming championship 2023 - duet youth age group
• Representatives on World Youth artistic swimming championship in Athens 2023
• Team of the year in Blagoevgrad for 2023

Sport Complex PIRIN, Elenovo, Blagoevgrad

The swimming pool is with Olympic size and is used by all swimming clubs in Blagoevgrad city. It has an installed computer system which regulates the water temperature and keeps it at 27 degrees warm. The air temperature is with 2-3 degrees higher - around 29-30. There is also a special system which cleans and filtrates the water with a capacity of 1000 cubic meters.

• Pool size is 50x25 (Olympic size)
• 10 swimming lanes
• Outside training area with various fields (football, tennis, etc.) training hall and restaurants

For more information please refer to the official page of the swimming complex HERE.

The beautiful city of Blagoevgrad

Blagoevgrad is located in Southwest Bulgaria, at a distance of about 100 km from Sofia, in the so-called Blagoevgrad valley, on an altitude of 410 meters. The town is situated in close proximity to the southwest slopes of Rila Mountain, in the river valleys of Struma and Blagoevgradska Bistritsa. The foot of Vlahina Mountain can be seen to the west of it. The territory of the town in regional scale is located in the westernmost part of the Rila-Rhodope Massif. The average temperature is +14 degrees, which determines the region as one of the warmest in the country.

Blagoevgrad is a starting point for the Rila Monastery, as well as for the charming museum town of Melnik. This is also a starting point for the tourist routes leading to the beautiful mountains Rila and Pirin.

Some historical facts about Blagoevgrad:

• Blagoevgrad is presently a municipal center with a rich history. Traces of habitation by humans dating back to the Neolithic Age have been found in Blagoevgrad. The favorable conditions contributed to the arising Thracian civilization in this area around the 3rd century BC.
• The hot mineral springs became a center of the Thracian settlement, to which the Roman conquerors later headed. The name of the town of that time is also known – Skaptopara (Upper Market Area), which is related to the Thracian tribe Dentelets, which inhabited the upper current of the river Struma. Around the 1st century AD, the Thracians were conquered by the Romans.
• With the arrival of the Slavs, life here flourished. They settled in these places during the 6th-7th century. The lands were later joined to the Bulgarian state during the ruling of Khan Presiyan (836 – 852).