Amazing people attend 1000 Balkan

Slavi Nestorov

• Senior multinational manager in Medicine
• Climbed Mt Everest in 2018
• Climbed Aconcagua in 2017
• Climbed Denali (McKinley) in 2019
• Aims to do the 7 Summits
• Active fund raiser

Andrei Rosu

• Former banker
• Motivational speaker
• Explorer – North Pole marathon, Deca IronMan, Antlantic Challenge, Everest marathon, Arc-to-Arc triathlon and 6633 ultra marathon finisher, the first Romanian to cross the English channel
• Active fund raiser.

Iulian Roratu

• Fireman
• Winner in the 2019 Australia
• 522 km desert ultra marathon
• 2nd at the 2018 Antarctica 245 km ultra marathon
• Successful finisher in Gobi, Sahara and Acatama deserts ultra marathons
• Active fund raiser

Pieter Wessel

• Partner in a large multinational consultancy
• Finisher of dozens of world marathons, including 2 times Boston marathon
• One of the 5 finishers of 1000 Balkan
• Active fund raiser

Victor Vlad

• Professional running coach and key promoter of running in Romania
• Founder of Elite Running Association
• Finisher of dozens of international long-distance races with lots of podiums
• Active fund raiser

Ilie Rosu

• Former military officer
• The flag bearing runner – >200 international marathons finished running with flags
• Founder of the chain of Romanian historical marathons

Andrei Gligor

• IT specialist
• 2nd place at the 2019 Australia 522 km desert ultra marathon
• 2 times finisher of the Sahara ultra marathon
• 1000 Balkan finisher
• Active fund raiser

Razvan Staicu

• Dental surgeon
• One of the top Romanian triathlonists and finisher of dozens of international Iron Man formats
• Regular biking participant in 1000 Balkan
• Transformed his life some 10 years ago when his weight was over 100 kg

Hiroku Ogava

• Japanese language teacher and former ski instructor
• One of the top runner in the world in her age group
• Hundreds of international marathons and races run
• Regular participant in 1000 Balkan
• Active fund raiser

Elenko Elenkov

• Project management expert
• Chairman of Begach Running Club
• Key contribution to running movement in Bulgaria
• Participant in dozens of international running and biking events

Gabriel Solomon

• IT programmer
• Founder of Galantom, the largest sports e-donation platform in Romania
• Challenger of numerous running Guinness records
• Active fundraiser

Only 5 people have finished successfully the full 1000 Balkan distance so far