On the occasion of the Independence Day of the Republic of Macedonia – September 8, President StevoPendarovski awarded Macedonian athletes OliveraNakovska-Bikova, BranimirJovanovski, ShabanTrstena and DejanGeorgievski with the “September 8” Order.
OliveraNakovska-Bikova has been awarded the Order of “September 8” for her extraordinary, rich and successful sports career in Paralympic and sports archery.
BranimirJovanovski is the first Macedonian Paralympian who won a gold medal at one Paralympics. ShabanTrstena received an Order for winning a gold medal in wrestling at the 1984 Summer Olympics, andDejanGeorgievski for winning the silver medal at the Olympic Games in Tokyo in taekwondo.