U17 European Freestyle Wrestling Championships: First Winners and Medalists Announced

The first final bouts of the U17 European Freestyle Wrestling Championships took place on May 16 in Samokov, Bulgaria. As a result, the winners and medalists in five weight categories were determined.

On the first day of finals, two wrestlers from Azerbaijan became European champions, along with one representative each from Armenia, Russia and Georgia.

The main highlight for Team Armenia was Suren Ishkhanyan’s gold medal in the 55 kg weight category. In the final, the Armenian wrestler defeated Russia’s Osman Temirsultanov and earned Armenia its first medal of the tournament — and it was gold.

On May 17, Team Armenia will have a chance to add more medals to its tally. Erik Ghazaryan will compete for bronze in the 45 kg weight category, while Avetik Tutkhalyan will fight for a bronze medal in the 71 kg category through the repechage bracket.

Winners and Medalists of the First U17 European Freestyle Wrestling Finals

48 kg

1. Huseyn Rzazade — Azerbaijan
2. Volodymyr Boiko — Ukraine
3. Asilder Asluev — Russia and Leonid Zabrian — Moldova

55 kg

1. Suren Ishkhanyan — Armenia
2. Osman Temirsultanov — Russia
3. Abbas Shafiyev — Azerbaijan and Temuri Tutarashvili — Georgia

65 kg

1. Maksim Mongush — Russia
2. Rashid Nazarov — Azerbaijan
3. Istvan Nagy — Romania and Tumur Abumislimov — Ukraine

80 kg

1. Nihat Suleymanli — Azerbaijan
2. Emirhan Kayir — Turkey
3. Rati Rezashavili — Georgia and Arshavir Darakhshanifara — Finland

110 kg

1. Murtaz Bagdavadze — Georgia
2. Stefan Stefanov — Bulgaria
3. Emests Stabins — Latvia and Hakim Tagiyev — Azerbaijan

Final Bouts on May 17

The final bouts of the next competition day will take place on May 17. The action is scheduled to begin at 18:00 Moscow time.

45 kg

Radoslav Velikov — Bulgaria
Marko Kvasniuk — Ukraine

Armenia’s Erik Ghazaryan will compete for the bronze medal.

51 kg

Mohammet Golha — Turkey
Ibrahim Hasanov — Azerbaijan

60 kg

Sergey Karmryan — Russia
Mikuta Kuzmenko — Ukraine

71 kg

Nikolay Iliev — Bulgaria
Artyom Ananyan — Russia

Armenia’s Avetik Tutkhalyan will fight for bronze through the repechage bracket.

92 kg

Ali Dadaev — France
Abdurazak Shabanov — Russia