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On 14th attempt, Prevolaraki wins historic European gold for Greece

By Vinay Siwach

BRATISLAVA, Slovakia (April 11) -- Maria PREVOLARAKI (GRE) made her first trip to the European Championships in 2011 when she was 19 years old. She competed in 14 European Championships and returned home with eight medals -- four silvers and four bronzes -- over the last 13 years.

Now 33 and competing at her 14th European Championships, Prevolaraki won her first gold medal with a thrilling win over Andreea ANA (ROU), ending a 24-year wait for Greece to have a champion in Women's Wrestling at the continental event. Former world champion Sofia POUMPOURIDOU (GRE) was the last and only other European champion for Greece in Women's Wrestling.

"I am very happy that I managed to earn the gold medal," Prevolaraki said. "I was waiting so many years to be the European champion and I am 33 years old but I managed to do it."

Over the years, Prevolaraki has lost four finals, all to different opponents. But Friday, she managed to keep her composure in a close bout for the win.

"This time I am more experienced and I did not feel any pressure," she said.  I played freely and good things happen when you have no pressure."

Wrestling in Bratislava in the 53kg weight class, Prevolaraki was hit with passivity first and put on the 30-second clock which expired without Prevolaraki scoring to give Ana 1-0 lead.

Ana extended her lead to 3-0 when Prevolaraki tried to hit a cut-back but was unsuccessful in the move. With more than two minutes remaining, Ana tried defending her 3-0 lead but was put on the activity clock when 1:10 were left.

During the 30-second period, Prevolaraki went for the leg-attack but Ana moved and tried getting behind Prevolaraki which she almost did and tried throwing the Greek with a cradle. But Prevolaraki was alerted and did not land in danger and scored a takedown. The activity clock against Ana expired which added another point for Prevolaraki, making the score 3-3 with the Greece wrestler leading on criteria of last point scored.

Romania decided to challenge, a strategic one. Even a lost challenge would need Ana to score a point to win from 4-3 with Prevolaraki lead and 3-3 with criteria to Prevolaraki.

On review, Romania lost the challenge and Prevolaraki led 4-3. Ana hit a sweep single and tried forcing Prevolaraki out of bounds but the Greece wrestler turned it around to get Ana's head out first and get another point to lead 5-3 which she defended and won the gold medal.

Maria PREVOLARAKI (GRE)Maria PREVOLARAKI (GRE) at the medal ceremony of the European Championships. (Photo: United World Wrestling / Kostadin Andonov)

"I think I have had a good career," she said. "I am sad that I don't have an Olympic medal but I have many European medals and world Championships medals."

Prevolaraki, a four-time Olympian, a rare feat in wrestling, paid tribute to three-time Olympic champion Buvaisar SAITIEV, by wearing a shirt with his photo and message. Saitiev had passed away in March at the age of 49 years.

"The legend [Saitiev] is for all wrestler all over the world and his legend has no bounds. I wanted to pay a tribute to this legend," she said.

2026 U23 European Championships

U23 European Championships 2026 Entries

By United World Wrestling Press

ZRENJANIN, Serbia (February 24) -- The 2026 U23 European Championships will be held in Zrenjanin, Serbia from March 9 to 15. Freestyle will kick off on Monday, followed by Women's Wrestling and Greco-Roman to finish the tournament.

More than 400 wrestlers are registered to compete at the continental event. Click here for the full schedule of 2026 U23 European Championships.

Greco-Roman

55kg
Manvel KHACHATRYAN (ARM)
Farid SADIKHLI (AZE)
Alyosha ILIEV (BUL)
Filip BARTOSIK (CZE)
Koba KARUMIDZE (GEO)
Edmond DOMOKOS (HUN)
Maxim SARMANOV (MDA)
Denis MIHAI (ROU)
Alibek AMIROV (RUS)
Sercan KESGIN (TUR)
Ivan STEFANSKYI (UKR)

60kg
Andi MUCA (ALB)
Suren AGHAJANYAN (ARM)
Aykhan JAVADOV (AZE)
Borislav KIRILOV (BUL)
Brian SANTIAGO (DEN)
Ilian AINAOUI (FRA)
Giorgi KOCHALIDZE (GEO)
Georgios PAPAGEORGIOU (GRE)
Levente FIGE (HUN)
Olivier SKRZYPCZAK (POL)
Murat KHATIT (RUS)
Ahmet TASKINOGLU (TUR)
Yevhen POKOVBA (UKR)

63kg
Mikel TROPLINI (ALB)
Armen SUKIASYAN (ARM)
Ilkin GURBANOV (AZE)
Hristiyan IVANOV (BUL)
Al Bara CHOPALAEV (EST)
Lucas LO GRASSO (FRA)
Rati KHOZREVANIDZE (GEO)
Marios KAPANTAIS (GRE)
Vitalie ERIOMENCO (MDA)
Miguel LOUREIRO (POR)
Dordzhi SHUNGURTSIKOV (RUS)
Andrej VELISAVLJEV (SRB)
Algot GAMELIUS (SWE)
Enes ULKU (TUR)
Maksut SULTANOV (UKR)

67kg
Yurik HOVEYAN (ARM)
Farid KHALILOV (AZE)
Ihar YERMACHENKAU (BLR)
Kristiyan MILENKOV (BUL)
Matous JANKOVIC (CZE)
William REENBERG (DEN)
Nestori MANNILA (FIN)
Anri KHOZREVANIDZE (GEO)
Janis HEINZELBECKER (GER)
David MANYIK (HUN)
Kipras PUIKIS (LTU)
Pavel DENISENCO (MDA)
Bers TIMIRBIEV (NOR)
Arslanbek SALIMOV (POL)
Pavel ALEXE (ROU)
Daniial AGAEV (RUS)
Dejan BERKEC (SRB)
Saya BRUNNER (SUI)
Magnus EKEROT (SWE)
Azat SARIYAR (TUR)
Imed KHUDZHADZE (UKR)

72kg
Ashot KHACHATRYAN (ARM)
Faraim MUSTAFAYEV (AZE)
Zakhar YANEVICH (BLR)
Dimitar GEORGIEV (BUL)
Gonzalo CAPARROS DIEGUEZ (ESP)
Artur JEREMEJEV (EST)
Oliver PADA (FIN)
Nika BROLADZE (GEO)
Magomed KARTOJEV (GER)
Arionas KOLITSOPOULOS (GRE)
Steve MOMILIA (ITA)
Vasile ZABICA (MDA)
Hubert SIDORUK (POL)
Joao DUARTE SIMOES (POR)
Leonard IURASCU (ROU)
Rabil ASKEROV (RUS)
Djordje HIRCL (SRB)
Mathias MARTINETTI (SUI)
Ali GOCMEN (TUR)
Dmytro VASYLIEV (UKR)

77kg
Samvel TERTERYAN (ARM)
Ravan NURIYEV (AZE)
Kiryl VALEUSKI (BLR)
Albert DOEV (BUL)
Luka IVANCIC (CRO)
Dalgat MAGOMEDOV (CZE)
Miro LEINONEN (FIN)
Temuri ORJONIKIDZE (GEO)
Louis LAY (GER)
Dominik BOTOS (HUN)
Rokas CEPAUSKAS (LTU)
Alexandru SOLOVEI (MDA)
Igor BOTEZ (ROU)
Danil GRIGOREV (RUS)
Zalan PEK (SRB)
Fritz REBER (SUI)
Adam STRANDNER (SWE)
Cengizhan DAG (TUR)
Irfan MIRZOIEV (UKR)

82kg
Martik PETROSYAN (ARM)
Elmin ALIYEV (AZE)
Ibrahim TABAEV (BEL)
Illia VALEUSKI (BLR)
Martin SHISHEKOV (BUL)
Michal ZELENKA (CZE)
Jose TESO SOBA (ESP)
Ekke LEITHAM (EST)
Vikke TARKKIO (FIN)
Tornike MIKELADZE (GEO)
Andreas VASILAKOPOULOS (GRE)
Szabolcs SZINAY (HUN)
Matija RADOJEVIC (MNE)
Alexander AEMAES (NOR)
Oskar LUBERA (POL)
Gamzat GADZHIEV (RUS)
Antal VAMOS (SRB)
Ognjen JAKOVLJEVIC (SRB)
Alexander JOHANSSON (SWE)
Yusuf GOLBASI (TUR)
Ruslan ABDIIEV (UKR)

87kg
Vigen NAZARYAN (ARM)
Said AKHUNDZADA (AZE)
Andrey ATANASOV (BUL)
Antonio LUKAC (CRO)
Frederik MATHIESEN (DEN)
Elias LYYSKI (FIN)
Vladimeri KARCHAIDZE (FRA)
Achiko BOLKVADZE (GEO)
Nikolaos IOSIFIDIS (GRE)
Leon RIVALTA (ITA)
Martin LJOSAAK (NOR)
Yassine BEN LABED (POL)
Patrik GORDAN (ROU)
Imam ALIEV (RUS)
Andrija MIHAJLOVIC (SRB)
Alperen BERBER (TUR)
Vladyslav SOLODCHUK (UKR)

97kg
Ruben GEVORGYAN (ARM)
Ali GULIYEV (AZE)
Abubakar KHASLAKHANAU (BLR)
Kaloyan IVANOV (BUL)
Tomislav BRKAN (CRO)
Robin USPENSKI (EST)
Luka GABISONIA (GEO)
Darius KIEFER (GER)
Christos CHATSATOUROV (GRE)
Vendel VITAI (HUN)
Ilia CERNOVOL (MDA)
Wojciech IWANOWSKI (POL)
Saipula GADZHIMAGOMEDOV (RUS)
Uros KRSTIN (SRB)
Muhittin HELVACI (TUR)
Yehor YAKUSHENKO (UKR)

130kg
Aramayis HARUTYUNYAN (ARM)
Leonhard JUNGER (AUT)
Aykhan MARDANOV (AZE)
Viachaslau FEDARYNA (BLR)
Alan DZABIEV (BUL)
Marko MILANOVIC (CRO)
Artur SARKISJAN (CZE)
Eerik PANK (EST)
Rati TALIKISHVILI (GEO)
Achilleas CHRYSIDIS (GRE)
Laszlo DARABOS (HUN)
Sebastian WARCHOL (POL)
Aleksandr MELEKHOV (RUS)
David MOLNAR (SRB)
Huseyin CIL (TUR)
Ivan YANKOVSKYI (UKR)

Manuel WAGIN (GER)Manuel WAGIN (GER) will compete at 74kg in Zrenjanin, Serbia. (Photo: United World Wrestling / Kostadin Andonov)

Freestyle

57kg
Arman HARUTYUNYAN (ARM)
Vasif BAGHIROV (AZE)
Artsiom PAULIUCHENKA (BLR)
Nik DOYCHINOV (BUL)
Rassoul GALBOURAEV (FRA)
Danoush JOWKAR (GBR)
Nikoloz BOTCHORISHVILI (GEO)
Karamjeet HOLSTEIN (GER)
Nektarios KOUZOUPIS (GRE)
Balazs RACZ (HUN)
Ion BULGARU (MDA)
Aiandai ONDAR (RUS)
Baris UNSAL (TUR)
Mykola BRATOV (UKR)

61kg
Ajndi KRYEZIU (ALB)
Levik MIKAYELYAN (ARM)
Jeyhun ALLAHVERDIYEV (AZE)
Herbert AKAPIAN (BLR)
Erdal GALIP (BUL)
Rezo MARSAGISHVILI (GEO)
Vasile MARCU (MDA)
Besir ALILI (MKD)
Rafal SZEWC (POL)
Anzor MAZHIDOV (RUS)
Robert MESZAROS (SVK)
Tolga OZBEK (TUR)
Andrii SHOKALIUK (UKR)

65kg
Arman MUSIKYAN (ARM)
Luca HARTMANN (AUT)
Musa AGHAYEV (AZE)
Magomedkhan MAGAMEDKHANOV (BLR)
Saba GAMBASHIDZE (GEO)
Magomed KARTOJEV (GER)
Zoltan MIZSEI (HUN)
Mattia BIENTINESI (ITA)
Fiodor CEAVDARI (MDA)
Daniel SANDU (ROU)
Dzhambulat KIZINOV (RUS)
Sandro HUNGERBUEHLER (SUI)
Yusuf TUMER (TUR)
Viktor BOROHAN (UKR)

70kg
Davit MARGARYAN (ARM)
Alexander SEIWALD (AUT)
Ramik HEYBATOV (AZE)
Mikita DZEMCHANKA (BLR)
Kaloyan ATANASOV (BUL)
Denis KODAKOV GIL (ESP)
Goga OTINASHVILI (GEO)
Marcel WAGIN (GER)
Tomas GORMLEY (IRL)
Daniele GUBBIOTTI (ITA)
Alexandr GAIDARLI (MDA)
Daniel KULCZYNSKI (POL)
Benjamin BOEJTHE (ROU)
Magomed ELTEMIROV (RUS)
Umut ERDOGAN (TUR)
Mykyta SARIIEV (UKR)

74kg
Grigor CHOLAKYAN (ARM)
Aghanazar NOVRUZOV (AZE)
Aliaksandr HULNIK (BLR)
Petar PETKOV (BUL)
Seyfulla ITAEV (FRA)
Saba KOBAKHIDZE (GEO)
Manuel WAGIN (GER)
Raul CASO (ITA)
Ion MARCU (MDA)
Fabian NIEDZWIEDZKI (POL)
Gigi SUBTIRICA (ROU)
Magomed BAITUKAEV (RUS)
Florian BISSIG (SUI)
Halit OZMUS (TUR)
Mykyta MORHUN (UKR)

79kg
Hayk PAPIKYAN (ARM)
Muhamed BEKTEMIROV (AUT)
Sabuhi AMIRASLANOV (AZE)
Aliaksandr VIARBITSKI (BLR)
Aykan SEID (BUL)
Tristan ALEKSANDROV (EST)
Giorgi GOGRITCHIANI (GEO)
Marat KARDANOV (GER)
Vlad STRATAN (MDA)
Dario DIMITROV (MKD)
Mateusz PEDZICKI (POL)
Ismail KHANIEV (RUS)
Andrija IVANOVIC (SRB)
Kimi KAEPPELI (SUI)
Ibrahim YAPRAK (TUR)
Bohdan OLEKSIIENKO (UKR)

86kg
Razmik YEPREMYAN (ARM)
Vasif KHUDIYEV (AZE)
Artsiom BELAVUSAU (BLR)
Radomir STOYANOV (BUL)
Rakhim MAGAMADOV (FRA)
Tornike SAMKHARADZE (GEO)
Vladimir PLIEV (ISR)
Gabriele NICCOLINI (ITA)
Marius RETCO (MDA)
Bartlomiej NOWAKOWSKI (POL)
Bozigit ISLAMGEREEV (RUS)
Anton VYHIVSKYI (SVK)
Ahmet YAGAN (TUR)
Artur KOSTIUK (UKR)

92kg
Knyaz IBOYAN (ARM)
Ali TCOKAEV (AZE)
Artsiom ALIAKEVICH (BLR)
Sali SALIEV (BUL)
Sandro KURASHVILI (GEO)
Daniel FISCHER (GER)
Grigorios SARIDIS (GRE)
Krisztian ANGYAL (HUN)
Alexandru BORS (MDA)
Igor SZUCKI (POL)
Mustafagadzhi MALACHDIBIROV (RUS)
David JAKSIK (SVK)
Fatih ALTUNBAS (TUR)
Yehor HOROKH (UKR)

97kg
Gurgen SIMONYAN (ARM)
Zafar ALIYEV (AZE)
Uladzislau KAZLOU (BLR)
Andriyan VALKANOV (BUL)
Aimar ALZON EGUINOA (ESP)
Konstantine PETRIASHVILI (GEO)
Nikolaos KARAVANOS (GRE)
Nikita GOUBARETS (ISR)
Davide COSSU (ITA)
Filip SZUCKI (POL)
Mukhamed KHANIEV (RUS)
Adam JAKSIK (SVK)
Emirhan KILIC (TUR)
Ivan PRYMACHENKO (UKR)

125kg
Khachatur KHACHATRYAN (ARM)
Yusif DURSUNOV (AZE)
Stsiapan MANDRYK (BLR)
Dian MANEV (BUL)
Aleksandre ABRAMISHVILI (GEO)
Emil THIELE (GER)
Milan GELLEN (HUN)
Dmitrii DUSCOV (MDA)
Michal DUBOWSKI (POL)
Brian TECHEREAN (ROU)
Khabib DAVUDGADZHIEV (RUS)
Hakan BUYUKCINGIL (TUR)
Ivan MYROSHNYCHENKO (UKR)

Alina SHAUCHUK (BLR)Senior European champion Alina SHAUCHUK (BLR) will be at 68kg. (Photo: United World Wrestling / Jake Kirkman)

Women's Wrestling

50kg
Asmar JANKURTARAN (AZE)
Sviatlana KATENKA (BLR)
Mariam GRIGALASHVILI (GEO)
Laura FATH (HUN)
Marija SPIRKOVSKA (MKD)
Ana ROTARU (ROU)
Aleksandra KOPYLOVA (RUS)
Andela VASILJEVIC (SRB)
Svenja JUNGO (SUI)
Zerda DEMIR (TUR)
Aida KERYMOVA (UKR)

53kg
Nargiz SAMADOVA (AZE)
Kseniya KOSTSENICH (BLR)
Carla JAUME SOLER (ESP)
Vestina DANISEVICIUTE (LTU)
Patrycja STRZELCZYK (POL)
Nicoleta BAJAN (ROU)
Ekaterina KARPUSHKINA (RUS)
Reka HEGEDUS (SVK)
Sevval CAYIR (TUR)
Anastasiia POLSKA (UKR)

55kg
Gultakin SHIRINOVA (AZE)
Aliaksandra BULAVA (BLR)
Nesrin SYULEYMANOVA (BUL)
Maria CAZALLA TORRES (ESP)
Gerda TEREK (HUN)
Mihaela SAMOIL (MDA)
Alexandra VOICULESCU (ROU)
Kira SOLOBCHUK (RUS)
Tuba DEMIR (TUR)
Albina RILLIA (UKR)

57kg
Aryna DZEMCHANKA (BLR)
Olga POPOVA (BUL)
Romaissa EL KHARROUBI (FRA)
Amory ANDRICH (GER)
Roza SZENTTAMASI (HUN)
Csilla VAN OS (NED)
Felicitas DOMAJEVA (NOR)
Julia NOWICKA (POL)
Georgiana LIRCA (ROU)
Elena KUROVA (RUS)
Jana PETROVIC (SRB)
Tindra DALMYR (SWE)
Emine CAKMAK (TUR)
Alina FILIPOVYCH (UKR)

59kg
Hiunai HURBANOVA (AZE)
Marta HETMANAVA (BLR)
Viktoria BOYNOVA (BUL)
Madalina PRISACARI (MDA)
Olha PADOSHYK (POL)
Ana PUIU (ROU)
Ekaterina RADYSHEVA (RUS)
Jovana RADIVOJEVIC (SRB)
Karin SAMUELSSON (SWE)
Sevim AKBAS (TUR)
Yuliia PAKHNIUK (UKR)

62kg
Ruzanna MAMMADOVA (AZE)
Uladzislava KUDZIN (BLR)
Desislava IVANOVA (BUL)
Lana NOGIC (CRO)
Iris THIEBAUX (FRA)
Naemi LEISTNER (GER)
Gabriela RUDOI (MDA)
Alicja WOJEWODZKA NOWOSAD (POL)
Viorica ADAM (ROU)
Amina TANDELOVA (RUS)
Viktoria FOELDESIOVA (SVK)
Gulsum BINGOL (TUR)
Albina KLIEFAS (UKR)

65kg
Kseniya TSIARENIA (BLR)
Leonie STEIGERT (GER)
Nikoleta BARMPA (GRE)
Bianca CONTRAFATTO (ITA)
Alexandra MOISEI (MDA)
Maria PANTIRU (ROU)
Ekaterina KOSHKINA (RUS)
Emilija JAKOVLJEVIC (SRB)
Linnea SVENSSON (SWE)
Beyza AKKUS (TUR)
Oleksandra RYBAK (UKR)

68kg
Alina SHAUCHUK (BLR)
Gerda BARTH (GER)
Karolina POK (HUN)
Laura GODINO (ITA)
Luciana BEDA (MDA)
Karolina DOMASZUK (POL)
Alina SHEVCHENKO (RUS)
Ayse ERKAN (TUR)
Manola SKOBELSKA (UKR)

72kg
Zahra KARIMZADA (AZE)
Viktoryia RADZKOVA (BLR)
Daniela BRASNAROVA (BUL)
Veronika VILK (CRO)
Laura KOEHLER (GER)
Greta TVERSKYTE (LTU)
Emilia CRECIUN (MDA)
Karolina JAWORSKA (POL)
Kristina BRATCHIKOVA (RUS)
Masa PEROVIC (SRB)
Haticenur SARI (TUR)
Iryna ZABLOTSKA (UKR)

76kg
Aliaksandra SIAMIONAVA (BLR)
Vanesa GEORGIEVA (BUL)
Patrycja CUBER (POL)
Mariia SILINA (RUS)
Bukrenaz SERT (TUR)
Nadiia SOKOLOVSKA (UKR)