European Wrestling Championships 2008
The Ringer's European Championships in 2008 were from April 1 to 6. April 2008 in Tampere / Finland held. The European Championships were considered the last dress rehearsal before the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing .
World championships do not take place in years when the Olympic Games are being played.
Tampere hosted the European Championships in Greco-Roman style as early as 1987. In 1965 and 1994, the World Wrestling Championships were held in Tampere , both also in the Greco-Roman style.
German contingent
Greco-Roman style:
- up to 55 kg: Florian Crusius (AC Zella-Mehlis): 15th place
- up to 60 kg: Heinz Marnette ( KSV Ketsch ): 10th place
- up to 66 kg: Marcus Thätner (RSV Hansa 90 Frankfurt / Oder): 11th place
- up to 74 kg: Konstantin Schneider ( KSV Köllerbach ): 9th place
- up to 84 kg: Jan Fischer (KSV Köllerbach): 5th place (defeat in the small final against Andrea Minguzzi , Italy)
- up to 96 kg: Mirko Englich ( KSV Witten 07 ): 2nd place (defeat in the final against Aslanbek Chuschtow , Russia)
- up to 120 kg: Nico Schmidt (RSV Hansa 90 Frankfurt / Oder): 15th place
Freestyle:
- up to 55 kg: Tim Schleicher ( SV St. Johannis 07 ): 5th place (defeat in the small final against Sezer Akgül , Turkey)
- up to 60 kg: Samet Dülger ( KSK Neuss ): 13th place
- up to 66 kg: Felix Menzel ( 1st Luckenwalder SC ): 16th place
- up to 74 kg: Andrij Shyyka (KSV Köllerbach): 7th place
- up to 84 kg: David Bichinashvili ( VfK Schifferstadt ): 3rd place (victory in the small final against Sergei Kolesnikow , Israel)
- up to 96 kg: Stefan Kehrer (KSV Ketsch): 15th place
- up to 120 kg: without occupation
Women:
- up to 48 kg: Alexandra Engelhardt (KSG Ludwigshafen): 15th place
- up to 51 kg: Brigitte Wagner ( SV Siegfried Hallbergmoos ): 5th place (defeat in the small final against Tiina Ylinen , Finland)
- up to 55 kg: Christiane Knittel (ASV Freiburg): 8th place
- up to 59 kg: Natascha Ballas (AC Ückerath): 9th place
- up to 63 kg: Stéphanie Groß (AC Ückerath): 15th place
- up to 67 kg: Kristin Büttner ( TuS Jena ): 5th place (defeat in the small final against Lise Legrand , France)
- up to 72 kg: Anita Schätzle (WKG Metternich-Rübenach): 3rd place (victory in the small final over Switlana Sajenko , Ukraine)
Swiss contingent
Greco-Roman style:
- up to 55 kg: Thomas Wild : 12th place
- up to 74 kg: Murat Argin : 8th place
- up to 84 kg: Michael Jauch : 23rd place
Freestyle:
- up to 60 kg: Pius Zberg : 19th place
- up to 66 kg: Gregory Sarrasin : 19th place
- up to 74 kg: Marco Riesen : 18th place
- up to 84 kg: Thomas Bucheli (wrestler) : 16th place
- up to 96 kg: Gregory Martinetti : 14th place
Women:
- up to 55 kg: Nadine Tokar : 11th place
- up to 63 kg: Karin Stingelin : 8th place
Austrian contingent
Greco-Roman style:
- up to 60 kg: Hannes Lienbacher : 22nd place
- up to 66 kg: Marc Bock : 25th place
- up to 74 kg: Benedikt Ernst : 14th place
- up to 84 kg: Hannes Haring : 25th place
Women:
- up to 55 kg: Birgit Stern : 14th place
- up to 63 kg: Nikola Hartmann-Dünser : 9th place
- up to 67 kg: Stephanie Maierhöfer : 8th place
- up to 72 kg: Marina Gastl : 5th place (defeat in the small final against Jenny Fransson , Sweden)
Greco-Roman style
Results
The Greco-Roman style competitions were held on April 5th and April 6th. 182 athletes from 37 nations were represented in the Greco-Roman style competitions.
The defending champion in the class up to 55 kg, Rövşən Bayramov from Azerbaijan, succeeded in winning the European Championship again in Tampere. In the final, the 20-year-old vice world champion from 2006 defeated the European champion from 2006, Roman Amojan , on points 8-2. The bronze medals went to the young Virgil Munteanu from Romania and Péter Módos from Hungary.
In the class up to 60 kg, the third European champion from 2007, the Finn Jarkko Ala-Huikku , celebrated his greatest success of his career so far. The 28-year-old Finn defeated the 33-year-old multiple world and European champion and 2000 Olympic champion, Armen Nazarjan from Bulgaria, with 5: 1.
Armen Wardanjan , the 2004 European champion from Ukraine, defeated Romanian Ionuț Panait on points in the final in the fight for gold in the class up to 66 kg .
The still relatively unknown Hungarian Péter Bácsi won the gold medal up to 74 kg. The 24-year-old defeated Turkish Şeref Tüfenk in the final . Bronze went to Jewgeni Popow from Russia and the Frenchman Christophe Guénot .
The 31-year-old Turkish Nazmi Avluca from Konya won an EM title for the third time in 2008 after 1996 and 2004. Against Badri Chassaia from Georgia, who became European champion in 2002, the comparison won the final in the class up to 84 kg. Bronze went to Ara Abrahamian from Sweden and Andrea Minguzzi from Italy.
In the class up to 96 kg the Russian Aslanbek Chuschtow triumphed . The twenty-eight-year-old Russian won against the one year older German Mirko Englich , who surprisingly made it to the final. Elis Guri from Albania and Ramas Nosadze from Georgia won the bronze medals in the small finals.
In the final in the weight class up to 120 kg there was a duel between Armenia and Russia. The two-time European champion Yuri Patrikejew won against defending champion Chassan Barojew from Russia with 7: 1. For Patrikejew this was the third European title after the European Championship titles in 2002 and 2004.
| class | gold | silver | bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| -55 kg |
 Rövşən Bayramov
|
 Roman Amojan
|
 Virgil Munteanu Péter Módos
|
| -60 kg |
 Jarkko Ala-Huikku
|
 Poor Nazarjan
|
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|
| -66 kg |
 Poor Vardanyan
|
Ionuț Panait
|
Plamen Petrov Ruslan Belcharojew
|
| -74 kg |
Péter Bácsi
|
 Şeref Tüfenk
|
 Christophe Guénot Yevgeny Popov
|
| -84 kg |
Nazmi Avluca
|
 Badri Chassaia
|
 Ara Abrahamian Andrea Minguzzi
|
| -96 kg |
Aslanbek Kushtov
|
 Mirko Englich
|
Ramas Nosadze Elis Guri
|
| -120 kg |
Yuri Patrikeev
|
Hassan Baroev
|
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|
Medal table (Greco-Roman style)
| rank | country | gold | silver | bronze |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Russia
|
1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2 |
Turkey
|
1 | 1 | 1 |
| 3 |
Armenia
|
1 | 1 | 0 |
| 4th |
Hungary
|
1 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 |
Azerbaijan
|
1 | 0 | 0 |
|
Finland
|
1 | 0 | 0 | |
|
Ukraine
|
1 | 0 | 0 | |
| 8th |
Bulgaria
|
0 | 1 | 1 |
|
Georgia
|
0 | 1 | 1 | |
|
Romania
|
0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 11 |
Germany
|
0 | 1 | 0 |
| 12 |
Albania
|
0 | 0 | 1 |
|
Denmark
|
0 | 0 | 1 | |
|
France
|
0 | 0 | 1 | |
|
Italy
|
0 | 0 | 1 | |
|
Sweden
|
0 | 0 | 1 | |
|
Serbia
|
0 | 0 | 1 | |
|
Belarus
|
0 | 0 | 1 |
Freestyle
Results
The freestyle wrestling competitions took place at the beginning of the tournament on April 1st and 2nd. 147 wrestlers from 31 countries started in the seven weight classes.
In the weight class up to 55 kg, the 20-year-old two-time junior world champion Jamal Otarsultanov from Russia won the final against Belarusian Ryswan Hajyjeu , who had finished third at the 2007 World Championships .
In the class up to 60 kg, the Ukrainian Vasyl Fedoryschyn managed to defend his title. In the final, he left the French Didier Païs no chance and won the fight in two rounds. Fedoryschyn celebrated his third European title after 2006 and 2007.
In the final in the class up to 66 kg, the world champion from 2007 and last year third Ramazan Şahin from Turkey and the young Georgian Koba Kakaladze faced each other. Shahin clearly won the duel in two rounds.
The decision in the up to 74 kg class was won by the Russian Machach Murtasalijew . The two-time world and European champion defeated the Belarusian Murad Hajdarau in the final battle , who narrowly missed the European title for the third time after 2002 and 2004.
The favorite in the competition up to 84 kg, the Russian Georgi Ketojew , who became both world champion and European champion in 2007, was able to defend his European title in Tampere. In the final, the 22-year-old eliminated Georgen Rewas Mindoraschwili .
In the class up to 96 kg, last year's third Giorgi Gogschelidze from Georgia won the final against the 23-year-old Ukrainian young wrestler Heorhij Tibilow .
In the final in the highest weight class, the class up to 120 kg, the former Russian and Olympic champion David Musuľbes and the Georgian Dawit Modsmanashvili faced each other. The 35-year-old Musuľbes, who started for Slovakia for the first time, had his problems against the 14-year-old Modsmanashvili and lost the fight for EM gold after 6:20 minutes of fighting time.
Dawit Modsmanashvili was disqualified for doping after the European champion. David Musuľbes was declared European champion.
Medal Tally (Freestyle)
| rank | country | gold | silver | bronze |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Russia
|
3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2 |
Georgia
|
2 | 2 | 0 |
| 3 |
Ukraine
|
1 | 1 | 0 |
| 4th |
Turkey
|
1 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 |
Belarus
|
0 | 2 | 0 |
| 6th |
France
|
0 | 1 | 0 |
 Slovakia
|
0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 8th |
Azerbaijan
|
0 | 0 | 4th |
| 9 |
Bulgaria
|
0 | 0 | 1 |
|
Germany
|
0 | 0 | 1 | |
 Greece
|
0 | 0 | 1 | |
 Spain
|
0 | 0 | 1 | |
|
Hungary
|
0 | 0 | 1 |
Women
Results
The women's competitions were held between the freestyle and Greco-Roman men's tournaments on April 3rd and April 4th. 103 wrestlers from 28 countries started.
In the lowest weight class, the class up to 48 kg, the junior world champion from 2005, Mariya Stadnik from Azerbaijan, won the gold medal after a 2-round final victory over the French Vanessa Boubryemm , the European champion from 2006 in the class up to 51 kg.
In the final up to 51 kg, the 22-year-old Russian Anna Trussowa and the 18-year-old Swede Sofia Mattsson fought for the gold medal. The fight won Trussowa, who had previously defeated the local Finn Tiina Ylinen . However, the 18-year-old Ylinen fought her way to the small final, where she defeated the German European Champion of 2003, Brigitte Wagner . The second bronze medal went to Julija Blahynja from Ukraine.
The winner of the competition up to 55 kg was the four-time European champion and defending champion Natalja Golz . The 22-year-old Russian defeated Ludmila Cristea from Moldova in the new edition of the European Championship final in 2006 . The bronze medals went to Sofia Poumpouridou from Greece and Tetjana Lasarewa from Ukraine.
The 24-year-old Swede Ida-Theres Nerell won EM gold in the class up to 59 kg against Elvira Mürsəlova from Azerbaijan with a shoulder victory after 1:42 minutes of fighting time. Nerell was able to confidently defend her title from the previous year.
The vice European champion from 2007, Aljona Kartaschowa from Russia, managed to win the third European championship in her career in Tampere. After 2004 and 2006 she won the gold medal in the class up to 63 kg by winning the final over Wolha Chilko from Belarus.
In the final of the class up to 67 kg there was a duel between Russia and Ukraine. The Russian Natalja Kuksina from West Siberia, bronze medalist at the 2007 World Championships, was left behind against the three years younger European Junior Champion Marjana Kwjatkowska (born 1987). Bronze went to Anna Belyayeva from Belarus and Lise Legrand from France.
In the highest weight class, up to 72 kg, the 25-year-old world and European champion from 2007, Stanka Slatewa from Bulgaria, was in charge. She defeated her competitors Marina Gastl from Austria, Maria Vryoni from Greece, Jenny Fransson from Sweden who later secured third place and in the final the Russian Güzäl Mänürowa all in two rounds. For Slatewa Christowa this was the third success at the European Championships. The German Anita Schätzle won the second bronze medal alongside Fransson.
Medal table (women)
| rank | country | gold | silver | bronze |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Russia
|
3 | 2 | 1 |
| 2 |
Sweden
|
1 | 1 | 1 |
| 3 |
Azerbaijan
|
1 | 1 | 0 |
| 4th |
Ukraine
|
1 | 0 | 4th |
| 5 |
Bulgaria
|
1 | 0 | 0 |
| 6th |
France
|
0 | 1 | 1 |
|
Belarus
|
0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 8th |
 Moldova
|
0 | 1 | 0 |
| 9 |
 Poland
|
0 | 0 | 2 |
| 10 |
Germany
|
0 | 0 | 1 |
|
Finland
|
0 | 0 | 1 | |
|
Greece
|
0 | 0 | 1 | |
|
Hungary
|
0 | 0 | 1 |