European Wrestling Championships 2009

The European Wrestling Championships 2009 were held from March 31 to April 5 in the Lithuanian capital Vilnius . It was the first major wrestling tournament held in Lithuania. The wrestling was in the styles Greco for men, freestyle for men and freestyle for women. In each style, medals were awarded in seven weight classes.

The venue for the competitions was the Universali Arena " Sportima " , which opened in 2001 and extends over 14,000 square meters.

Time schedule

• March 31: Men's Freestyle; Categories up to 55 kg, 66 kg, 84 kg and 120 kg.
• April 1st: men's freestyle; Categories up to 60 kg, 74 kg and 96 kg.

• April 2nd: women's freestyle; Categories up to 51 kg, 59 kg and 67 kg.
• April 3: women's freestyle; Categories up to 48 kg, 55 kg, 63 kg and 72 kg.

• April 4: Messrs. Greco; Categories up to 55 kg, 60 kg, 66 kg, 74 kg.
• April 5: Messrs. Greco; Categories up to 84 kg, 96 kg and 120 kg.

European Champion 2009

Overview of all European champions 2009:

category	Greco	Freestyle	Women
1	Jani Haapamäki	Nariman Israpilov	Mariya Stadnik
2	Islambek Albiev	Zəlimxan Hüseynov	Ekaterina Krasnova
3	Ambako Watschadze	Andrij Stadnik	Nataliya Sinisin
4th	Arsen Julfalakyan	Çamsulvara Çamsulvarayev	Johanna Mattsson
5	Alexei Mishin	Soslan Kzojew	Monika Michalik
6th	Aslanbek Kushtov	Xetaq Qazyumov	Kateryna Burmistrowa
7th	Yuri Patrikeev	Əli İsayev	Stanka Slatewa

Freestyle, men

The men's free style competitions were held on March 31st and April 1st.

Results

Category up to 55 kg (bantam weight)

space	country	athlete
1	Russia	Nariman Israpilov
2	Georgia	Bessarion Gotschashvili
3	Belarus	Uladsislau Andrejeu
	Bulgaria	Radoslav Velikov
5	Azerbaijan	Yasar Əliyev
	Armenia	Mihran Jaburjan
10	Switzerland	Urs Wild
13	Germany	Tim Schleicher

Date: March 31, 2009
Defending champion: Jamal Otarsultanov , Russia
Participants: 14

The European champion in the lowest freestyle class was the 21-year-old Russian Nariman Israpilow . In the final he defeated the Georgian Bessarion Gotschaschwili after three rounds. The bronze medals went to the Belarusian Uladsislau Andrejeu and the Bulgarian Radoslaw Velikow , who also won the bronze medal at the 2008 Olympic Games .

Category up to 60 kg (feather weight)

space	country	athlete
1	Azerbaijan	Zəlimxan Hüseynov
2	Russia	Adam Batirov
3	Ukraine	Wassyl Fedoryschyn
	Georgia	Malchas Kurdiani
5	Romania	George Bucur
	Turkey	Ersin Çetin
10	Germany	Michel Schneider
12	Austria	Lubos Cikel

Date: April 1, 2009
Defending champion: Vasyl Fedoryschyn , Ukraine
Participants: 17

Category up to 66 kg (lightweight)

space	country	athlete
1	Ukraine	Andrij Stadnik
2	Azerbaijan	Cəbrayıl Həsənov
3	Georgia	Malchas Musiashvili
	Armenia	Chikayer Howhannisjan
5	Hungary	Gergő Wöller
	Moldova	Roman Dermenji
13	Germany	Samet Dülger

Date: March 31, 2009
Defending champion: Ramazan Şahin , Turkey
Participants: 21

Category up to 74 kg (welter weight)

space	country	athlete
1	Azerbaijan	Çamsulvara Çamsulvarayev
2	Turkey	Fırat Binici
3	Bulgaria	Kiril Tersiev
	Belarus	Murad Hajdarau
5	Germany	Andriy Shyyka
	Georgia	Gela Saghirashvili
16	Switzerland	Marco giant

Date: April 1, 2009
Defending champion: Makhach Murtasalijew , Russia
Participants: 23

Category up to 84 kg (middle weight)

space	country	athlete
1	Russia	Soslan Kzojew
2	Ukraine	Ibrahim Aldatow
3	Azerbaijan	Novruz Temrezov
	Turkey	Gökhan Yavaşer
5	Bulgaria	Miroslaw Geschew
	Poland	Radosław Marcinkiewicz
12	Germany	Peter Weisenberger

Date: March 31, 2009
Defending champion: Georgi Ketojew , Russia
Participants: 19

Category up to 96 kg

space	country	athlete
1	Azerbaijan	Xetaq Qazyumov
2	Russia	Georgi Ketojew
3	Turkey	Serhat Balcı
	Armenia	Edgar Jenokjan
5	Moldova	Nicolai Ceban
	Latvia	Imants Lagodskis
15th	Germany	Stefan Kehrer

Date: April 1, 2009
Defending champion: Giorgi Gogschelidze , Georgia
Participants: 18

Category up to 120 kg

space	country	athlete
1	Azerbaijan	Əli İsayev
2	Armenia	Ruslan Basiev
3	Ukraine	Vasyl Tesminezkyj
	Turkey	Recep Kara
5	Georgia	Dawit Otiashvili
	Greece	Ioannis Arzoumanidis

Date: March 31, 2009
Defending champion: David Musuľbes , Slovakia
Participants: 14

Medal table

rank	country	gold	silver	bronze	fifth
1	Azerbaijan	4th	1	1	1
2	Russia	2	2	0	0
3	Ukraine	1	1	2	0
4th	Turkey	0	1	3	1
5	Georgia	0	1	2	2
6th	Armenia	0	1	2	1
7th	Bulgaria	0	0	2	1
8th	Belarus	0	0	2	0
9	Moldova	0	0	0	2
10	Romania	0	0	0	1
	Hungary	0	0	0	1
	Poland	0	0	0	1
	Greece	0	0	0	1
	Latvia	0	0	0	1
	Germany	0	0	0	1

Freestyle, women

The women's free style competitions were held on April 2nd and April 3rd.

Results

Category up to 48 kg

space	country	athlete
1	Azerbaijan	Mariya Stadnik
2	Romania	Estera Dobre
3	Finland	Sarianne Savola
	Russia	Lilia Kaskarakova
5	Belarus	Tazzjana Hurnowitsch
	Poland	Iwona Sadowska
8th	Germany	Annika Hofmann

Date: April 3, 2009
Defending champion: Mariya Stadnik , Azerbaijan
Participants: 14

Category up to 51 kg

space	country	athlete
1	Russia	Ekaterina Krasnova
2	Hungary	Emese Szabó
3	Ukraine	Julija Blahynja
	Italy	Francine de Paola
5	Poland	Renata Omilusik
	Spain	Maria del Mar Serrano
7th	Switzerland	Nadine Tokar
11	Germany	Alexandra Engelhardt

Date: April 2, 2009
Defending champion: Anna Trussowa , Russia
Participants: 18

Category up to 55 kg

space	country	athlete
1	Ukraine	Nataliya Sinisin
2	Belarus	Alena Filipawa
3	Russia	Natalia Smirnova
	Romania	Ana Maria Pavăl
5	Hungary	Emese Barka
	Poland	Sylwia Bileńska
11	Germany	Nicole Hauptmann

Date: April 3, 2009
Defending champion: Natalja Golz , Russia
Participants: 14

Category up to 59 kg

space	country	athlete
1	Sweden	Johanna Mattsson
2	Ukraine	Iryna Chariw
3	Russia	Julija Rekwawa
	France	Meryem Selloum
5	Hungary	Kitti Godó
	Poland	Agata Pietrzyk
10	Germany	Aline Focken

Date: April 2, 2009
Defending champion: Ida-Theres Nerell , Sweden
Participants: 18

Category up to 63 kg

space	country	athlete
1	Poland	Monika Ewa Michalik
2	Russia	Alyona Kartashova
3	Sweden	Henna Johansson
	Germany	Stefanie Stüber
5	Spain	Teresa Méndez
	France	Audrey Preito Bokhashvili

Date: April 3, 2009
Defending champion: Aljona Kartaschowa , Russia
Participants: 17

Category up to 67 kg

space	country	athlete
1	Ukraine	Kateryna Burmistrowa
2	Azerbaijan	Zümrüd Qurbanhaçıyeva
3	Bulgaria	Ralitsa Ivanova
	Russia	Julia Bartnowskaya
5	Spain	Aurora Fajardo
	Romania	Roxana Ianculovici
8th	Austria	Nikola Hartmann
10	Germany	Maria Selmaier
12	Switzerland	Karin Stinglein

Date: April 2, 2009
Defending champion: Marjana Kwjatkowska , Ukraine
Participants: 14

Category up to 72 kg

space	country	athlete
1	Bulgaria	Stanka Slatewa
2	Russia	Alyona Starodubzewa
3	Poland	Agnieszka Wieszczek
	Ukraine	Switlana Sajenko
5	Sweden	Emma Weberg
	Austria	Marina Gastl

Date: April 3, 2009
Defending champion: Stanka Slatewa , Bulgaria
Participants: 13

Medal table

rank	country	gold	silver	bronze	fifth
1	Ukraine	2	1	2	0
2	Russia	1	2	4th	0
3	Azerbaijan	1	1	0	0
4th	Poland	1	0	1	4th
5	Sweden	1	0	1	1
6th	Bulgaria	1	0	1	0
7th	Romania	0	1	1	1
8th	Hungary	0	1	0	2
9	Belarus	0	1	0	1
10	France	0	0	1	1
11	Germany	0	1	0	2
	Finland	0	0	1	0
	Italy	0	0	1	0
14th	Spain	0	0	0	3
15th	Austria	0	0	0	1

Greco-Roman, men

The Greco-Roman style men's competitions were held on April 4th and April 5th.

Results

Category up to 55 kg (bantam weight)

space	country	athlete
1	Finland	Jani Haapamäki
2	Poland	Mariusz Łoś
3	Bulgaria	Alexandar Kostadinov
	Russia	Bekchan Mankiev
5	Czech Republic	Jan Hocko
	Georgia	Lasha Gogitadze

Date: April 4, 2009
Defending champion: Rövşən Bayramov , Azerbaijan
Participants: 24

Category up to 60 kg (feather weight)

space	country	athlete
1	Russia	Islambek Albiev
2	Poland	Edward Barsegjan
3	Bulgaria	Iwo Angelow
	Romania	Eusebiu Diaconu
5	Azerbaijan	Fuad Aliyev
	Serbia	Before that, Štefanek

Date: April 4, 2009
Defending champion: Jarkko Ala-Huikku , Finland
Participants: 22

Category up to 66 kg (lightweight)

space	country	athlete
1	Russia	Ambako Watschadze
2	Belarus	Mikhail Sjamonau
3	Sweden	Sharur Vardanyan
	Georgia	Manuchar Chadaia
5	Poland	Damian Zuba
	Azerbaijan	Frid Mansurov
9	Germany	Christian Fetzer
28	Switzerland	Pascal Strebel

Date: April 4, 2009
Defending champion: Armen Vardanyan , Ukraine
Participants: 29

Category up to 74 kg (welter weight)

space	country	athlete
1	Azerbaijan	Arsen Julfalakyan
2	Ukraine	Volodymyr Shazkych
3	Turkey	Selçuk Çebi
	Belarus	Aljaksandr Kikinijou
5	Georgia	Gennady Gogishvili
	Latvia	Aleksandrs Višņakovs
9	Germany	Adam Juretzko
11	Switzerland	Murat Argin

Date: April 4, 2009
Defending champion: Péter Bácsi , Hungary
Participants: 27

Category up to 84 kg (middle weight)

space	country	athlete
1	Russia	Alexei Mishin
2	Turkey	Nazmi Avluca
3	Ukraine	Vitaly Lishchynsky
	Armenia	Shalwa Gadabadse
5	Estonia	Eerik Aps
	Poland	Paweł Poślad
18th	Austria	Amer Hrustanovic
19th	Germany	Bernhard Mayr

Date: April 5, 2009
Defending champion: Nazmi Avluca , Turkey
Participants: 27

Category up to 96 kg

space	country	athlete
1	Russia	Aslanbek Kushtov
2	Lithuania	Mindaugas Ezerskis
3	Czech Republic	Marek Švec
	Sweden	Jimmy Lidberg
5	Belarus	Zimafey Dseynichenka
	Turkey	Serkan Özden
15th	Germany	Oliver Hassler

Date: April 5, 2009
Defending champion: Aslanbek Chuschtow , Russia
Participants: 23

Category up to 120 kg

space	country	athlete
1	Armenia	Yuri Patrikeev
2	Sweden	Jalmar Sjöberg
3	Hungary	Mihály Deák Bárdos
	Germany	Nico Schmidt
5	Russia	Alexander Anuchin
	Greece	Panagiotis Papadopoulos

Date: April 5, 2009
Defending champion: Yuri Patrikejew , Armenia
Participants: 18

Medal table

rank	country	gold	silver	bronze	fifth
1	Russia	4th	0	1	1
2	Armenia	2	0	0	0
3	Finland	1	0	0	0
4th	Poland	0	2	0	2
5	Sweden	0	1	2	0
6th	Belarus	0	1	1	1
	Turkey	0	1	1	1
8th	Bulgaria	0	1	1	0
	Ukraine	0	1	1	0
10	Lithuania	0	1	0	0
11	Georgia	0	0	1	2
	Azerbaijan	0	0	1	2
13	Czech Republic	0	0	1	1
14th	Germany	0	0	1	0
	Romania	0	0	1	0
	Hungary	0	0	1	0
17th	Serbia	0	0	0	1
	Latvia	0	0	0	1
	Estonia	0	0	0	1
	Greece	0	0	0	1

Web links

• FILA website for EM 2009

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Sportima website