European Wrestling Championships 2012

The Belgrade Arena, the venue for the European Championships.

The Ringer's European Championships in 2012 were from March 6 to 11. March 2012 in Belgrade held. Was fought in the Styles Greco-Roman of Lords, (Greco) freestyle men's and women's freestyle. 21 titles were awarded.

The competitions took place in the Belgrade Arena, which opened in 2004. The city of Belgrade hosted the European Championships in the Greco-Roman style as early as 2003.

European Champion 2012

Overview of all 21 European champions 2012:

category	Greco	Freestyle	Women
1	Elçin Əliyev	Jamal Otarsultanov	Lyudmila Balushka
2	Istvan Levai	Toğrul Əsgərov	Iwona Matkowska
3	Frank Stäbler	Alan Gogaev	Natalja Sinischin
4th	Roman Vlasov	Denis Zargusch	Hanna Wassylenko
5	Christo Marinow	Dato Marsagishvili	Yulia Ostaptchuk
6th	Artur Aleksanyan	Abdussalam Gadissow	Henna Johansson
7th	Rıza Kayaalp	Taha Akgul	Maja Gunvor Erlandsen

Time schedule

• 7th March:
  • Freestyle men: 55 kg and 60 kg
• 8th of March:
  • Freestyle men: 74 kg, 84 kg, 96 kg and 120 kg
  • Freestyle women: 48 kg, 51 kg, 55 kg and 59 kg
• 9th March:
  • Freestyle men: 66 kg
  • Freestyle women: 63 kg, 67 kg and 72 kg
• March 10th:
  • Greco men: 55 kg, 60 kg, 96 kg and 120 kg
• March 11:
  • Greco men: 66 kg, 74 kg and 84 kg

Freestyle, men

Results

Category up to 55 kg

space	country	athlete
1	Russia	Jamal Otarsultanov
2	Georgia	Bessarion Gotschashvili
3	Bulgaria	Radoslav Velikov
	Turkey	Ahmet Peker
5	Armenia	Mihran Jaburjan
	Moldova	Alexandru Chirtoacă
7th	Ukraine	Igor Khavaldji
8th	Belarus	Andrei Komar
9	Hungary	Robert Molnar
10	Poland	Adam Bienkowski
12	Germany	Emanuel Krause
17th	Switzerland	Urs Wild

Date: March 2012
Defending champion: Machmud Magomedov , Azerbaijan
Participants: 19

Category up to 60 kg

space	country	athlete
1	Azerbaijan	Toğrul Əsgərov
2	Bulgaria	Anatoly Guidea
3	Georgia	Malchas Zarkuja
	Russia	Rasul Murtazaliev
5	Romania	George Bucur
	Ukraine	Evgeny Chawilow
7th	Belarus	Vladislav Andreyev
8th	Germany	Tim Schleicher
9	Armenia	Artur Arakeljan
10	Moldova	Pavel Negru
14th	Austria	Maximilian Ausserleitner

Date: March 2012
Defending champion: Opan Sat , Russia
Participants: 20

Category up to 66 kg

space	country	athlete
1	Russia	Alan Gogaev
2	Bulgaria	Leonid Basan
3	Armenia	Dawit Safarjan
	Hungary	Gergő Wöller
5	Georgia	Otar Tushishvili
	Turkey	Yakup brat
7th	Ukraine	Andrei Stadnik
8th	Italy	Raimondo Campagna
9	Azerbaijan	Emin Azizov
10	Belarus	Albert Batyrow
11	Germany	Martin Daum
17th	Austria	Georg Marchl

Date: March 2012
Defending champion: Jabrail Hasanow , Azerbaijan
Participants: 21

Category up to 74 kg

space	country	athlete
1	Russia	Denis Zargusch
2	Georgia	Dawit Chuzishvili
3	Hungary	Gábor Hatos
	Azerbaijan	Aleksandr Qostiyev
5	Ukraine	Oleg Bilozerkiswski
	Turkey	Dear Demirtas
7th	Bulgaria	Kiril Tersiev
8th	Armenia	Musa Murtazaliev
9	United Kingdom	Miroslav Dykun
10	Moldova	Roman Demenji
13	Germany	Aydin Ergün
19th	Austria	Philipp Crepaz
20th	Switzerland	Steven Graf

Date: March 2012
Defending champion: Denis Zargusch , Russia
Participants: 26

Category up to 84 kg

space	country	athlete
1	Georgia	Dato Marsagishvili
2	Bulgaria	Mikhail Ganev
3	Russia	Ansor Urischew
	Romania	Gheorghiță Ștefan
5	Latvia	Armands Zvirbulis
	Turkey	Serdar Böke
7th	Belarus	Amarhajy Mahamedau
8th	Israel	Sergei Kolesnikov
9	Greece	Timofei Xenidis
10	Ukraine	Djambuli Zotadze
12	Germany	Konstantin Völk
19th	Switzerland	Marco giant

Date: March 2012
Defending champion: Ansor Urischew , Russia
Participants: 27

Category up to 96 kg

space	country	athlete
1	Russia	Abdussalam Gadissow
2	Ukraine	Valery Andriitsev
3	Turkey	Serhat Balci
	Belarus	Ivan Jankuski
5	Azerbaijan	Naurus Srapilewitsch Temresow
	Poland	Radoslaw Baran
7th	Bulgaria	Georgi Sredkov
8th	Slovakia	Jozef Jaloviar
9	Georgia	Georgi Gogschelidze
10	Romania	Adrian Recorean
13	Germany	Kevin Schwabe

Date: March 2012
Defending champion: Chetag Gasjumow , Azerbaijan
Participants: 20

Category up to 120 kg

space	country	athlete
1	Turkey	Taha Akgul
2	Hungary	Daniel Ligeti
3	Belarus	Igor Dziatko
	Georgia	Dawit Modsmanashvili
5	Bulgaria	Dimitar Kumchev
	Germany	Nick Matuhin
7th	Russia	Bakhtiyar Akhmedov
8th	Albania	Fatjon Baro
9	Spain	Jose Cuba Vazquez
10	Romania	Rare chintoan

Date: March 2012
Defending champion: Fatih Çakıroğlu , Turkey
Participants: 20

Medal table

rank	country	gold	silver	bronze
1	Russia	4th	0	2
2	Georgia	1	2	2
3	Turkey	1	0	2
4th	Azerbaijan	1	0	1
5	Bulgaria	0	3	1
6th	Hungary	0	1	2
7th	Ukraine	0	1	0
8th	Belarus	0	0	2
9	Armenia	0	0	1
	Romania	0	0	1

Scoring

rank	country	Points
1	Russia	60
2	Georgia	52
3	Bulgaria	49
4th	Turkey	44
5	Ukraine	30th
	Belarus	28
7th	Hungary	27
8th	Azerbaijan	26th
9	Armenia	19th
10	Romania	16
11	Germany	9
12	Moldova	8th
13	Poland	7th
14th	Latvia	6th
15th	Albania	3
	Israel	3
	Italy	3
	Slovakia	3
19th	Spain	2
	United Kingdom	2
	Greece	2

Freestyle, women

Results

Category up to 48 kg

space	country	athlete
1	Ukraine	Lyudmila Balushka
2	Romania	Estera Dobre
3	Germany	Jaqueline Schellin
	Russia	Maria Wilmova
5	Norway	Henriette Slattum
	Hungary	Mercedes Denes
7th	Poland	Anna Lukasiak
8th	Azerbaijan	Marziget Bagomedowa
9	Italy	Silvia Felice
10	Bulgaria	Elitsa Jankowa
	Finland	Sarianne Savola

Date: March 2012
Defending champion: Maria Stadnyk , Azerbaijan
Participants: 17

Category up to 51 kg

space	country	athlete
1	Poland	Iwona Matkowska
2	Ukraine	Oleksandra Kohut
3	Germany	Alexandra Engelhardt
	Russia	Ekaterina Sergeevna Krasnova
5	Azerbaijan	Patimat Bagomedowa
	Turkey	Burcu Kebic
7th	Netherlands	Jessica Blaszka
8th	Italy	Francesca Mori
9	France	Vanessa Boubryemm
10	Moldova	Natalia Budu
14th	Switzerland	Marina Wisler

Date: March 2012
Defending champion: Julia Blachinja , Ukraine
Participants: 17

Category up to 55 kg

space	country	athlete
1	Ukraine	Nataliya Sinisin
2	Sweden	Sofia Mattsson
3	Russia	Maria Gurowa
	Romania	Ana Maria Pavăl
5	Greece	Maria Prevolaraki
	Poland	Roksana Zasina
7th	Finland	Petra Olli
8th	Switzerland	Nadine Tokar
9	Hungary	Emese Barka
10	France	Anna Gomis
16	Germany	Eileen Friedrich

Date: March 2012
Defending champion: Ida-Theres Nerell , Sweden
Participants: 19

Category up to 59 kg

space	country	athlete
1	Ukraine	Hanna Wassylenko
2	Latvia	Anastasija Grigoryeva
3	Azerbaijan	Sona Ahmadli
	Moldova	Ludmila Cristea
5	Belarus	Nadeschda Michalkowa
	Russia	Anna Polovnaeva
7th	Montenegro	Mirjana Martinovic
8th	Serbia	Andjela Krcmarevic
9	Poland	Katarzyna Krawczyk
10	Hungary	Emese Szabo
13	Switzerland	Fabienne Wittenwiler
16	Germany	Kathrin Neumaier

Date: March 2012
Defending champion: Julia Ratkewitsch , Azerbaijan
Participants: 16
Ida-Theress Nerell, 2011 European champion in the category up to 55 kg, took 15th place.

Category up to 63 kg

space	country	athlete
1	Ukraine	Yulia Ostaptchuk
2	Russia	Natalia Smirnova
3	Poland	Monika Ewa Michalik
	Turkey	Elif Yesilirmak
5	Sweden	Johanna Mattsson
	Bulgaria	Elina Wasewa
7th	Italy	Maria Diana
8th	Germany	Yvonne Englich-Hees
9	France	Audrey Prieto
10	Romania	Beatrice Oancea
16	Austria	Laura Raffler

Date: March 2012
Defending champion: Julija Ostaptschuk , Ukraine
Participants: 20

Category up to 67 kg

space	country	athlete
1	Sweden	Henna Johansson
2	Ukraine	Alla Cherkassova
3	Azerbaijan	Nadezhda Sementsova
	Bulgaria	Dzhanan Manolova
5	Russia	Julia Bartnowskaya
	Latvia	Kristine Odrina Orbowa
7th	Romania	Roxana Nastrusnicu
8th	Belarus	Hanna Sawenija
9	Israel	Ilana Kratysh
10	Germany	Aline Focken
11	Austria	Stephanie Maierhofer

Date: March 2012
Defending champion: Nadezhda Semenzova , Azerbaijan
Participants: 14

Category up to 72 kg

space	country	athlete
1	Norway	Maja Gunvor Erlandsen
2	Ukraine	Kateryna Burmistrowa
3	Russia	Natalia Vorobyova
	Spain	Maider Unda González de Audicana
5	Azerbaijan	Natalia Palamarchuk
	Sweden	Jenny Fransson
7th	Belarus	Vasilissa Marsaljuk
8th	Austria	Marina Gastl
9	France	Cynthia Vescan
10	Romania	Elena Mudrag
17th	Germany	Lisa Hug

Date: March 2012
Defending champion: Kateryna Burmistrowa , Ukraine
Participants: 20

Medal table

rank	country	gold	silver	bronze
1	Ukraine	4th	3	0
2	Sweden	1	1	0
3	Poland	1	0	1
4th	Norway	1	0	0
5	Russia	0	1	4th
6th	Romania	0	1	1
7th	Latvia	0	1	0
8th	Azerbaijan	0	0	2
	Germany	0	0	2
10	Turkey	0	0	1
	Bulgaria	0	0	1
	Spain	0	0	1
	Moldova	0	0	1

Scoring

rank	country	Points
1	Ukraine	67
2	Russia	53
3	Sweden	31
4th	Azerbaijan	31
5	Poland	30th
6th	Romania	23
7th	Germany	20th
8th	Norway	16
9	Latvia	15th
10	Bulgaria	15th
11	Turkey	14th
12	Belarus	13
13	Moldova	9
	Hungary	9
	Italy	9
16	Spain	8th
17th	France	7th
18th	Greece	6th
19th	Finland	4th
	Montenegro	4th
	Netherlands	4th
22nd	Austria	3
	Serbia	3
	Switzerland	3
25th	Israel	2

Greco-Roman, men

Results

Category up to 55 kg

space	country	athlete
1	Azerbaijan	Elçin Əliyev
2	Hungary	Peter Modos
3	Bulgaria	Alexandar Kostadinov
	Turkey	Fatih Ucuncu
5	Ukraine	Dimitri Charko
	Russia	Mingijan Semenov
7th	Moldova	Victor Ciobanu
8th	Croatia	Ivan Lizatovic
9	Belarus	Elbek Tazchiev
10	Romania	Virgil Munteanu
14th	Germany	Dustin Scherf

Date: March 2012
Defending champion: Roman Amojan , Armenia
Participants: 19

Category up to 60 kg

space	country	athlete
1	Slovakia	Istvan Levai
2	Bulgaria	Iwo Angelow
3	Serbia	Before that, Štefanek
	Russia	Aslan Abdullin
5	Azerbaijan	Kamran Mammadov
	Belarus	Maxim Kacharsky
7th	Georgia	Irakli Tschotschuja
8th	France	Tarik Belmadani
9	Sweden	Rasmus Lindqvist
10	Armenia	Artur Mkrchyan
11	Switzerland	Patrick Stadelmann
18th	Germany	Christoph Bast

Date: March 2012
Defending champion: Rewas Laschchi , Georgia
Participants: 26

Category up to 66 kg

space	country	athlete
1	Germany	Frank Stäbler
2	Romania	Georgian Carpen
3	Sweden	Mathias Guenther
	Russia	Islambek Albiev
5	Serbia	Aleksandar Maksimović
	Belarus	Yaroslav Kardasch
7th	Portugal	Hugo Passos da Silva
8th	Bulgaria	Emilian Todorow
9	Croatia	Dominik Etlinger
10	France	Artak Margaryan
23	Switzerland	Pascal Strebel
25th	Austria	Benedict Puffer

Date: March 11, 2012
Defending champion: Ambako Watschadze , Russia
Participants: 29

Category up to 74 kg

space	country	athlete
1	Russia	Roman Vlasov
2	Georgia	Manuchar Zchadaija
3	Lithuania	Aleksandr Kazakevich
	Armenia	Arsen Julfalakyan
5	France	Christophe Guénot
	Ukraine	Dimitri Pyschkow
7th	Turkey	Seref Tüfenk
8th	Croatia	Bozo Starcevic
9	Poland	Arkadiusz Kulynycz
10	Azerbaijan	Elwin Mursaliev
14th	Austria	Florian Marchl
26th	Switzerland	Jonas Bossert
30th	Germany	Fabian Jänicke

Date: March 2012
Defending champion: Rafiq Hüseynov , Azerbaijan
Participants: 31

Category up to 84 kg

space	country	athlete
1	Bulgaria	Christo Marinow
2	Poland	Damian Janikowski
3	Ukraine	Zhan Belenjuk
	Hungary	Viktor Lörincz
5	Lithuania	Laimutis adomaitis
	Estonia	Eerik Aps
7th	Georgia	Vladimir Gegeschidze
8th	Azerbaijan	Hassan Tahmasebi
9	Italy	Andrea Minguzzi
10	Turkey	Ahmet Yıldırım
13	Switzerland	Thomas Suppiger
19th	Germany	Ramzin Azizsir
20th	Austria	Amer Hrustanovic

Date: March 2012
Defending champion: Wassyl Ratschyba , Ukraine
Participants: 32

Category up to 96 kg

space	country	athlete
1	Armenia	Artur Aleksanyan
2	Lithuania	Mindaugas Ezerskis
3	Ukraine	Sergei Rutenko
	Azerbaijan	Shalwa Gadabadse
5	Germany	Oliver Hassler
	Poland	Damian Fedorowicz
7th	Russia	Rustam Totrow
8th	Hungary	György Rizmajer
9	Czech Republic	David Vála
10	Georgia	So Jabidze

Date: March 2012
Defending champion: Timofei Deinichenko , Belarus
Participants: 24

Category up to 120 kg

space	country	athlete
1	Turkey	Rıza Kayaalp
2	Russia	Hassan Baroev
3	Armenia	Yuri Patrikeev
	Ukraine	Evgeny Orlov
5	Hungary	Mihály Deák Bárdos
	Azerbaijan	Mesut Hashimadze
7th	Belarus	Iosif Chugoshvili
8th	Lithuania	Mindauga's mitzgaitis
9	France	Yannick Szczepaniak
10	Georgia	Guram Pherselidze
11	Germany	Ralf Boehringer

Date: March 2012
Defending champion: Chassan Barojew , Russia
Participants: 23
Barojew had been able to defeat Kayaalp in the final last year, this time Rıza Kayaalp prevailed, who became European heavyweight champion for the second time since 2010.

Medal table

rank	country	gold	silver	bronze
1	Russia	1	1	2
2	Bulgaria	1	1	1
3	Armenia	1	0	2
4th	Azerbaijan	1	0	1
	Turkey	1	0	1
6th	Germany	1	0	0
7th	Slovakia	1	0	0
8th	Lithuania	0	1	1
	Hungary	0	1	1
10	Poland	0	1	0
	Georgia	0	1	0
	Romania	0	1	0
13	Ukraine	0	0	1
	Serbia	0	0	1
	Sweden	0	0	1

Scoring

rank	country	Points
1	Russia	45
2	Ukraine	36
3	Azerbaijan	34
4th	Bulgaria	30th
5	Armenia	27
6th	Hungary	26th
	Lithuania	26th
8th	Turkey	23
9	Georgia	19th
10	Belarus	18th
11	Poland	17th
12	Germany	16
13	Serbia	14th
14th	France	12
15th	Slovakia	10
	Romania	10
	Sweden	10
18th	Croatia	8th
19th	Estonia	6th
20th	Moldova	4th
	Portugal	4th
22nd	Czech Republic	2
	Italy	2

See also

• 2012 Summer Olympics / Wrestling

Web links

• Event website (Serbian and English)