Armenian wrestler Artur Aleksanyan aced another gold to his name after outperforming Italy’s Nikoloz Kakhleshvili 7-1 in the 97kg Greco Roman final at the ongoing European Wrestling Championship in Rome. This is his fifth continental title and has come with a bonus for the European Champion.
With the title triumph, he has now become the No.1 in the 97kg Greco Roman rankings- a fitting recognition for the three-time world champion. Aleksanyan shares the top rank with Musa Evloev of Russia as the duo share same points for the no.1 spot
Aleksanyan has opened his campaign in Rome with a 5-1 win over Rio Olympic bronze medallist Cenk Ildem of Turkey. In the last eight, the Armenian defeated 2018 World Championships runner-up Kiril Milov of Bulgaria 9-0. Aleksanyan shutout Finland’s Matti Kuosmanen 8-1 in the semi-finals. Aleksanyan goes into his seventh European Championship final with four titles under his belt.
European Wrestling Championships 2020 : Rome
(All Medal Matches Results)
Greco-Roman
60 kg
GOLD – Gevorg GHARIBYAN (ARM) df. Kerem KAMAL (TUR) by 5-5
BRONZE – Amiran SHAVADZE (GEO) df. Zhambolat LOKYAEV (RUS) by 6-6
BRONZE – Murad BAZAROV (AZE) df. Helary MAEGISALU (EST) by 9-0
67 kg
GOLD – Morten THORESEN (NOR) df. Nazir Rachidovitch ABDULLAEV (RUS) by 2-2
BRONZE – Karen ASLANYAN (ARM) df. Krisztian Istvan VANCZA (HUN) by 7-5
BRONZE – Kristupas SLEIVA (LTU) df. Aliaksandr LIAVONCHYK (BLR) by 4-2
72 kg
GOLD – Frank STAEBLER (GER) df. Iuri LOMADZE (GEO) by 6-2
BRONZE – Selcuk CAN (TUR) df. Dominik ETLINGER (CRO) by 7-5
BRONZE – Ulvu GANIZADE (AZE) df. Adam KURAK (RUS) by 3-2
82 kg
GOLD – Rafig HUSEYNOV (AZE) df. Daniel Tihomirov ALEKSANDROV (BUL) by 2-1
BRONZE – Hannes WAGNER (GER) df. Stanislau SHAFARENKA (BLR) by 8-3
BRONZE – Bogdan KOURINNOI (SWE) df. Ciro RUSSO (ITA) by 6-4
97 kg
GOLD – Artur ALEKSANYAN (ARM) df. Nikoloz KAKHELASHVILI (ITA) by 7-1
BRONZE – Aleksandr GOLOVIN (RUS) df. Artur OMAROV (CZE) by 8-0
BRONZE – Cenk ILDEM (TUR) df. Matti Elias KUOSMANEN (FIN) by 3-3
Women’s Wrestling
50kg
GOLD – Miglena Georgieva SELISHKA (BUL) vs. Oksana LIVACH (UKR)
SEMIFINAL – Miglena Georgieva SELISHKA (BUL) df. Kseniya STANKEVICH (BLR) by 10-6
SEMIFINAL – Oksana LIVACH (UKR) df. Milana DADASHEVA (RUS) by 9-8
55kg
GOLD – Solomiia VYNNYK (UKR) vs. Olga KHOROSHAVTSEVA (RUS)
SEMIFINAL – Solomiia VYNNYK (UKR) df. Mariana DRAGUTAN (MDA) by 10-9
SEMIFINAL – Olga KHOROSHAVTSEVA (RUS) df. Sofia Magdalena MATTSSON (SWE) by 10-8
59kg
GOLD – Bilyana Zhivkova DUDOVA (BUL) vs. Anastasia NICHITA (MDA)
SEMIFINAL – Anastasia NICHITA (MDA) df. Laura MERTENS (GER) 10-0
SEMIFINAL – Bilyana Zhivkova DUDOVA (BUL) df. Liubov OVCHAROVA (RUS) by 7-6
68kg
GOLD – Dalma CANEVA (ITA) vs. Khanum VELIEVA (RUS)
SEMIFINAL – Khanum VELIEVA (RUS) df. Alla CHERKASOVA (UKR) by 11-1
SEMIFINAL – Dalma CANEVA (ITA) df. Anna Carmen SCHELL (GER) by 4-2
76kg
GOLD – Yasemin ADAR (TUR) vs. Ekaterina BUKINA (RUS)
SEMIFINAL – Ekaterina BUKINA (RUS) df. Vasilisa MARZALIUK (BLR) by 5-5
SEMIFINAL – Yasemin ADAR (TUR) df. Pauline Denise LECARPENTIER (FRA) by 10-0
