Azerbaijani wrestler wins gold medal of 2016 European Wrestling Championships

  12 March 2016    Read: 1924
Azerbaijani wrestler wins gold medal of 2016 European Wrestling Championships
Azerbaijani woman freestyle wrestler Natalia Sinishin (58kg) become the champion beating Norwegian Jacob Bullen 3-1 in the final at the 2016 European Wrestling Championships held in Riga, Latvia.
Sinishin was superior against Belarusian Veronika Ivanova in the 1/8 finals and Anna Vasilyenko from Ukraine in semi-finals. In the half final she defeated Elin Johanna Nilsson from Sweden. This is the first European gold medal in her career.

As of today Azerbaijani wrestlers won 2 gold(Maria Stadnik and Natalia Sinishin), 2 silver (Aleksandr Gostiyev, Juliya Ratkevich)and 1 bronze (Haji Aliyev) medals at the European Championships.

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