Yuliana Yaneva
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Native name | Юлиана Василева Янева | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Full name | Yuliana Vasileva Yaneva | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | (1998-08-02) 2 August 1998 (age 26) Yambol, Bulgaria | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Country | Bulgaria | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | Amateur wrestling | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight class | 72 kg | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event | Freestyle | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Yuliana Vasileva Yaneva is a Bulgarian freestyle wrestler. She is a four-time medalist, including gold, at the European Wrestling Championships. She also won the gold medal in her event at the 2020 Individual Wrestling World Cup held in Belgrade, Serbia.
Career
In 2019, Yaneva competed in the women's 65 kg event at the World Wrestling Championships held in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan.[1] In 2020, she won the gold medal in the women's 72 kg event at the Individual Wrestling World Cup held in Belgrade, Serbia.[2][3]
In March 2021, Yaneva competed at the European Qualification Tournament hoping to qualify for the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.[4] She won her first match against Buse Tosun of Turkey but then lost her next match against Koumba Larroque of France which meant that she could no longer qualify for the Olympics at this tournament.[4]
Yaneva won the silver medal in the women's 72 kg event at the 2021 European Wrestling Championships held in Warsaw, Poland.[5][6]
In February 2022, she won the gold medal in the women's 72 kg event at the Dan Kolov & Nikola Petrov Tournament held in Veliko Tarnovo, Bulgaria.[7] In April 2022, she won one of the bronze medals in the 72 kg event at the European Wrestling Championships held in Budapest, Hungary.[8]
Yaneva won the gold medal in the women's 68 kg event at the 2023 Dan Kolov & Nikola Petrov Tournament held in Sofia, Bulgaria.[9] She also won the gold medal in her event at the 2023 European Wrestling Championships held in Zagreb, Croatia.[10] She defeated Alla Belinska of Ukraine in her gold medal match.[11] In September 2023, she competed in the women's 68 kg event at the 2023 World Wrestling Championships held in Belgrade, Serbia.[12]
Yaneva won one of the bronze medals in the 72 kg event at the 2024 European Wrestling Championships held in Bucharest, Romania.[13][14] She competed at the 2024 World Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament held in Istanbul, Turkey and she earned a quota place for Bulgaria for the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France.[15] She competed in the women's 76 kg event at the Olympics.[16]
Achievements
Year | Tournament | Location | Result | Event |
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2021 | European Championships | Warsaw, Poland | 2nd | Freestyle 72 kg |
2022 | European Championships | Budapest, Hungary | 3rd | Freestyle 72 kg |
2023 | European Championships | Zagreb, Croatia | 1st | Freestyle 68 kg |
2024 | European Championships | Bucharest, Romania | 3rd | Freestyle 72 kg |
References
- ^ "2019 World Wrestling Championships Results" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived (PDF) from the original on 12 April 2020. Retrieved 12 April 2020.
- ^ Iveson, Ali (16 December 2020). "All-conquering Tynybekova wins 62kg gold at UWW Individual World Cup". InsideTheGames.biz. Archived from the original on 16 December 2020. Retrieved 17 December 2020.
- ^ "2020 Individual Wrestling World Cup Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived (PDF) from the original on 18 December 2020. Retrieved 18 December 2020.
- ^ a b "2021 European Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived (PDF) from the original on 24 March 2021. Retrieved 24 March 2021.
- ^ Berkeley, Geoff (23 April 2021). "Ukraine bag brace of women's wrestling golds at European Championships". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 23 April 2021.
- ^ "2021 European Wrestling Championships Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived (PDF) from the original on 25 April 2021. Retrieved 25 April 2021.
- ^ "2022 Dan Kolov & Nikola Petrov Tournament Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 March 2022. Retrieved 15 March 2022.
- ^ "2022 European Wrestling Championships Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 April 2022. Retrieved 3 April 2022.
- ^ "2023 Dan Kolov & Nikola Petrov Tournament Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived (PDF) from the original on 7 March 2023. Retrieved 7 May 2023.
- ^ "2023 European Wrestling Championships Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 April 2023. Retrieved 23 April 2023.
- ^ Lloyd, Owen (20 April 2023). "Ukraine subjected to defeat in three finals at European Wrestling Championships". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 21 April 2023.
- ^ "2023 World Wrestling Championships Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 November 2023. Retrieved 4 November 2023.
- ^ Khalatyan, Rafael (17 February 2024). "Bucharest 2024 Day 5: Ukraine wins team title in women's wrestling". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 22 February 2024.
- ^ "2024 European Wrestling Championships Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 February 2024. Retrieved 19 February 2024.
- ^ "2024 World Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 May 2024. Retrieved 14 May 2024.
- ^ "Wrestling Results Book" (PDF). 2024 Summer Olympics. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 August 2024. Retrieved 12 August 2024.
External links
- Yuliana Yaneva at the International Wrestling Database