Bulgaria Grabs 6 Medals at European Wrestling Challenge

Sports | March 25, 2013, Monday // 09:38
Bulgaria Grabs 6 Medals at European Wrestling Challenge: Bulgaria Grabs 6 Medals at European Wrestling Challenge Bulgaria's Yavor Yanakiev (red) wrestles with Belarus' Aliaksandr Dzemyanovich during the Greco-Roman Wrestling 74kg bronze medal match. Photo by bul-wrestling

Bulgaria has won a total of six medals at the European Championship in Tbilisi, Georgia, the Bulgarian Wrestling Federation announced.

Yavor Yanakiev has won a bronze medal on Sunday, which was the last day of the competition.

In the 74-kg event, Yanakiev - former world number one, defeated Belarus' Aliaksandr Dzemyanovich by 2-1 periods.

Hristo Marinov, the other Bulgarian wrestler competing for a bronze medal, (84 kg), lost from Artur Shahinyan of Armenia by 0-2 periods.

Ivo Angelov won a gold medal earlier, Vladislav Metodiev and Vladimir Dubovsilver medals and Lyuben Iliev, Leonid Bazan and Yavor Yanakievbronze medals.

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Tags: Armenia, Artur Shahinyan, Leonid Bazan, Lyuben Iliev, Vladimir Dubov, Vladislav Metodiev, Ivo Angelov, European wrestling championship, medals, medal, silver, bronze, gold, wrestling, Aliaksandr Dzemyanovich, Belarus', Yavor Yanakiev, Hristo Marinov

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