We’ve previously written about the Team USA Grappling tryouts. The European Grappling Championships just took place a few short weeks ago. Results and summary below:
Rome (Jul 16-17) – In the land of the Gladiators, athletes from 16 countries competed for the Gold at the 2016 European Grappling Championship.
The competition was hosted by Italy for the second year in a row, this time at the PalaPellicone of Ostia, dedicated to the memory of former United World Wrestling vice president Matteo Pellicone.
During the opening ceremony Mr. Rizvan Bochkaev, World Grappling Committee President, Mr. Vito Paolillo, World Grappling Committee General Secretary, and Mr. Vojislav Tabački, Coordinator for Non-Olympic Styles of the Serbian Wrestling Federation, announced the next edition of the European Grappling Championship to be held in Belgrade, Serbia, together with the European Championship of the Olympic Styles.
In the first competition day , Russian team secured first place in the Team Ranking, despite bringing to this event a renewed Team, with the exception of 2015 World Champion RimmaTropina (RUS), that dominated her division.
2nd place was secured by Ukraine and Third by France.
In second day Russia again conquered the 1st place, this time edging the hosting country Italy in a competition that saw Alessio Vittori (ITA) winning the Gold in the 66kg weight category.
3rd place went to Ukraine.
Here the complete results and photos
Results GRAPPLING (16July 2016)
Grappling National Team Ranking
GOLD: RUSSIA
SILVER: UKRAINE
BRONZE: FRANCE
Grappling 53kg F
GOLD: Svitlana SKRYPNYK (UKR)
SILVER: Naiomi ANAIANSI (ESP)
BRONZE: Ofeliia ZHAMAKOCHIAN (RUS)
BRONZE: Natalia SAPARAI (RUS)
Grappling 58kg F
GOLD: Minerva MONTEIRO (ESP)
SILVER: Maria Pia PACCHIAROTTA (ITA)
BRONZE: Olga VLADIMIROVA (RUS)
BRONZE: Elvira POSLAVSKA (UKR)
Grappling 64kg F
GOLD: Irina GROMOVA (RUS)
SILVER: Beatrice FRAUX (FRA)
BRONZE: Debora VENDRAME (ITA)
BRONZE: Rita TANA (ITA)
Grappling 71kg F
GOLD: Rimma TROPINA (RUS)
SILVER: Giada CHIOSO (ITA)
BRONZE: Anna KHATSKEVICH (RUS)
BRONZE: Dijhene ABDELILAH (FRA)
Grappling +71kg F
GOLD: Nikoletta SZMOLKA (HUN)
SILVER: Nina GERIA (UKR)
BRONZE: Charlotte HEBEL MARIE (FRA)
BRONZE: Irene MUNGAI (ITA)
Grappling 62kg M
GOLD: Denys NYKONETS (UKR)
SILVER: Dmytro BARANOV (UKR)
BRONZE: Maksim KUZMIN (RUS)
BRONZE: Alfredo RONQUILLO (ESP)
Grappling 66kg M
GOLD: Iurii CHERKALIUK (UKR)
SILVER: Valentin BLUMENTAL (FRA)
BRONZE: Ruiz ZEBENZUI (ESP)
BRONZE: Oleksandr KOZLOV (UKR)
Grappling 71kg M
GOLD: Albert PSHIKHACHEV (RUS)
SILVER: Denys SEMENIUK (UKR)
BRONZE: Kyrylo HOROBETS (UKR)
BRONZE: Aleksander MILICEVIC (SRB)
Grappling 77kg M
GOLD: Yusef KADDUR (ESP)
SILVER: Dmytro NETKACHEV (UKR)
BRONZE: Nayeb HEZAM (FRA)
BRONZE: Cedric AKAKPOVIC (FRA)
Grappling 84kg M
GOLD: Djati MELAN (FRA)
SILVER: Hajimurad PURTIYEV (AZE)
BRONZE: Juan Manuel SUAREZ(ESP)
BRONZE: Cristian GARCIA (ESP)
Grappling 92kg M
GOLD: Roman GAVRIKOV (RUS)
SILVER: Ilya ANISIMOV (RUS)
BRONZE: Kresimir JURKOVIC (CRO)
BRONZE: Attila Juhasz BALAZS (HUN)
Grappling 100kg M
GOLD: Nicolae MANEA (ROU)
SILVER: Angelo MARINO (ITA)
BRONZE: Wilfried EDMUN (FRA)
BRONZE: Daniel STETZ (HUN)
Grappling +100kg M
GOLD: Anatoliy MALYKHIN (RUS)
SILVER: Aleksandr SAK (RUS)
BRONZE: Viktor MATEIKO (UKR)
BRONZE: Alessandro FREZZA (ITA)
Results GRAPPLING GI (17July 2016)
Grappling Gi National Team Ranking
GOLD: RUSSIA
SILVER: ITALY
BRONZE: UKRAINE
Grappling Gi 53kg F
GOLD: Polina KRUPSKAIA (RUS)
SILVER: Ofeliia ZHAMAKOCHIAN (RUS)
BRONZE: Anastasia TONELLI (ITA)
BRONZE: Svitlana SKRYPNYK (UKR)
Grappling Gi 58kg F
GOLD: Minerva MONTEIRO (ESP)
SILVER: Maria Pia PACCHIAROTTA (ITA)
BRONZE: Olga VLADIMIROVA (RUS)
BRONZE: Valentina LUBRANO (ITA)
Grappling Gi 64kg F
GOLD: Irina GROMOVA (RUS)
SILVER: Debora VENDRAME (ITA)
BRONZE: Rita TANA (ITA)
BRONZE: Olena LISNICHUK (UKR)
Grappling Gi 71kg F
GOLD: Rimma TROPINA (RUS)
SILVER: Anna KHATSKEVICH (RUS)
BRONZE: Giada CHIOSO (ITA)
Grappling Gi +71kg F
GOLD: Nikoletta SZMOLKA (HUN)
SILVER: Irene MUNGAI (ITA)
BRONZE: Olena SHUSHKO (UKR)
BRONZE: Nina GERIA (UKR)
Grappling Gi 62kg M 
GOLD: Maksim KUZMIN (RUS)
SILVER: Dmytro BARANOV (UKR)
BRONZE: Denys NYKONETS (UKR)
BRONZE: Alfredo RONQUILLO (ESP)
Grappling Gi 66kg M
GOLD: Alessio VITTORI (ITA)
SILVER: Valentin BLUMENTAL (FRA)
BRONZE: Iurii CHERKALIUK (UKR)
BRONZE: Ovidiu JIMBOREAN (ROU)
Grappling Gi 71kg M
GOLD: Aleksander MILICEVIC (SRB)
SILVER: Kiril MEDVEDOVSKI (ISR)
BRONZE: Nicolas BLUMENTAL (FRA)
BRONZE: Stepan KOBENOV (RUS)
Grappling Gi 77kg M
GOLD: Yusef KADDUR (ESP)
SILVER: Aurel PIRTEA (ROU)
BRONZE: Marius Lucian ATOFANI (ROU)
BRONZE: Kyrylo HOROBETS (UKR)
Grappling Gi 84kg M
GOLD: Cristian GARCIA (ESP)
SILVER: Barak MEYOUHAS (ISR)
BRONZE: Jassem GHERAM (FRA)
BRONZE: Nikolai AZHDOV (RUS)
Grappling Gi 92kg M
GOLD: Ilya ANISIMOV (RUS)
SILVER: Roman GAVRIKOV (RUS)
BRONZE: Bruno Ivan TOMASETTI (ITA)
BRONZE: Grygoriy BURDENIUK (UKR)
Grappling Gi 100kg M
GOLD: Ilin VIACHESLAV (RUS)
SILVER: Alex FONTES (FRA)
BRONZE: Daniel STETZ (HUN)
BRONZE: Angelo MARINO (ITA)
Grappling Gi +100kg M
GOLD: Artem PETUKHOV(RUS)
SILVER: Aleksandr SAK (RUS)
BRONZE: Marco FERRETTI (ITA)
BRONZE: Alessandro FREZZA (ITA)
