Yuliana Yaneva

Yuliana Vasileva Yaneva is a Bulgarian freestyle wrestler. She is a two-time medalist at the European Wrestling Championships.

Yuliana Yaneva
Personal information
Native nameЮлиана Василева Янева
Full nameYuliana Vasileva Yaneva
Sport
CountryBulgaria
SportAmateur wrestling
Weight class72 kg
Event(s)Freestyle
Medal record
Women's freestyle wrestling
Representing  Bulgaria
European Championships
2021 Warsaw 72 kg
2022 Budapest 72 kg
Individual World Cup
2020 Belgrade 72 kg

Career

In 2019, she 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, she 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]

She 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]

Major results
Year Tournament Location Result Event
2021 European Championships Warsaw, Poland 2nd Freestyle 72 kg
2022 European Championships Budapest, Hungary 3rd Freestyle 72 kg

References
  1. "2019 World Wrestling Championships Results" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived (PDF) from the original on 12 April 2020. Retrieved 12 April 2020.
  2. 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.
  3. "2020 Individual Wrestling World Cup Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived (PDF) from the original on 18 December 2020. Retrieved 18 December 2020.
  4. "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.
  5. Berkeley, Geoff (23 April 2021). "Ukraine bag brace of women's wrestling golds at European Championships". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 23 April 2021.
  6. "2021 European Wrestling Championships Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived (PDF) from the original on 25 April 2021. Retrieved 25 April 2021.
  7. "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.
  8. "2022 European Wrestling Championships Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 April 2022. Retrieved 3 April 2022.
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