Yuliana Yaneva

Yuliana Vasileva Yaneva is a Bulgarian freestyle wrestler. She is a three-time medalist, including gold, 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
Gold medal – first place 2023 Zagreb 68 kg
Silver medal – second place 2021 Warsaw 72 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Budapest 72 kg
Individual World Cup
Gold medal – first place 2020 Belgrade 72 kg
Dan Kolov - Nikola Petrov Tournament
Gold medal – first place2022 Veliko Tarnovo72 kg
Gold medal – first place2023 Sofia68 kg

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]

Achievements
Year Tournament Location Result Event
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

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.
  9. "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.
  10. "2023 European Wrestling Championships Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 April 2023. Retrieved 23 April 2023.
  11. Lloyd, Owen (20 April 2023). "Ukraine subjected to defeat in three finals at European Wrestling Championships". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 21 April 2023.
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