Another Belarusian student-athlete of the Faculty of Physical Education and Sports, a pupil of the Vasyl Fedoryshyn Wrestling Academy, demonstrated an excellent fight in three types of wrestling at the European Championship that took place on April 19-25 in Warsaw, Poland.
As a member of the national team of Ukraine, our student competed in men’s wrestling competitions in the 61 kg category. In the quarterfinals, Andrii Dzhelep defeated, in a sharp standstill, Ahmednabi Gvarzatilov, the world champion of Azerbaijan. In the match for the final, Andrii technically defeated Beku Lomtadze, a multiple winner of Europe and the world,
In the decisive battle, Andrii Dzhelep met with the European champion U-23, the winner of the individual World Cup Abasgadzhi Magomedov. In a difficult match, our athlete lost to an opponent and became a silver medalist of the European Championship – 2021.
Congratulations to our student-athlete Andrii Dzhelep, his coach Ivan Kuryliuk, the Honored Coach of Ukraine, and the coaching staff of the national team of Ukraine with another great victory!
Additional information. Andrii Dzhelep is the champion of Ukraine in freestyle wrestling (2021), vice-champion of Europe in freestyle wrestling among men (2021), master of sports of international class, champion of Europe and the world among cadets, silver medalist of the European and world championship among juniors.