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| Native name | Юлиана Василева Янева | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Full name | Yuliana Vasileva Yaneva | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 2 August 1998 Yambol, Bulgaria | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Bulgaria | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Amateur wrestling | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight class | 72 kg | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event | Freestyle | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Yuliana Vasileva Yaneva is a Bulgarian freestyle wrestler. She is a four-time medalist, including gold, at the European Wrestling Championships. She also won the gold medal in her event at the 2020 Individual Wrestling World Cup held in Belgrade, Serbia.
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] In September 2023, she competed in the women's 68 kg event at the 2023 World Wrestling Championships held in Belgrade, Serbia. [12]
Yaneva won one of the bronze medals in the 72 kg event at the 2024 European Wrestling Championships held in Bucharest, Romania. [13] [14]
| Year | Tournament | Location | Result | Event |
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| 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 |
| 2024 | European Championships | Bucharest, Romania | 3rd | Freestyle 72 kg |
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