SASSARI, Italy (June 13) -- Grappling returned to United World Wrestling last week at the European Grappling Championship in Sassari, Italy. The competition, which featured athletes from around the European continent was the first since United World Wrestling reintroduced the sport late last year.

Rizvan BOCHKAEV, president of the United World Wrestling Grappling committee and Saverio LONGO president of Italian Grappling Mixed Martial Arts Federation, spoke during the opening ceremony about the future of Grappling inside the United World Wrestling family.

Russia won the team title in both no-gi and gi grappling outpacing Ukraine and Italy who took second and third, respectively.

Women’s No-Gi

53kg: Svitlana SKRYPNYK (UKR)
58kg: Minerva MONTEIRO (ESP)
64kg: Rita TANA (ITA)
71kg: Martina BARACCANI (ITA)
+71kg: Anzhelika PILYAEVA (RUS)

Men’s No-Gi

62kg: Dymitro BARANOV (UKR)
66kg: Nicolas BLUMENTAL (FRA)
71kg: Kyrilo HOROBETS (UKR)
77kg: Medhi OTMANE (FRA)
84kg: Akhmed GASANGUSEINOV (RUS)
92kg: Arsen SHAPIEV(RUS)
100kg: Anton SELEZNEV (RUS)
+100kg: Juan ESPINO (ESP)

Women’s Gi:

53kg: Svitlana SKRYPNYK (UKR)
58kg: Minerva MONTEIRO (ESP)
64kg: Rita TANA (ITA)
71kg: Martina BARACCANI (ITA)
+71kg: Olga SHUSHKO (URK)

Men’s Gi:

62kg: Dymitro BARANOV (UKR)
66kg: Nicolas BLUMENTAL (FRA)
71kg: Kyrilo HOROBETS (UKR)
77kg: Christian LONGO (ITA)
84kg: Magomed YAROGIEV (RUS)
92kg: Ruslan ABDULAEV (RUS)
100kg: Anton SELEZNEV (RUS)
+100kg: Juan ESPINO (ESP)

Complete Results

Results No-Gi - 5 June 2015

http://grappling.world/images/results/euro2015/european2015_nogi.pdf

Results GI - 6 June 2015

http://grappling.world/images/results/euro2015/european2015_gi.pdf