​Denis Florin Mihai won a bronze medal in cat. 55 kg in Greco-Roman wrestling on Saturday at the European Championships in Zagreb, defeating Bulgaria’s Stefan Hristov Grigorov in a decisive match.

Denis Florin Mihai, bronze medal in the 55 kg category

On Friday, Mihai defeated German Fabian Bernhard Schmitt in the quarterfinals, and lost to Azerbaijani Eldaniz Azizli in the semifinals.

Close to a medal was the former European champion Alin Alexuk-Churariu, who lost the match for bronze in the cat. 130 kg, ahead of Georgian Yakobi Kajaya, who takes 5th place.

On Friday, Aleksuk defeated the Czech Marcel Albini in the preliminary competition, but lost in the quarterfinals to Sabah Saleh Shariata of Azerbaijan. On Saturday, he got past Hungary’s Dariusz Attila Vitek in the re-qualification, before losing to Kajaya.

Inside the cat. 87kg on Friday, Niku Samuel Oyog defeated Moldova’s Viorel Burduy in the preliminary competition, but lost in the round of 16 to Hungary’s Istvan Takacs. On Saturday, in requalification, he defeated Serbian Zharko Dikov, but then lost to Bulgarian Semyon Serhiyovych Novikov.

The cat has 60 kg Rezvan Arnaut was defeated in the 1/8 finals by Georgian Prydon Abuladze.

Mihai Radu Mihuts, cat. 67 kg, he beat the Frenchman Tigran Galustyan in the 1/8 finals, defeated the Moldovan Donyor Islamov in the quarterfinals, but lost the semifinals to the Georgian Johnny Ketsuriani, and in the bronze medal match he will meet the Italian Zaur Kabaloev or the Ukrainian Parviz Nasibov.

Before the last day of the competition, the Romanian delegation has five medals, two of which are gold, won by Andrea Beatrice Ana in the cat. 55 kg and Oleksandra Nicoleta Angel, cat. 72 kg and three bronze medals won by Catalina Aksente in cat. 76 kg, Krista Tunde Ince, cat. 65 kg and Denis Florin Mihai in cat. 55 kg (Greco-Roman).

There were four medals in the 2022 competition from Budapest, Romania: one gold won by Andrea Ana (cat. 55 kg), one silver by Niku Ojog (cat. 97 kg, Greco-Roman style) and two bronzes. , Alina Vuch (category 55 kg) and Krista Ince (category 65 kg), informs Agerpres.