From 6 till 11th of March, 2012 Ukrainian sportsmen participated in European Wrestling Championate in Belgrade. The representatives of 41 state fighted for the first prize in the Championate. Ukraine was represented by 42 sportsmen. Embassy of Ukraine was supporting the Ukrainian team from the tribines.
Ukrainian women wrestlers gained 4 golden medals for Ukrainian team: Liudmila Balushka became first in the category till 48 kg, Natalia Sinishin - till 55 kg, Ganna Vasylenko - till 59 kg, Yulia Ostapchuk became world champion in the category till 63 kg. Besides, silver medals were gained by Olkesandra Kogut (till 51 kg) and Alla Cherkasova (till 67 kg) and Kateryna Burmistrova (till 72 kg). As a result Ukrainian women sportsmen gained first place among 26 countries. From men the silver medal was gained by Valerii Andreicev (96 kg). Our wrestlers gained 8 medals in free style wrestling. In Greek style wrestling Ukrainians gained 3 bronze medals: Yevgenii Orlov (120 kg), Sergii Rudenko (96 kg) and Zhan Bileniuk (84 kg). together Ukrainian team was on the second place of the Championate.