Yuliana Yaneva

Yuliana 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.

Career

In 2019, Yaneva competed in the women's 65kg event at the World Wrestling Championships held in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan. In 2020, she won the gold medal in the women's 72kg event at the Individual Wrestling World Cup held in Belgrade, Serbia.

In March 2021, Yaneva competed at the European Qualification Tournament hoping to qualify for the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. 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.

In February 2022, she won the gold medal in the women's 72kg event at the Dan Kolov & Nikola Petrov Tournament held in Veliko Tarnovo, Bulgaria. In April 2022, she won one of the bronze medals in the 72kg event at the European Wrestling Championships held in Budapest, Hungary.

Yaneva won the gold medal in the women's 68kg event at the 2023 Dan Kolov & Nikola Petrov Tournament held in Sofia, Bulgaria. She also won the gold medal in her event at the 2023 European Wrestling Championships held in Zagreb, Croatia. She defeated Alla Belinska of Ukraine in her gold medal match. In September 2023, she competed in the women's 68kg event at the 2023 World Wrestling Championships held in Belgrade, Serbia.

Yaneva won one of the bronze medals in the 72kg event at the 2024 European Wrestling Championships held in Bucharest, Romania. She competed at the 2024 World Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament held in Istanbul, Turkey and she earned a quota place for Bulgaria for the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France. She competed in the women's 76kg event at the Olympics.

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