Ukrainian Livach Wins European Freestyle Wrestling Championship: Video
24 April 00:49
Ukrainian athlete Oksana Livach won a gold medal at the European Freestyle Wrestling Championships, securing Ukraine’s first top-tier medal at the 2026 tournament. This was reported on the United World Wrestling (UWW) website, according to "Komersant Ukrainian"
In the final of the 50 kg weight class, the Ukrainian athlete confidently defeated Turkey’s Evin Demirhan with a score of 8–0.
How Livach won gold at the European Championships
Oksana Livach reached the final after a successful performance in the semifinals, where she defeated Russian Elizaveta Smirnova, who competed under a neutral flag, with a score of 6–2.
Thus, the Ukrainian advanced to the decisive match against Turkey’s Evin Demirhan, who had won her semifinal match the day before with a score of 6–0.
In the final, Livach gave her opponent no chance. According to the official UWW protocol, the match ended with a score of 8-0 in favor of the Ukrainian.
The match statistics show that Oksana Livach scored 8 technical points, while Demirhan failed to score any.
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Ukraine’s first gold medal at the tournament
Livach’s gold medal was the first gold medal for the Ukrainian national team at this year’s European Wrestling Championships.
Even before the final bouts, the UWW reported that the Ukrainian team had advanced to four of the five women’s finals across five weight classes, which already indicated a strong performance by the blue-and-yellows at the continental championship.
Her victory at the 2026 European Championships made Oksana Livach a three-time European champion. She had previously won the continental title in 2019 and 2025.
She also has silver medals from European Championships in her career.
The athlete’s profile on the UWW website confirms that Livach has long been among the most successful Ukrainian wrestlers on the international stage.
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