site.btaBulgaria Sends 15 Athletes to European U23 Judo Championships in Poland

Bulgaria will be represented by 15 athletes at the European Judo Championships for juniors and girls U23, taking place on November 15-17 in Pila, Poland.

The draw will be made on Thursday. The Bulgarians, led by coaches Gancho Doykov and Petya Sarieva, will also participate in the team competition on Sunday.

On Friday Aleksa Georgieva and Sofia Rangelova (48 kg), Denitsa Georgieva (52 kg), Snezhana Gramatikova (57 kg), Ivan Simeonov and Hristo Hristov (60 kg), Boyan Yotov (66 kg) and Dimitar Gospodinov (73 kg) will take to the tatami.

On Saturday, the competitors in the heavy categories - Emili Apostolova (70 kg) and Nadie Jaafar (70 kg), Emil Valchev and Hristo Valkov (81 kg), Marian Palev and Hedar El Ashi (90 kg), Borislav Vladov (100 kg) - will compete.

The matches start at 10 am, and the finals at 5 pm. On Sunday the team competition starts at 11 am, and the finals are at 5 pm.