Ukrainian Greco-Roman wrestler Vladlen Kozlyuk won a bronze medal at the European Championship 2022 in Budapest.

Kozlyuk won a medal in the weight category up to 97 kg. For the Ukrainian, this was his debut performance at the continental championship among adults.. Before that, he climbed the podium only at the youth and junior levels..

On the way to the medal fight, in the 1/8 finals, Kozlyuk defeated last year's vice-world champion among juniors, the Dutchman Tyron Sterkenburg (7:2), and in the quarterfinals he defeated the bronze medalist of the JChS-2019, Turk Beytullu Kaishdag (8:

4).

In the semi-finals, the Ukrainian lost to the vice-world champion of 2018, representative of Bulgaria Kirill Milov - 1:7. In the "

Earlier it was reported that Ukrainian Alexander Grushin became the bronze medalist of the European Championship in Budapest.

Recall that the Ukrainian men's freestyle wrestling team refused to participate in the European Championship and remained in Ukraine to defend their country from Russian invaders.