Sweden names three European champions to Baku 2015
Three European champions and one world champion have been
appointed to Sweden's wrestling team for Baku 2015.
Swedish officials named six women's Freestyle wrestlers and seven
Greco-Roman wrestlers for the Baku 2015 European Games.
Among them is the 2012 world champion in the 72kg weight class
Jenny Fransson, who will fight at 69kg in Baku. Three-time European
champion Sofia Mattsson will compete at 55kg, while her sister,
two-time European champion Johanna Mattsson, was chosen for 60kg.
2012 European champion Henna Johansson will represent Sweden at
63kg.
The other women Freestyle wrestlers will be Josefine Frederiksen at
48kg and Fredrika Peterson at 53kg.
Sweden's wrestling leaders also named their Greco-Roman team, which
will be led by London 2012 Olympian Robert Rosengren at 75kg as
well as Theodoros Tounousidis, the Beijing 2008 Olympian and 2009
Mediterranean Games silver medallist at 96kg, AzerTac state news
agency reported
The innovative new multi-sport event in Baku will include 20 sports, 16 of which are Olympic, during the 17 days of competition in June 12-28. 6,000 athletes will prove themselves in Azerbaijan’s capital.
Tickets can be purchased directly from 11 conveniently located ticket outlets around Baku, including Park Bulvar, 28 Mall, and Metro Park Baku, and online at www.baku2015.com/tickets.
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