Wrestler Luisa Niemesch won silver at the European Championships in Bucharest. The 28-year-old narrowly lost 4:5 in the final of the weight class up to 62 kilograms to the long-time Norwegian world-class athlete and two-time European champion Grace Bullen.
For Niemesch it is the third European Championship medal in a row. She won silver in 2022 and bronze in 2023. The athlete from the North Baden club SV Germania Weingarten is the only athlete from the German Wrestling Federation (DRB) who has so far qualified for the Olympic Games in Paris next summer.
The European Championships in Romania have been disappointing so far for the German freestyle men. Horst Lehr, third in the European Championships last year and one of the team’s great hopes, was eliminated in the first fight in the 57-kilogram class.