Muay Thai European Championship in Athens: Impressive Achievements of Ukrainian Athletes

From November 18 to 25, 2025, the Muay Thai European Championship took place in Athens, Greece.

A total of 536 athletes from 46 countries participated in the event.

The Ukrainian national team included athletes from the Comprehensive Children and Youth Sports Schools No. 7 and No. 16 in Odesa.

In the 'wai kru' category, European champions were Ivan Rasputny, Anastasia Yevtushenko, and Irina Ladinenko (all from CYSS No. 7), while Valeriy Denysov (CYSS No. 16) won a silver medal.

Among the 12-13 year-old athletes, the students of CYSS No. 7 performed excellently. Diana Savotina became the champion by defeating Polish athlete Sandra Kazimierska in the final, while Ivan Rasputny earned a bronze medal.

In the 14-15 years category, athletes from CYSS No. 7 also claimed two silver medals – the prize winners were Kyrylo Berezovsky and Yelizaveta Velikova.

In the U-23 age category, the title of European champion was awarded to Elina Perstnyova (CYSS No. 16).

Moreover, athletes from CYSS No. 7 had a brilliant performance in the adult category. Mykhailo Serdyuk and Bohdan Studnev became European champions, while Nikita Kuts and Dmytro Zanin won bronze medals.

The athletes were trained by coaches: Hanna Yevtushenko, Volodymyr Pishenin, Liliya Shapoval, Hanna Avakova, Mykhailo Mitaki, Andriy Vakharash (CYSS No. 7) and Maksym Neledva (CYSS No. 16).