Nearly 500 competitors from 24 countries signed up to take part at the XXI Armwrestling Championships, which began in earnest today in the Turkish city of Kemer (Antaylia Region) in Turkey and will last until the 15th May 2011.
The largest group of competitors, as usual, was put up by the Russian National Team (116 players). The second largest team at this year's Euro Arm 2011 are the hosts, so the representation of Turkish Armwrestling (83 players). The third largest team at the European competition is Ukraine, which put up 67 players.
List of countries and competitors submitetd for the XXI European Championship - Turkey 2011:
1. Turkey - 83
2. Ukraine - 67
3. Netherlands - 2
4. Poland - 13
5. Russia - 116
6. Romania - 12
7. Finland - 1
8. Norway - 2
9. Armenia - 18
10. Switzerland - 6
11. Germany - 18
12. Lithuania - 9
13. Sweden - 37
14. Belarus - 17
15. Georgia - 20
16. Bulgaria - 24
17. Greece - 2
18. Azerbaijan - 13
19. Croatia - 8
20. Slovakia - 7
21. Czech Republic - 8
22. Latvia - 6
23. Hungary - 4
24. England - 3
Poland will ultimately be represented the 13-man National Team composed of:
Seniors:
Dariusz Groch (Nisko) - up to 75kg class, left hand
Wieslaw Rzanny (Wolsztyn) - up to 90kg class, left, right hand
Slawomir Głowacki (Inowrocław) - + 110 kg category, left, right hand
Masters:
Igor Mazurenko (Gdynia) - + 100 kg class, left, right hand
Grand Masters:
Andrzej Głąbała (Gdynia) - + 100 kg class, left, right hand
Senior Women:
Malgorzata Ostrowska (Strzegom) - up to 60kg class, left, right hand
Joanna Damińska (Łódź) - up to 70kg class, left, right hand
Junior:
Emil Szkoła (Żary) - up to 70kg class, left, right hand
Łukasz Głowacki (Inowrocław) - up to 80kg class, left, right hand
Junior Women:
Natalia Kwiatkowska (Koszalin) - up to 55kg class, left, right hand
Patryk Ziarkiewicz (Koszalin) - up to 60kg class, left, right hand
Disabled:
Masnik Kornelia (Choszczno) - + 60 kg class, left, right hand
Grabowska Marta (Choszczno) - + 60 kg class, left, right hand
Good luck to our competitors and many European medals.
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