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WOMEN’S WELLNESS

Two gold medals for Ukraine but the biggest star was Albanian athlete, 2022 World Championships bronze medal winner,
Gentiana Beqa, who won her category (163 cm) and then the Overall title (by 1 point over Yuliia Hornushkina (Ukraine)). By
this she regained the European title first won in 2017 (representing Kosovo at that time). Marketa Hartl (Czech Republic)
showed impressive improvements, winning the 158 cm class after her 9 place at the 2021 World Championships.

WOMEN’S WOMEN’S
WELLNESS UP WELLNESS UP
TO 158 CM TO 163 CM
Gold: Gold:
Marketa Hartl Gentiana Beqa
(Czech Republic) (Albania)
Silver: Silver:
Zeynep Yilmaz Oana Belea
(Turkey) (Romania)
Bronze: Bronze:
Ewelina Anastassia Toikka
Hrynkiewicz- (Estonia)
Kucybala (Ireland)

WOMEN’S WOMEN’S
WELLNESS UP WELLNESS
TO 168 CM OVER 168 CM
Gold: Gold:
Alina Zinevych Yuliia Hornushkina
(Ukraine) (Ukraine)
Silver: Silver:
Anastasiia Lena Kain
Martynova (Germany)
(Ukraine) Bronze:
Bronze: Nataliia Korniiuk
Monika Pagoje (Czech Republic)
(Lithuania)

tWomen’s
Wellness overall
winner gentiana
Beqa (albania)
accompanied by
president santonja
and efBB executive
director, prof.
gabriel toncean
(right).

WOMEN’S
WELLNESS
OVERALL
Gentiana
Beqa
(Albania)

tthe overall
battle (from l):
Yuliia Hornushkina
(Ukraine – 2nd
place); alina
Zinevych (Ukraine –
4th place), gentiana
Beqa (albania – 1st
place).

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