What is European Wrestling Championships?
{{Infobox recurring event | name = European Wrestling Championships | native_name = | native_name_lang = | logo = | logo_caption = | image = | caption = | status = active | genre = sports event | date = February – May | begins = | ends = | frequency = annual | venue = | location = various | coordinates = | country = | years_active = | first = {{Start date|1911|df=y}} | founder_name = | last = | prev = | next = | participants = | attendance = | area = | budget = | activity = [[amateur wrestling]] | patron = | organised = [[Fédération Internationale des Luttes Associées|FILA]] → [[UWW Europe]] | filing = | people = | member = | sponsor = | website = | footnotes = }} The '''European Wrestling Championships''' is the second oldest international [[wrestling]] competition of the modern world and the main wrestling [[championships]] in [[Europe]]. It predates [[World Wrestling Championships]] and other regional wrestling championships and is second only to the [[Wrestling at the Summer Olympics|wrestling events at the Olympics]]. From its inception in 1898 till 1927 only [[Greco-Roman wrestling]] was contested. Since [[1929 in sports|1929]] separate [[freestyle wrestling]] events were held as well. Since [[1970 in sports|1970]] the two Olympic wrestling styles were contested together during the same unified events. Since [[1973 in sports|1973]] [[Sambo (martial art)|Sambo wrestling]] was included into the championships programme along with GR and freestyle wrestling (subsequently disctontinued and from [[1983 in sports|1983]] contested separately.) Since [[2014 in sports|2014]] associated traditional wrestling styles recognized globally by UWW were incorporated into the annual championships schedule. ==References== {{reflist}} ==Related pages== * [[World Wrestling Championships]] * [[European U23 Wrestling Championshi