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Stacked Swedish National Team to IMMAF European Championships!
Straweight prospect Josefin Modig will compete at IMMAF European Championships. Photo by IMMAF
The 2022 IMMAF European Championships will take place in Lignano Sabbiadoro, Italy, between Tuesday September 27 and Saturday October 1, with the tournament draw taking place on Monday September 26.
The championships include tournaments for Seniors and Juniors, with 16 weight divisions each. The competitors will span from atomweight to lightweight for women, and from strawweight to super heavyweight for men.
As usual, Sweden sends a strong team to the international tournaments, and has good chances to win medals in several divisions.
This year, the Swedish National team features 13 fighters. The squad includes experienced combatants like outstanding strawweight prospect Josefine Modig and heavy-handed heavyweight Robin Larsson, as well as new, hungry talents like Hanna Palmquist and Robin Kohzadi.
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Women:
- Josefine Modig – Strawweight with a record of 8-2. Fights out of Apex Kalmar.
- Hanna Palmquist – Flyweight with a record of 2-0. Fights out of GBG MAC.
- Astrid Vikgren – Flyweight (Junior) with a record of 0-0. Fights out of Fighter Centre.
- Nina Nikolija Milosevic – Bantamweight with a record of 6-1. Fights out of GBG MAC.
- Yrsa Sandin – Lightweight with a record of 5-1. Fights out of Pancrase.
Men:
- Arsen Tuganov – Flyweight with a record of 9-3. Fights out of Söders Fight Gym.
- Daniyal Shamkhalov – Featherweight with a record of 13-5. Fights out of Västerås Fight Club.
- Benjamin Hajijan – Featherweight (Junior) with a record or 6-0. Fights out of Redline Training Center.
- Robin Kohzadi – Lightweight with a record of 2-0. Fights out of Västerås Fight Club.
- Aria Afrasiabi – Lightweight with a record of 4-1. Fights out of Fighter Centre.
- Ratko Tomic – Welterweight with a record of 11-1. Fights out of Fighter Centre.
- Daniel Karlsson – Light heavyweight with a record of 4-3. Fights out of Team East Norrköping
- Robin Larsson – Heavyweight with a record of 13-11. Fights out of Nova MMA
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