Russian for the first time took gold of the European championship on table tennis

Elizabeth Abrahamyan won in the final German Kaufmann and brought Russia the first gold in the singles and the first medal of the tournament since 2021

Анна Сатдинова

Published Oct 18, 2026

Russian for the first time took gold of the European championship on table tennis

Russian Elizabeth Abrahamyan won the European Table Tennis Championship, which was held in Ljubljana.

In the final, Abrahamian beat German Annette Kaufmann 4-3.

Abrahamyan showed the best result for Russian athletes in singles at the European championships.

Earlier, the Russians twice took bronze (Irina Kotikhina in 2007 and Polina Mikhailova in 2015), the men’s bronze medalist was Fedor Kuzmin in 2009.

Abrahamyan brought the Russian team the first medal of the European championships since 2021, when Maxim Grebnev and Lev Katsman took gold in the pair.

Table tennis is included in the program of the Summer Olympics.

Source: РБК ↗

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