12:22  ,  October 19, 2026

Elizabeth Abrahamyan won Russia's first gold medal at the European Table Tennis Championships

For the first time in history, Russia has won a gold medal in the singles competition at the European Table Tennis Championships.

23-year-old Elizabet Abrahamyan became the champion at the European Championships held in Ljubljana, the capital of Slovenia. In the final, the Armenian athlete defeated Germany’s Annett Kaufmann with a score of 4:3 (15:13, 11:5, 5:11, 9:11, 12:10, 6:11, 11:6).

Elizabet Abrahamyan, a multiple-time Russian champion, is the first person in history to win the European Championship title after starting the tournament from the qualification round.

Elizabet Abrahamyan was born in Yerevan, where she also began her training, at the age of 8, she moved with her family to Nizhny Novgorod. She is a two-time European champion in the under-19 category.

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