IFA EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIPS 2025
​IFA European Championships - 22.05.-26.05.2025, Parnu, Estonia
Full results click button below.
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IFA Euros Left arm medals
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Joe Finnerty Junior U18 -78kg = Gold
Agy Gorzynska Womens Masters -78kg = Gold
Max Earthquake Junior U15 +63kg = Silver
Mark Waldon Grand Masters -95kg = Silver
David Prokupek Grand Masters -105kg = Silver
Dave Kelly Grand Masters -86kg = Bronze
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Right arm medals
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Max Earthquake Junior U15 +63kg = Gold
Joe Finnerty Junior U18 -78kg = Gold
Agy Gorzynska Womens Masters -78kg = Gold
Mark Waldon Grand Masters -95kg = Silver
David Prokupek Grand Masters -105kg = Silver
Total 5 Gold, 5 Silver, 1 Bronze
Honourable mentions:
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Alex Kirchenko Junior U18 +86kg 4th Left & Right (Republic of Ireland team)
Viktorija Zurauskiene Womens Senior 52kg 4th Left & Right (pulling for Latvia, lives in N. Ireland)
Ioan Anitulesei Senior -78kg 4th Left, 5th Right
Craig Sanders Senior - 78kg 4th Right
Julius Ziuraskis Senior -86kg 8th Left, 5th Right (pulling for Lithuania, lives in N. Ireland)
Alexandru Bugan Senior -105kg 8th Left (Republic of Ireland team)
Morgan Hennessy Senior +105kg 7th Right
Ryan Finnerty Masters -86kg 8th Right
Maurice McMulkin Grand Masters -105kg 8th Right
Dan Earthquake Grand Masters -105kg 4th Left, 6th Right
Jason Brooks Grand Masters +105kg 4th Right
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IFA EUROS 2024
Jaworzno POLAND 13-17 June 2024
IFA Euros results:
Julia Jablonska junior 15 u63kg gold left, bronze right
Teoo Wietrzak Grand masters u78kg gold left & right
Mark Waldon Grand masters u95kg bronze left, silver right
Magdalena Jablonska senior u57kg 4th left, u63kg bronze right
Dan Smith senior u78kg 5th right
Adrian O'Dwyer senior u105kg Gold right
Dan Earthquake senior +105kg 10th & grandmasters +105kg 5th right
Victor Savin senior u70kg 11th left & 16th right
UK & Ireland medals: Gold=4 Silver=1 Bronze=3
IFA EUROs 2023
IFA EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIPS FINLAND 2023
5 pullers & a referee represented the PAA UK & IRELAND in the IFA EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIPS
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The team bought home 5 bronze medals: 2 Gold, 2 Silver & 1 Bronze with two IFA referee qualifications gained.
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Kath Whittaker - PAA UK & IRE Head Ref qualified as an IFA Junior Referee & joined the tournament team for the championships & as part of the doping control team.
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Dean Bolt won the Masters Superheavyweight Gold medal (Left).
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Mark Waldon won the Grand Masters -105kg Gold medal (Right).
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Dan Hanlon won the Masters -86kg (Left).
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Adrian O'Dwyer won the -105kg Silver (Right) & Bronze (Left) medals.
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Dan Earthquake lost all matches in Masters & Open Superheavyweight categories on both arms, placing 4th in both Masters, 7th & 9th in Seniors. He also was awarded IFA Basic Referee status.
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Adrian O'Dwyer, Dan Hanlon & Dean Bolt also attended the referee seminar but chose not to participate in the assessment.
Kath Whittaker
Dean Bolt - Gold Medal Masters Superheavyweight Left.
Mark Waldon - Gold Medal - Grand Masters -105kg (R)
Dan Hanlon - Silver - Masters -86kg (L)
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Adrian O'Dwyer - Silver (R) & Bronze (L) -105kg
