Alena Filipava
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| Full name | Alena Piatrouna Filipava | |||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality |  Belarus | |||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 10 October 1987 Minsk, BSSR, USSR (now Belarus) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.58 m (5 ft 2 in) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 55 kg (121 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Wrestling | |||||||||||||||||||
| Event(s) | Freestyle | |||||||||||||||||||
| Club | SK VS Minsk | |||||||||||||||||||
| Coached by | Aleh Yakaulevich Raikhlin | |||||||||||||||||||
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Alena Piatrouna Filipava (Belarusian: Алена Пятроўна Філіпава; born October 10, 1987, in Minsk) is an amateur Belarusian freestyle wrestler, who played for the women's featherweight category.[1] She won the bronze medal at the 2009 World Wrestling Championships in Herning, Denmark, against Tatiana Padilla of the United States, in addition to her silver at the European Championships in Vilnius, Lithuania.[2]
Filipava made her official debut at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, where she competed for the 55 kg class in freestyle wrestling, an event which was imminently dominated by world champion Saori Yoshida from Japan. She lost the second preliminary match to Kazakhstan's Olga Smirnova, with a two-set technical score (3–2, 0–3, 2–4), and a classification score of 1–3, finishing only in thirteenth place.[3]
References[]
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Alena Filipava". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 November 2018. Retrieved 9 December 2012.
- ^ "Alena Filipava wins bronze at World Wrestling Championships in Denmark". Belarusian Telegraph Agency. 25 September 2009. Archived from the original on 15 January 2013. Retrieved 9 December 2012.
- ^ "Women's Freestyle 55kg (121 lbs) Round of 16 Final". NBC Olympics. Archived from the original on 21 August 2012. Retrieved 9 December 2012.
External links[]
- NBC Olympics Profile
- Alena Filipava at United World Wrestling
- Alena Filipava at Olympedia
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