Alyona Kolesnik

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Alyona Kolesnik
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Alyona Kolesnik (2017)
Personal information
Born (1995-01-29) 29 January 1995 (age 27)
Sport
CountryAzerbaijan
SportAmateur wrestling
Event(s)Freestyle
Medal record
Women's freestyle wrestling
Representing  Azerbaijan
European Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2017 Novi Sad 55 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Kaspiysk 57 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Bucharest 57 kg
Islamic Solidarity Games
Silver medal – second place 2017 Baku 58 kg
European Games
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Minsk 57 kg
Golden Grand Prix Ivan Yarygin
Gold medal – first place 2022 Krasnoyarsk 59 kg

Alyona Kolesnik (born 29 January 1995) is an Azerbaijani freestyle wrestler. She is a three-time bronze medalist at the European Wrestling Championships. She also won silver at the 2017 Islamic Solidarity Games and bronze at the 2019 European Games.

Career[]

At the 2017 European Wrestling Championships held in Novi Sad, Serbia, she won one of the bronze medals in the women's 55 kg event.[1] In 2018, she also won one of the bronze medals in the women's 57 kg and she repeated this in 2019 with another bronze medal in the same event.[2][3][4]

At the 2017 Islamic Solidarity Games held in Baku, Azerbaijan, she won the silver medal in the women's 58 kg event. In the final, she lost against Aisuluu Tynybekova of Kyrgyzstan.

She won one of the bronze medals in the women's 57 kg event at the 2019 European Games held in Minsk, Belarus.[5][6] In her bronze medal match she defeated Bediha Gün of Turkey. In 2020, at the European Wrestling Championships held in Rome, Italy, she competed in the women's 57 kg event.[7] She lost her bronze medal match against Iryna Kurachkina of Belarus.[7] In 2020, she competed in the women's 57 kg event at the Individual Wrestling World Cup held in Belgrade, Serbia where she lost her bronze medal match against Veronika Chumikova of Russia.[8] In March 2021, she competed at the European Qualification Tournament in Budapest, Hungary hoping to qualify for the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.[9] She lost her first match against Evelina Nikolova of Bulgaria and she was then eliminated in her next match in the repechage.[9] She also failed to qualify for the Olympics at the World Olympic Qualification Tournament held in Sofia, Bulgaria.[10]

In October 2021, she was eliminated in her first match in the women's 59 kg event at the World Wrestling Championships held in Oslo, Norway.[11] In 2022, she won the gold medal in the women's 59 kg event at the Golden Grand Prix Ivan Yarygin held in Krasnoyarsk, Russia.

Major results[]

Year Tournament Location Result Event
2017 European Championships Novi Sad, Serbia 3rd Freestyle 55 kg
Islamic Solidarity Games Baku, Azerbaijan 2nd Freestyle 58 kg
2018 European Championships Kaspiysk, Russia 3rd Freestyle 57 kg
2019 European Championships Bucharest, Romania 3rd Freestyle 57 kg
European Games Minsk, Belarus 3rd Freestyle 57 kg

References[]

  1. ^ "2017 European Wrestling Championships Results" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived (PDF) from the original on 15 December 2020. Retrieved 15 April 2020.
  2. ^ Rowbottom, Mike (4 May 2018). "Bulgaria take two gold medals in concluding women's finals at European Wrestling Chamionships [sic] in Russia". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 13 January 2020.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  3. ^ Pavitt, Michael (12 April 2019). "Orshush and Yusein defend titles at European Wrestling Championships". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 13 January 2020.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  4. ^ "2019 European Wrestling Championships Results" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived (PDF) from the original on 12 April 2020. Retrieved 12 April 2020.
  5. ^ "2019 European Games Wrestling Results" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived (PDF) from the original on 11 February 2020. Retrieved 4 April 2020.
  6. ^ Gillen, Nancy (28 June 2019). "Italian Olympic champions claim mixed team shotgun skeet silver and gold at Minsk 2019". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 4 April 2020.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  7. ^ a b "2020 European Wrestling Championships Results" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived (PDF) from the original on 12 April 2020. Retrieved 12 April 2020.
  8. ^ "2020 Individual Wrestling World Cup Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived (PDF) from the original on 18 December 2020. Retrieved 18 December 2020.
  9. ^ a b "2021 European Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived (PDF) from the original on 24 March 2021. Retrieved 24 March 2021.
  10. ^ "2021 World Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived (PDF) from the original on 9 May 2021. Retrieved 9 May 2021.
  11. ^ "2021 World Wrestling Championships Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived (PDF) from the original on 16 October 2021. Retrieved 16 October 2021.

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