Elis Manolova
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Sport | Amateur wrestling | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event(s) | Freestyle | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Elis Manolova (Bulgarian: Элис Манолова, born 17 January 1996 in Bulgaria) is a Bulgarian-born Azerbaijani freestyle wrestler. At the 2019 World Wrestling Championships held in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan, she won one of the bronze medals in the women's 65 kg event.[1][2] She is also a gold medalist and a two-time silver medalist at the European Wrestling Championships. She represented Azerbaijan at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.[3]
Career[]
She represented Bulgaria in several cadet wrestling events before switching to Azerbaijan in 2015. As one of her first senior level competitions, she competed in the women's 69 kg event at the 2015 World Wrestling Championships held in Las Vegas, United States.[4] She was eliminated in her first match by Elmira Syzdykova of Kazakhstan.[4] In 2016, she competed at the European Olympic Qualification Tournament hoping to qualify for the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.[5] She did not qualify for the Olympics and she also lost her bronze medal match against Alina Berezhna of Ukraine.[5] A month later, she tried again at the World Olympic Qualification Tournament held in Istanbul, Turkey but she could no longer qualify after losing her first match against Monika Michalik of Poland.[6] Michalik went on to qualify for the 2016 Summer Olympics and she also became one of the bronze medalists in the women's 63 kg event.[7]
In 2017, she won one of the bronze medals in the women's 69 kg event at the Golden Grand Prix Ivan Yarygin held in Krasnoyarsk, Russia. A few months later, in May 2017, she lost her bronze medal match in the women's 69 kg event at the European Wrestling Championships held in Novi Sad, Serbia. In that same month, at the Islamic Solidarity Games held in Baku, Azerbaijan, she won the gold medal in the women's 69 kg event. In the final, she defeated Zhamila Bakbergenova of Kazakhstan. Lastly, she also competed in the women's 69 kg event at the 2017 World Wrestling Championships held in Paris, France.[8]
In 2018, at the European Wrestling Championships held in Kaspiysk, Dagestan, Russia, she won the silver medal in the women's 65 kg event.[9] In 2019, she won the gold medal in that event.[10] The following year, she won the silver medal in the 65 kg event at the 2020 European Wrestling Championships held in Rome, Italy.[11][12] In that same year, she also won one of the bronze medals in the women's 65 kg event at the 2020 Individual Wrestling World Cup held in Belgrade, Serbia.[13][14]
In March 2021, she competed at the European Qualification Tournament in Budapest, Hungary hoping to qualify for the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.[15] She won her first two matches but then lost her match in the semi-finals against Khanum Velieva.[15] In April 2021, she was eliminated in her second match in the 68 kg event at the European Wrestling Championships held in Warsaw, Poland.[16] In May 2021, she qualified at the World Olympic Qualification Tournament to represent Azerbaijan at the 2020 Summer Olympics.[17][18]
She competed in the women's 68 kg event at the 2020 Summer Olympics where she lost her first match against eventual silver medalist Blessing Oborududu of Nigeria and she was then eliminated in the repechage by eventual bronze medalist Meerim Zhumanazarova of Kyrgyzstan.[3] Two months after the Olympics, she competed in the women's 65 kg event at the 2021 World Wrestling Championships held in Oslo, Norway where she was eliminated in her first match by Koumba Larroque of France.[19]
Major results[]
Year | Tournament | Location | Result | Event |
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2017 | Islamic Solidarity Games | Baku, Azerbaijan | 1st | Freestyle 69 kg |
2018 | European Championships | Kaspiysk, Russia | 2nd | Freestyle 65 kg |
2019 | European Championships | Bucharest, Romania | 1st | Freestyle 65 kg |
World Championships | Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan | 3rd | Freestyle 65 kg | |
2020 | European Championships | Rome, Italy | 2nd | Freestyle 65 kg |
References[]
- ^ Rowbottom, Mike (20 September 2019). "Tynybekova earns first-ever world wrestling gold for Kyrgyzstan". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 13 January 2020.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "2019 World Wrestling Championships Results" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived (PDF) from the original on 12 April 2020. Retrieved 12 April 2020.
- ^ a b "Wrestling Results Book" (PDF). 2020 Summer Olympics. Archived (PDF) from the original on 7 August 2021. Retrieved 8 August 2021.
- ^ a b "2015 World Weightlifting Championships Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived (PDF) from the original on 30 May 2020. Retrieved 30 May 2020.
- ^ a b "2016 European Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived (PDF) from the original on 12 June 2018. Retrieved 16 December 2020.
- ^ "2016 World Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament 2 Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived (PDF) from the original on 7 May 2021. Retrieved 7 May 2021.
- ^ Pavitt, Michael (7 May 2016). "Stadnyk books Rio 2016 berth after success at UWW World Olympic Games Qualifying Tournament". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 8 May 2021.
- ^ "2017 World Wrestling Championships" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived (PDF) from the original on 1 May 2019. Retrieved 13 January 2020.
- ^ "2018 European Wrestling Championships Results" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived (PDF) from the original on 12 April 2020. Retrieved 12 April 2020.
- ^ "2019 European Wrestling Championships Results" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived (PDF) from the original on 12 April 2020. Retrieved 12 April 2020.
- ^ "2020 European Wrestling Championships Results" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived (PDF) from the original on 12 April 2020. Retrieved 12 April 2020.
- ^ Etchells, Daniel (14 February 2020). "Hristova beats last year's gold medallist Manolova at European Wrestling Championships". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 14 February 2020.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ Shefferd, Neil (16 December 2020). "Russia claim team title on final day of women's action at UWW Individual World Cup". InsideTheGames.biz. Archived from the original on 17 December 2020. Retrieved 17 December 2020.
- ^ "2020 Individual Wrestling World Cup Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived (PDF) from the original on 18 December 2020. Retrieved 18 December 2020.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "2021 European Wrestling Championships Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived (PDF) from the original on 25 April 2021. Retrieved 25 April 2021.
- ^ Shefferd, Neil (7 May 2021). "Chumikova secures emotional win at UWW World Olympic Games qualifier". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 7 May 2021.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "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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- Living people
- 1996 births
- Bulgarian emigrants to Azerbaijan
- Naturalized citizens of Azerbaijan
- Azerbaijani female sport wrestlers
- Bulgarian female sport wrestlers
- World Wrestling Championships medalists
- European Wrestling Championships medalists
- Islamic Solidarity Games medalists in wrestling
- Islamic Solidarity Games competitors for Azerbaijan
- Wrestlers at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- Olympic wrestlers of Azerbaijan