Grace Bullen

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Grace Bullen
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Grace Bullen in 2021
Personal information
Full nameGrace Jacob Bullen
Born (1997-02-07) 7 February 1997 (age 24)
Sport
CountryNorway
SportAmateur wrestling
Event(s)Freestyle
Coached byGheorghe Costin
Medal record
Women's freestyle wrestling
Representing  Norway
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2017 Novi Sad 58 kg
Gold medal – first place 2020 Rome 57 kg
Silver medal – second place 2016 Riga 58 kg
European Games
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Baku 58 kg
Golden Grand Prix Ivan Yarygin
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Krasnoyarsk 57 kg
World U23 Championships
Gold medal – first place 2018 Bucharest 59 kg
Summer Youth Olympics
Gold medal – first place 2014 Nanjing 60 kg

Grace Jacob Bullen (born 7 February 1997) is a Norwegian freestyle wrestler. She is a two-time gold medalist at the European Wrestling Championships. She also won a bronze medal for Norway at the 2015 European Games held in Baku, Azerbaijan.

Early life[]

Born in a refugee camp in Eritrea to South Sudanese parents, she moved to Fredrikstad, Norway in 2001 at the age of four.[1] Already at the age of four she took up wrestling in the martial arts club Atlas.[1][2]

Career[]

At the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics held in Nanjing, China, she represented Norway and she won the gold medal in the girls' 60 kg event.[3][4] In the final, she defeated Pei Xingru of China.[3][4] In 2015, she represented Norway at the 2015 European Games held in Baku, Azerbaijan and she won one of the bronze medals in the women's 58 kg event.[5] She lost her first match against Emese Barka of Hungary and entered the repechage.[5] Here she won against Valeria Koblova by walkover and she defeated Irina Netreba of Azerbaijan in the bronze medal match.[5] She also competed in the women's 58 kg event at the 2015 World Wrestling Championships held in Las Vegas, United States where she was eliminated in her second match by Marianna Sastin of Hungary.[6]

In 2016, she won the silver medal in the women's 58 kg at the 2016 European Wrestling Championships held in Riga, Latvia.[7] In the final, she lost against Nataliya Synyshyn of Azerbaijan. The following year, she won the gold medal in the same event at the 2017 European Wrestling Championships held in Novi Sad, Serbia.[8][9] In the final, she defeated Mariana Cherdivara of Moldova.[8] In the same year, she was eliminated in her first match in the women's 58 kg event at the 2017 World Wrestling Championships held in Paris, France.[10]

In 2018, she competed in the 57 kg event at the 2018 World Wrestling Championships held in Budapest, Hungary.[11] She won her first match against Giullia Penalber of Brazil and her next match against Jong In-sun of North Korea.[11] She then lost her next match against Rong Ningning of China; Rong went on to win the gold medal.[11] Bullen then failed to secure the bronze medal in her match against Pooja Dhanda of India.[11] A month later, at the 2018 World U23 Wrestling Championship held in Bucharest, Romania, she won the gold medal in the women's 59 kg event.[12]

In 2019, she won one of the bronze medals in the women's 57 kg event at the Golden Grand Prix Ivan Yarygin 2019 held in Krasnoyarsk, Russia. In the same year, she also competed in the 57 kg event at the 2019 European Games held in Minsk, Belarus where she lost her bronze medal match against Anastasia Nichita of Moldova.[13] In 2020, she won the gold medal in the 57 kg event at the 2020 European Wrestling Championships held in Rome, Italy.[14] In the final, she defeated Alina Akobiia of Ukraine.[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] Her hopes were dashed when she was eliminated in her first match by Bediha Gün of Turkey.[15] A month later, she was eliminated in her second match in the 59 kg event at the 2021 European Wrestling Championships held in Warsaw, Poland.[16] In May 2021, she failed to qualify for the Olympics at the World Qualification Tournament held in Sofia, Bulgaria.[17][18] She won her first two matches but she was then eliminated in the semi-finals by Veronika Chumikova.[17][19] In October 2021, she was eliminated in her first match in the women's 59 kg event at the 2021 World Wrestling Championships held in Oslo, Norway.[20]

Major results[]

Year Tournament Location Result Event
2015 European Games Baku, Azerbaijan 3rd Freestyle 58 kg
2016 European Championships Riga, Latvia 2nd Freestyle 58 kg
2017 European Championships Novi Sad, Serbia 1st Freestyle 58 kg
2020 European Championships Rome, Italy 1st Freestyle 57 kg

References[]

  1. ^ a b "Grace Bullen is fighting for a medal in the Olympics". Scandinavian Traveler. 19 March 2020. Archived from the original on 21 June 2020. Retrieved 21 June 2020.
  2. ^ Bovim, Helge (15 January 2019). "Ingen bedre enn Bullen". Demokraten (in Norwegian). pp. 14–15.
  3. ^ a b "Wrestling: New stars of the mat emerge in Nanjing". Olympic News. 25 September 2014. Retrieved 18 May 2020.
  4. ^ a b "Wrestling Results Book" (PDF). 2014 Summer Youth Olympics. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 June 2020.
  5. ^ a b c "2015 European Games Results" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived (PDF) from the original on 15 April 2020. Retrieved 15 April 2020.
  6. ^ "2015 World Weightlifting Championships Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived (PDF) from the original on 30 May 2020. Retrieved 30 May 2020.
  7. ^ "2016 European Wrestling Championships Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived (PDF) from the original on 30 June 2016. Retrieved 23 December 2020.
  8. ^ a b Etchells, Daniel (5 May 2017). "Turkey's Akgul reclaims crown at European Wrestling Championships". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 18 January 2020.
  9. ^ "2017 European Wrestling Championships Results" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived (PDF) from the original on 15 December 2020. Retrieved 15 April 2020.
  10. ^ "2017 World Wrestling Championships" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived (PDF) from the original on 1 May 2019. Retrieved 13 January 2020.
  11. ^ a b c d "2018 World Wrestling Championships Results" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived (PDF) from the original on 14 April 2020. Retrieved 14 April 2020.
  12. ^ Rowbottom, Mike (15 November 2018). "Norway's Bullen beats China's senior world champion to lift UWW under-23 title". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 18 January 2020.
  13. ^ "2019 European Games Wrestling Results" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Retrieved 4 April 2020.
  14. ^ a b "2020 European Wrestling Championships Results" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived (PDF) from the original on 12 April 2020. Retrieved 12 April 2020.
  15. ^ 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.
  16. ^ "2021 European Wrestling Championships Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived (PDF) from the original on 25 April 2021. Retrieved 25 April 2021.
  17. ^ a b "OL-håpet ute for bryte-Berge og lagkameratene". Nettavisen Sport (in Norwegian). 8 May 2021. Retrieved 9 May 2021.
  18. ^ "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.
  19. ^ Shefferd, Neil (7 May 2021). "Chumikova secures emotional win at UWW World Olympic Games qualifier". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 7 May 2021.
  20. ^ "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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