Koumba Larroque
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Born | Arpajon, France | 22 August 1998||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Country | France | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | Amateur wrestling | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event(s) | Freestyle | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Koumba Larroque (born 22 August 1998) is a French freestyle wrestler. She is a two-time medalist at the World Wrestling Championships and a three-time medalist at the European Wrestling Championships.
Career[]
At the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics held in Nanjing, China, she won the bronze medal in the girls' 60 kg event.[1][2]
In 2017, she won the gold medal in the 69 kg event at the World U23 Wrestling Championship held in Bydgoszcz, Poland. In the same year, at the World Championships held in Paris, France, she won one of the bronze medals in the 69 kg event.[3] She also won one of the bronze medals at the European Championships by defeating Elis Manolova of Azerbaijan in the 69 kg event.[4] In 2018, she competed at the European U23 Wrestling Championship held in Istanbul, Turkey where she won the gold medal in the women's 72 kg event.[5][6] She won the silver medal in the 68 kg event at the 2018 World Wrestling Championships as well as the silver medal in the 68 kg event at the 2018 European Wrestling Championships held in Kaspiysk, Russia.[7][8]
In 2019, she competed in the 68 kg event at the World Championships without winning a medal; she lost her second match, against Jenny Fransson of Sweden, and she was then eliminated in the repechage.[9] In 2020, she competed in the 68 kg event at the European Championships also without winning a medal; in this competition she won her first match against Ilana Kratysh of Israel but she was eliminated in her next match by Alla Cherkasova of Ukraine.[10] Cherkasova went on to win one of the bronze medals.[10] In the same year, she was eliminated in her first match in the women's 68 kg event at the 2020 Individual Wrestling World Cup held in Belgrade, Serbia.[11]
In March 2021, she qualified at the European Qualification Tournament to compete at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.[12][13] A month later, she won the gold medal in the 68 kg event at the 2021 European Wrestling Championships held in Warsaw, Poland.[14][15] She defeated Khanum Velieva of Russia in the final.[14] A few months later, she won the gold medal in her event at the 2021 Poland Open held in Warsaw, Poland.[16][17]
She competed in the women's freestyle 68 kg event at the 2020 Summer Olympics where she was eliminated in her first match by Soronzonboldyn Battsetseg of Mongolia.[18]
Major results[]
Year | Tournament | Location | Result | Event |
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2017 | European Championships | Novi Sad, Serbia | 3rd | Freestyle 69 kg |
World Championships | Paris, France | 3rd | Freestyle 69 kg | |
2018 | European Championships | Kaspiysk, Russia | 2nd | Freestyle 68 kg |
World Championships | Budapest, Hungary | 2nd | Freestyle 68 kg | |
2021 | European Championships | Warsaw, Poland | 1st | Freestyle 68 kg |
References[]
- ^ "Wrestling: New stars of the mat emerge in Nanjing". Olympic News. 25 September 2014. Retrieved 18 May 2020.
- ^ "Wrestling Results Book" (PDF). 2014 Summer Youth Olympics. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 June 2020.
- ^ "2017 World Wrestling Championships" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived (PDF) from the original on 1 May 2019. Retrieved 13 January 2020.
- ^ "2017 European Wrestling Championships Results" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived (PDF) from the original on 15 December 2020. Retrieved 15 April 2020.
- ^ "Larroque claims gold on opening day of women's action at European Under-23 Wrestling Championships". InsideTheGames.biz. 30 March 2017. Retrieved 18 January 2020.
- ^ "2018 European U23 Wrestling Championship" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived (PDF) from the original on 12 June 2018. Retrieved 9 August 2020.
- ^ "2018 World Wrestling Championships Results" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived (PDF) from the original on 14 April 2020. Retrieved 14 April 2020.
- ^ "Bratchikova sends home fans into raptures with gold at European Wrestling Championships". InsideTheGames.biz. 3 May 2018. Retrieved 18 January 2020.
- ^ "2019 World Wrestling Championships Results" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived (PDF) from the original on 12 April 2020. Retrieved 12 April 2020.
- ^ Jump up to: a b "2020 European Wrestling Championships Results" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived (PDF) from the original on 12 April 2020. Retrieved 12 April 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.
- ^ "Koumba Larroque se qualifie pour les Jeux de Tokyo". L'Équipe (in French). 19 March 2021. Retrieved 19 March 2021.
- ^ Shefferd, Neil (19 March 2021). "Twelve more wrestlers secure Tokyo 2020 places as women's action takes centre stage at European Olympic qualifier". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 20 March 2021.
- ^ Jump up to: a b Berkeley, Geoff (22 April 2021). "Stadnik wins eighth European Wrestling Championships gold with success in Warsaw". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 23 April 2021.
- ^ "2021 European Wrestling Championships Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived (PDF) from the original on 25 April 2021. Retrieved 25 April 2021.
- ^ Rowbottom, Mike (11 June 2021). "Adekuoroye scatters Rio 2016 medallists en route to gold at UWW Poland Open". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 4 July 2021.
- ^ "2021 Poland Open Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived (PDF) from the original on 4 July 2021. Retrieved 4 July 2021.
- ^ "Wrestling Results Book" (PDF). 2020 Summer Olympics. Archived (PDF) from the original on 7 August 2021. Retrieved 8 August 2021.
External links[]
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- Koumba Larroque at French Olympic Committee (in French)
- Koumba Larroque at Olympedia
- Koumba Larroque at United World Wrestling
- Koumba Larroque at The-Sports.org
- Living people
- 1998 births
- People from Arpajon
- French female sport wrestlers
- Wrestlers at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics
- World Wrestling Championships medalists
- European Wrestling Championships medalists
- Wrestlers at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- Olympic wrestlers of France