Valentina Islamova
![]() Valentina Islamova (2015) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Born | 18 March 1992 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 159 cm (5.22 ft; 63 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Country | Kazakhstan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | Amateur wrestling | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight class | 50 kg | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event(s) | Freestyle | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Valentina Islamova (born 18 March 1992) is an ethnic Russian freestyle wrestler representing Kazakhstan. She is a bronze medalist at the World Wrestling Championships and a three-time medalist, including the gold medal in 2021, at the Asian Wrestling Championships. She represented Kazakhstan at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.
Career[]
In 2015, at the Golden Grand Prix Ivan Yarygin 2015 held in Krasnoyarsk, Russia, she won the gold medal in the women's 48 kg event.[1] In the same year, she represented Russia at the 2015 European Games held in Baku, Azerbaijan and she won one of the bronze medals in the 48 kg event.[2][3]
In 2019, she won one of the bronze medals in the 50 kg event at the 2019 World Wrestling Championships held in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan.[4][5] Later that year, she also won one of the bronze medals in the 50 kg event at the 2019 Asian Wrestling Championships held in Xi'an, China.[6] She repeated this in 2020 at the 2020 Asian Wrestling Championships held in New Delhi, India.[7][8] In 2021, she secured the gold medal in her event at the 2021 Asian Wrestling Championships held in Almaty, Kazakhstan.[9][10] A few months later, she won one of the bronze medals in her event at the 2021 Poland Open held in Warsaw, Poland.[11][12]
She competed in the women's 50 kg event at the 2020 Summer Olympics held in Tokyo, Japan where she was eliminated in her first match.[13]
Major results[]
Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
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2015 | European Games | Baku, Azerbaijan | 3rd | Freestyle 48 kg | |
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2019 | World Championships | Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan | 3rd | Freestyle 50 kg | |
Asian Championships | Xi'an, China | 3rd | Freestyle 50 kg | ||
2020 | Asian Championships | New Delhi, India | 3rd | Freestyle 50 kg | |
2021 | Asian Championships | Almaty, Kazakhstan | 1st | Freestyle 50 kg |
References[]
- ^ "Results Book" (PDF). Golden Grand Prix Ivan Yarygin 2015. Archived (PDF) from the original on 26 April 2015. Retrieved 9 August 2020.
- ^ "2015 European Games Results" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived (PDF) from the original on 15 April 2020. Retrieved 15 April 2020.
- ^ Pavitt, Michael (15 June 2015). "Azerbaijan celebrate Baku 2015 gold medal as women's wrestling events begin". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 14 February 2020.
- ^ Rowbottom, Mike (18 September 2019). "Japan lead women's rankings but miss gold at World Wrestling Championships". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 14 February 2020.
- ^ "2019 World Wrestling Championships Results" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived (PDF) from the original on 12 April 2020. Retrieved 12 April 2020.
- ^ "2019 Asian Wrestling Championships Results" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived (PDF) from the original on 18 May 2020.
- ^ Palmer, Dan (20 February 2020). "Hosts India celebrate three women's golds at Asian Wrestling Championships". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 7 April 2020.
- ^ "2020 Asian Wrestling Championships" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived (PDF) from the original on 22 May 2020. Retrieved 22 May 2020.
- ^ Rowbottom, Mike (15 April 2021). "China follows Japan in withdrawing women from UWW Asian Championships over COVID concerns". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 15 April 2021.
- ^ "2021 Asian Wrestling Championships Results" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived (PDF) from the original on 19 April 2021. Retrieved 19 April 2021.
- ^ Rowbottom, Mike (10 June 2021). "Stadnik unstoppable on day one of women's wrestling at 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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- Living people
- 1992 births
- Russian female sport wrestlers
- Kazakhstani female sport wrestlers
- European Games medalists in wrestling
- European Games bronze medalists for Russia
- Wrestlers at the 2015 European Games
- World Wrestling Championships medalists
- Asian Wrestling Championships medalists
- Wrestlers at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- Olympic wrestlers of Kazakhstan