Alyona Kolesnik (born 29 January 1995) is a Ukrainian-Azerbaijani freestyle wrestler. She is a four-time medalist, including gold, at the European Wrestling Championships. She is also a two-time silver medalist at the Islamic Solidarity Games. She won bronze in her event at the 2019 European Games.
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| Nationality | Ukrainian Azerbaijani | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 29 January 1995 Kryvyi Rih, Ukraine | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Home town | Kyiv, Ukraine | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 160 cm (5 ft 3 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 57 kg (126 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Azerbaijan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Amateur wrestling | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Event | Freestyle | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Career
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At the 2017 European Wrestling Championships held in Novi Sad, Serbia, Kolesnik 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, Kolesnik won the silver medal in the women's 58 kg event. In the final, she lost against Aisuluu Tynybekova of Kyrgyzstan.
Kolesnik 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, Kolesnik 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, Kolesnik 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, Kolesnik was eliminated in her first match in the women's 59 kg event at the World Wrestling Championships held in Oslo, Norway.[11] In January 2022, she won the gold medal in the women's 59 kg event at the Golden Grand Prix Ivan Yarygin held in Krasnoyarsk, Russia.[12] In February 2022, Kolesnik won one of the bronze medals in the women's 59 kg event at the Yasar Dogu Tournament held in Istanbul, Turkey.[13] She lost her bronze medal match in the 59 kg event at the 2022 European Wrestling Championships held in Budapest, Hungary.[14]
Kolesnik won the silver medal in the 59 kg event at the 2021 Islamic Solidarity Games held in Konya, Turkey.[15] She competed in the 59 kg event at the 2022 World Wrestling Championships held in Belgrade, Serbia.[16]
Kolesnik won the bronze medal in the women's 59 kg event at the 2023 Grand Prix Zagreb Open held in Zagreb, Croatia. She won the gold medal in the women's 59 kg event at the 2024 European Wrestling Championships held in Bucharest, Romania.[17] In the final, she defeated Alina Filipovych of Ukraine.[17]
Achievements
edit| Year | Tournament | Location | Result | Event |
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| 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 | |
| 2022 | Islamic Solidarity Games | Konya, Turkey | 2nd | Freestyle 59 kg |
| 2024 | European Championships | Bucharest, Romania | 1st | Freestyle 59 kg |
References
edit- ^ "2017 European Wrestling Championships Results" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived (PDF) from the original on 15 December 2020. Retrieved 15 April 2020.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Pavitt, Michael (12 April 2019). "Orshush and Yusein defend titles at European Wrestling Championships". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 13 January 2020.
- ^ "2019 European Wrestling Championships Results" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived (PDF) from the original on 12 April 2020. Retrieved 12 April 2020.
- ^ "2019 European Games Wrestling Results" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived (PDF) from the original on 11 February 2020. Retrieved 4 April 2020.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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 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.
- ^ "Golden Grand Prix Ivan Yarygin 2022 Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived (PDF) from the original on 16 February 2022. Retrieved 27 February 2022.
- ^ "2022 Yasar Dogu, Vehbi Emre & Hamit Kaplan Tournament Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2 March 2022. Retrieved 2 March 2022.
- ^ "2022 European Wrestling Championships Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 April 2022. Retrieved 3 April 2022.
- ^ "2021 Islamic Solidarity Games Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 August 2022. Retrieved 20 August 2022.
- ^ "2022 World Wrestling Championships Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 September 2022. Retrieved 18 September 2022.
- ^ a b "2024 European Wrestling Championships Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 February 2024. Retrieved 19 February 2024.
External links
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- Alyona Kolesnik at the International Wrestling Database
