Anna Poliakova (maiden name Anna Zhigalova)[1][4][5] is a Russian amateur sumo wrestler. She has won gold medals in both the heavyweight and openweight categories in the 2009, 2013 and 2017 World Games.[1] She has also won seven golds at the Sumo World Championships. In 2018 she was nominated for the World Games Athlete of the Year award.[1]
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| Birth name | Anna Zhigalova | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Full name | Полякова Анна Сергеевна | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality |  Russia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 10 December 1981 Izhevsk, Udmurt, USSR | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years active | 2003–Present | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 186 cm (6 ft 1 in)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 165 kg (364 lb)[2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Sumo | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Biography
editShe was born in Izhevsk, Udmurt Republic.[6]
She played volleyball from the age of six to twelve,[6] and handball between from thirteen to twenty-one.[4] She is a graduate from Udmurt State University.[6] She has experience working as a swimming instructor in kindergarten.[4] She began Sumo training at September 2003.[6]
Competition
edit- She won the heavyweight class on 28 October 2012, at the 9th World Sumo Championships in Wan Chai.[7]
- In 2013, she won the heavyweight and openweight divisions of the World Games 2013 Women's Sumo held in Cali, Colombia.[5][8]
- On 18 and 19 October of the same year, he won the heavyweight and openweight divisions at the 2nd World Combat Games Women's Championship held in St. Petersburg, Russia.
- On 31 August 2014, she won the Openweight class at the 10th World Women's Sumo Championships held in Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
- On 30 July 2016, she won the 12th World Women's Sumo Championships in Mongolia in the individual open weight class.
- On 22 and 23 July 2017, she won the women's division of the 10th World Games 2017 in Wroclaw, Poland, in the heavyweight and openweight divisions.
- On 22 July 2018, she won the 13th World Women's Sumo Championships openweight individual competition at the Taoyuan Arena in Taiwan.
- On 13 October 2019, she won the individual heavyweight class at the 14th World Women's Sumo Championships held at Ohama Sumo Stadium in Sakai City, Japan.
References
edit- ^ a b c d "Peerless Zhigalova dominates women's sumo". Japan Times. 17 April 2019. Retrieved 17 April 2019.
- ^ "Самозащита" (PDF). ГБОУ Школа. 2017. Retrieved 19 October 2019.
- ^ https://www.theworldgames.org/results#athlete=Anna%20POLIAKOVA:10298
- ^ a b c ""Мне не страшно". Как сумоистка Анна Полякова стала сильнейшей в мире". 16 August 2016.
- ^ a b "平成25年の試合記録・結果" [2013 Match Records / Results] (in Japanese). Japan Sumo Federation. Retrieved 22 August 2022.
- ^ a b c d "Новости » Заслуженный Мастер Спорта Анна Полякова - самая титулованная сумоистка в мире! | Федерация сумо России". Retrieved 3 July 2021.
- ^ "9th Women's Sumo World Championships Results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 21 May 2013.
- ^ "World Games 2013 Cali result book: Sumo" (PDF). worldgames2013.sportresult.com. Swiss Timing. Archived (PDF) from the original on 13 September 2016.
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