Ekaterina Igorevna Poleshchuk (Russian: Екатерина Игоревна Полещук; born 24 March 1994) is a Russian freestyle wrestler. She is a bronze medalist at the World Wrestling Championships and the European Wrestling Championships.
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| Native name | Екатерина Полещук | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| National team |  Russia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 24 March 1994 Gulkevichi, Krasnodar Krai, Russia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Russia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Amateur wrestling | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rank | International master of sports in freestyle wrestling | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event | Freestyle | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Minobrnauka WC | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coached by | Ruslan Painov, Maksim Lameshin | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Career edit
Poleshchuk won one of the bronze medals in the women's 53 kg event at the Golden Grand Prix Ivan Yarygin 2017 and Golden Grand Prix Ivan Yarygin 2018 held in Krasnoyarsk, Russia. She also won one of the bronze medals in this event at the 2017 U23 World Wrestling Championships held in Bydgoszcz, Poland.
In 2019, Poleshchuk won a bronze medal in the women's 50 kg event at the World Wrestling Championships held in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan.[1][2] She defeated Sun Yanan of China in her bronze medal match.[2]
In 2020, Poleshchuk won the gold medal in the women's 50 kg event at the Individual Wrestling World Cup held in Belgrade, Serbia.[3][4] In 2021, she won one of the bronze medals in the 50 kg event at the European Wrestling Championships held in Warsaw, Poland.[5][6]
She competed in the women's 59 kg event at the 2024 European Wrestling Championships held in Bucharest, Romania.[7] She was eliminated in her second match by Patrycja Gil of Poland.[7]
Achievements edit
| Year | Tournament | Location | Result | Event |
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| 2019 | World Championships | Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan | 3rd | Freestyle 50 kg |
| 2020 | Individual Wrestling World Cup | Belgrade, Serbia | 1st | Freestyle 50 kg |
| 2021 | European Championships | Warsaw, Poland | 3rd | Freestyle 50 kg |
References edit
- ^ Rowbottom, Mike (18 September 2019). "Japan lead women's rankings but miss gold at World Wrestling Championships". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 14 January 2020.
- ^ a b "2019 World Wrestling Championships Results" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived (PDF) from the original on 12 April 2020. Retrieved 12 April 2020.
- ^ Iveson, Ali (16 December 2020). "All-conquering Tynybekova wins 62kg gold at UWW Individual World Cup". InsideTheGames.biz. Archived from the original on 16 December 2020. Retrieved 17 December 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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 edit
- Ekaterina Poleshchuk at the International Wrestling Database
