Vasilisa Aliaksandraŭna Marzaliuk (Belarusian: Васіліса Аляксандраўна Марзалюк; born 23 June 1987) is a Belarusian wrestler. She is a three-time World bronze medalist and the 2011 European silver medalist. In June 2015, she represented Belarus at the inaugural European Games, winning gold in the women's freestyle 75 kg.

Vasilisa Marzaliuk
Personal information
Native nameВасіліса Аляксандраўна Марзалюк
Full nameVasilisa Aliaksandraŭna Marzaliuk
Born (1987-06-23) 23 June 1987 (age 36)
Lahojsk, Minsk Region
Medal record
Women's freestyle wrestling
Representing  Belarus
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2011 Istanbul 72 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2012 Strathcona County 72 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Las Vegas 75 kg
Silver medal – second place 2017 Paris 75 kg
European Games
Gold medal – first place 2015 Baku 75 kg
Gold medal – first place 2019 Minsk 76 kg
European Championships
Silver medal – second place 2011 Dortmund 72 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2005 Varna 72 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2013 Tbilisi 72 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2016 Riga 75 kg
Individual World Cup
Bronze medal – third place 2020 Belgrade 76 kg
Golden Grand Prix Ivan Yarygin
Silver medal – second place 2019 Krasnoyarsk 76 kg

Marzaliuk appeared in the 72 kg category at the 2012 Summer Olympics, losing the bronze medal match to Spain's Maider Unda. She competed in women's freestyle 75 kg at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. In the bronze medal match, she lost to China's Zhang Fengliu.

In 2020, she won one of the bronze medals in the women's 76 kg event at the Individual Wrestling World Cup held in Belgrade, Serbia.[1][2] In March 2021, she qualified at the European Qualification Tournament to compete at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.[3][4] In April 2021, she competed in the 76 kg event at the European Wrestling Championships in Warsaw, Poland.[5]

References edit

  1. ^ Shefferd, Neil (16 December 2020). "Russia claim team title on final day of women's action at UWW Individual World Cup". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 17 October 2021.
  2. ^ "2020 Individual Wrestling World Cup Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived (PDF) from the original on 18 December 2020. Retrieved 18 December 2020.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ "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.
  5. ^ "2021 European Wrestling Championships Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived (PDF) from the original on 25 April 2021. Retrieved 25 April 2021.

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