Alyona Kolesnik

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Alyona Kolesnik
Алёна Колесник
Alyona Kolesnik.jpg
Alyona Kolesnik (2017)
Personal information
NationalityUkrainian
Azerbaijani
Born (1995-01-29) 29 January 1995 (age 29)
Kryvyi Rih, Ukraine
Home townKyiv, Ukraine
Height160 cm (5 ft 3 in)
Weight57 kg (126 lb)
Sport
CountryAzerbaijan
Sport Amateur wrestling
Weight class
  • 57 kg
  • 59 kg
Event Freestyle
Medal record
Women's freestyle wrestling
Representing Flag of Azerbaijan.svg  Azerbaijan
European Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2024 Bucharest 59 kg
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2017 Novi Sad 55 kg
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2018 Kaspiysk 57 kg
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2019 Bucharest 57 kg
European Games
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2019 Minsk 57 kg
Islamic Solidarity Games
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2017 Baku 58 kg
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2021 Konya 59 kg
Golden Grand Prix Ivan Yarygin
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2022 Krasnoyarsk 59 kg
Yasar Dogu Tournament
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2018 Istanbul 57 kg
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2022 Istanbul 59 kg

Alyona Kolesnik (born 29 January 1995) is aUkrainian-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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Career

Alyona Kolesnik at the 2021 World Wrestling Championships in Oslo, Norway. Alyona Kolesnik.JPG
Alyona Kolesnik at the 2021 World Wrestling Championships in Oslo, Norway.

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

YearTournamentLocationResultEvent
2017 European Championships Novi Sad, Serbia3rd Freestyle 55 kg
Islamic Solidarity Games Baku, Azerbaijan2nd Freestyle 58 kg
2018 European Championships Kaspiysk, Russia3rd Freestyle 57 kg
2019 European Championships Bucharest, Romania3rd Freestyle 57 kg
European Games Minsk, Belarus3rd Freestyle 57 kg
2022 Islamic Solidarity Games Konya, Turkey2ndFreestyle 59 kg
2024 European Championships Bucharest, Romania1st Freestyle 59 kg

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