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Birth name | Henna Katarina Johansson | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Gällivare, Sweden [1] | 1 May 1991|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Wrestling | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Henna Katarina Johansson (born 1 May 1991) is a Swedish wrestler.
She competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the 63 kg weight class, winning her first round match against Aisuluu Tynybekova of Kyrgyzstan but lost her quarterfinal match against Kaori Icho of Japan. She finished 10th after losing to Martine Dugrenier of Canada in Repechage round 2.
She competed in the 63 kg weight class at the 2016 Summer Olympics, where she won her first match against Adéla Hanzlíčková of the Czech Republic and lost her quarterfinal match against Maryia Mamashuk of Belarus. She again finished 10th after losing to Yekaterina Larionova of Kazakhstan in her Repechage round 2 match.
In 2021, she won the gold medal in her event at the 2021 Poland Open held in Warsaw, Poland. [2] [3]
She represented Sweden at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. She competed in the women's freestyle 62 kg event. [4]
Sofia Magdalena Mattsson is a Swedish wrestler, who has won a World Championship, four European championships and an Olympic bronze medal.
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Anastasija Grigorjeva is a Latvian freestyle wrestler, who won gold at the 2010, 2013 and 2016 European Championships. She has also won two bronze medals at World Championship level and won gold at the European Games. She has competed at three Olympics.
Aisuluu Tynybekova is a Kyrgyz freestyle wrestler. She won the silver medal in the women's 62 kg event at the 2020 Summer Olympics held in Tokyo, Japan. She also competed in the women's 63 kg event at the 2012 Summer Olympics, the first woman to wrestle for Kyrgyzstan in the Olympics. A legal dispute threatened to prevent Tynybekova from competing in London, but the case was delayed until after the Games. Tynybekova was eliminated in the 1/8 finals by Henna Johansson.
Blessing Oborududu is a Nigerian freestyle wrestler. She is currently ranked as the world number two woman wrestler and also the first wrestler to win an Olympic medal representing Nigeria at the Olympics. She is also a twelve-time African champion from 2010 to 2023.
Vinesh Phogat is an Indian politician and former wrestler, who is a current member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) in Haryana. She won the 2024 assembly election from Julana constituency representing the Indian National Congress. Previously as a wrestler, she was a multiple-gold medalist of Commonwealth Games, with her wins in 2014, 2018, and 2022.
Buse Tosun Çavuşoğlu is a Turkish world-champion freestyle wrestler. She won the gold medals at the 2023 World Wrestling Championships, and at the 2024 European Wrestling Championships. She also won one of the bronze medals in the women's 68 kg event at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France.
Adéla Hanzlíčková is a Czech freestyle wrestler competing in the 68 kg division.
Denmark competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. Originally scheduled to take place from 24 July to 9 August 2020, the Games were postponed to 23 July to 8 August 2021, because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Danish athletes have appeared in every edition of the Summer Olympic Games, with the exception of the 1904 Summer Olympics in St. Louis. Before the start of the games, DIF sat an official medal goal of 8–10 medals for the Tokyo games.
Sweden competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. Originally scheduled to take place from 24 July to 9 August 2020, the Games were postponed to 23 July to 8 August 2021, because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Swedish athletes have competed at every Summer Olympic Games, with the exception of the 1904 Summer Olympics in St. Louis.
India competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. Originally scheduled to take place in July–August 2020, the games were postponed to 23 July to 8 August 2021, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The Games marked the nation's 25th appearance at the Summer Olympics after having made its official debut at the 1900 Summer Olympics.
Elis Manolova is a Bulgarian-born Azerbaijani freestyle wrestler. At the 2019 World Wrestling Championships held in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan, she won one of the bronze medals in the women's 65 kg event. She is also a five-time medalist, including gold, at the European Wrestling Championships. Manolova represented Azerbaijan at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.
Rong Ningning is a Chinese freestyle wrestler. She won the gold medal in the women's 57 kg event at the 2018 World Wrestling Championships held in Budapest, Hungary.
Koumba Larroque is a French freestyle wrestler. She is a four-time medalist at the World Wrestling Championships and a four-time medalist, including gold, at the European Wrestling Championships. She represented France at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan and the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France.
Martina Kuenz is an Austrian freestyle wrestler. At the 2018 World Wrestling Championships held in Budapest, Hungary, she won one of the bronze medals in the women's 72 kg event. She is also a three-time medalist at the European Wrestling Championships.
Giullia Rodrigues Penalber de Oliveira is a Brazilian freestyle wrestler. She is the gold medalist in the women's 57 kg event at the 2023 Pan American Games and the 2018 South American Games. She is also a two-time gold medalist in this event at the Pan American Wrestling Championships, reached the quarterfinals three times in the World Wrestling Championships, in the 2014, 2019 and 2021 editions, and finished 5th at the 2024 Olympic Games.
Iselin Maria Moen Solheim is a Norwegian freestyle wrestler from Notodden. She won one of the bronze medals in the women's 76 kg event at the 2019 European Games held in Minsk, Belarus. She also won a bronze medal at the 2020 European Wrestling Championships held in Rome, Italy.
Kriszta Tunde Incze is a Romanian freestyle wrestler. She is a four-time medalist at the European Wrestling Championships. In 2019, she represented Romania at the European Games in Minsk, Belarus and won one of the bronze medals in the 62 kg event. Incze also represented Romania at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan and 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France.
Alla Belinska is a Ukrainian freestyle wrestler. She is a three-time medalist, including gold, at the European Wrestling Championships. She represented Ukraine at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.