Valentina Islamova

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Valentina Islamova
Валентина Исламова
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Valentina Islamova (2015)
Personal information
Nationality Russian
Born (1992-03-18) 18 March 1992 (age 32)
Novosibirsk Oblast, Russia
Height159 cm (5.22 ft; 63 in)
Sport
CountryKazakhstan
Sport Amateur wrestling
Weight class50 kg
Event Freestyle
Medal record
Women's freestyle wrestling
Representing Flag of Russia.svg  Russia
European Games
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2015 Baku 48 kg
Golden Grand Prix Ivan Yarygin
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2015 Krasnoyarsk 48 kg
Women's freestyle wrestling
Representing Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan
World Championships
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2019 Nur-Sultan 50 kg
Asian Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2021 Almaty 50 kg
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2019 Xi'an 50 kg
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2020 New Delhi 50 kg

Valentina Islamova (born 18 March 1992) is an ethnic Russian freestyle wrestler representing Kazakhstan. She is a bronze medalist at the World Wrestling Championships and a three-time medalist, including the gold medal in 2021, at the Asian Wrestling Championships. She represented Kazakhstan at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.

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Career

In 2015, at the Golden Grand Prix Ivan Yarygin held in Krasnoyarsk, Russia, she won the gold medal in the women's 48 kg event. [1] In the same year, she represented Russia at the 2015 European Games held in Baku, Azerbaijan and she won one of the bronze medals in the 48 kg event. [2] [3]

In 2019, Islamova won one of the bronze medals in the 50 kg event at the 2019 Asian Wrestling Championships held in Xi'an, China. [4] [5] She also won one of the bronze medals in the 50 kg event at the World Wrestling Championships held in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan. [6] [7] In 2020, she repeated this result at the Asian Wrestling Championships held in New Delhi, India. [8] [9] In 2021, Islamova secured the gold medal in her event at the Asian Wrestling Championships held in Almaty, Kazakhstan. [10] [11] A few months later, she won one of the bronze medals in her event at the 2021 Poland Open held in Warsaw, Poland. [12] [13]

Islamova competed in the women's 50 kg event at the 2020 Summer Olympics held in Tokyo, Japan where she was eliminated in her first match by Lucía Yépez of Ecuador. [14]

Achievements

YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventNotes
Representing Flag of Russia.svg  Russia
2015 European Games Baku, Azerbaijan3rd Freestyle 48 kg
Representing Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan
2019 World Championships Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan3rd Freestyle 50 kg
Asian Championships Xi'an, China3rd Freestyle 50 kg
2020 Asian Championships New Delhi, India3rd Freestyle 50 kg
2021 Asian Championships Almaty, Kazakhstan1st Freestyle 50 kg

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