Aline Rotter-Focken

Aline Rotter-Focken (née Focken; born 10 May 1991) is a German freestyle wrestler. She won the world title in the 69 kg division in 2014 and a bronze medal in the 67 kg category at the 2013 European Championships. At the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo she won the Gold.

Aline Rotter-Focken
Focken in 2011
Personal information
Birth nameAline Focken
NationalityGerman
Born10 May 1991 (1991-05-10) (age 32)
Krefeld, Germany
Height1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight80 kg (176 lb)
Sport
CountryGermany
SportFreestyle wrestling
Weight class69 kg / 76 kg
ClubKSV Germania, Krefeld
Coached byHans-Georg Focken
Medal record
Women's freestyle wrestling
Representing  Germany
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place2020 Tokyo76 kg
World Championships
Gold medal – first place2014 Tashkent69 kg
Silver medal – second place2017 Paris69 kg
Bronze medal – third place2015 Las Vegas69 kg
Bronze medal – third place2019 Nur-Sultan76 kg
European Games
Bronze medal – third place2015 Baku69 kg
European Wrestling Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2013 Tbilisi 67 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Bucharest 76 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2020 Rome 76 kg
Individual World Cup
Gold medal – first place 2020 Belgrade 76 kg
Golden Grand Prix Ivan Yarygin
Bronze medal – third place2019 Krasnoyarsk76 kg
Sassari City Matteo Pellicone Memorial
Bronze medal – third place2019 Sassari76 kg
Dan Kolov - Nikola Petrov Tournament
Bronze medal – third place2019 Sofia76 kg

She started wrestling in 1996 under the guidance of her father, Hans-Georg Focken.[1]

In 2020, she won the gold medal in the women's 76 kg event at the 2020 Individual Wrestling World Cup held in Belgrade, Serbia.[2][3] In 2021, she won the gold medal in her event at the 2021 Poland Open held in Warsaw, Poland.[4][5] She took gold at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo.[6]

References
  1. "Focken, Aline (GER)". iat.uni-leipzig.de. Archived from the original on 11 September 2014. Retrieved 11 September 2014.
  2. Shefferd, Neil (16 December 2020). "Russia claim team title on final day of women's action at UWW Individual World Cup". InsideTheGames.biz. Inside the Games. Retrieved 17 October 2021.
  3. "2020 Individual Wrestling World Cup Results Book" (PDF). unitedworldwrestling.org. United World Wrestling. Archived (PDF) from the original on 18 December 2020. Retrieved 18 December 2020.
  4. Rowbottom, Mike (10 June 2021). "Stadnik unstoppable on day one of women's wrestling at Poland Open". InsideTheGames.biz. Inside the Games. Retrieved 4 July 2021.
  5. "2021 Poland Open Results Book" (PDF). UWW.org. United World Wrestling. Archived (PDF) from the original on 4 July 2021. Retrieved 4 July 2021.
  6. "Wrestling Results Book" (PDF). Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived (PDF) from the original on 7 August 2021. Retrieved 8 August 2021.
  7. "2020 Individual World Cup". unitedworldwrestling.org. United World Wrestling. December 2020.
  8. "European Championship 2020". UWW.org. United World Wrestling. February 2020.
  9. "Matteo Pellicone 2020". UWW.org. United World Wrestling. January 2020.
  10. "2019 World Wrestling Championships". unitedworldwrestling.org. United World Wrestling. September 2019.
  11. "2019". UWW.org. United World Wrestling. July 2019.
  12. "Sassari City Matteo Pellicone Memorial 2019". UWW.org. United World Wrestling. May 2019.
  13. "European Championship 2019". unitedworldwrestling.org. United World Wrestling. April 2019.
  14. "Dan Kolov - Nikola Petrov". UWW.org. United World Wrestling. March 2019.
  15. "Grand Prix Ivan Yariguin". UWW.org. United World Wrestling. January 2019.
  16. "World Championship 2018". unitedworldwrestling.org. United World Wrestling. October 2018.
  17. "Grand Prix Ivan Yariguin". UWW.org. United World Wrestling. September 2018.
  18. "Dan Kolov - Nikola Petrov". UWW.org. United World Wrestling. March 2018.
  19. "Klippan Lady Open". unitedworldwrestling.org. United World Wrestling. May 2019.
  20. "2017 World Wrestling Championships". unitedworldwrestling.org. United World Wrestling. August 2019.
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