Alyona Kolesnik

Alyona Kolesnik (born 29 January 1995) is a Ukrainian-Azerbaijani freestyle wrestler. She is a three-time bronze medalist 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.

Alyona Kolesnik
Алёна Колесник
Alyona Kolesnik (2017)
Personal information
NationalityUkrainian
Azerbaijani
Born (1995-01-29) 29 January 1995
Kryvyi Rih, Ukraine
Home townKiev, Ukraine
Height160 cm (5 ft 3 in)
Weight57 kg (126 lb)
Sport
CountryAzerbaijan
SportAmateur wrestling
Event(s)Freestyle
Medal record
Women's freestyle wrestling
Representing  Azerbaijan
European Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2017 Novi Sad 55 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Kaspiysk 57 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Bucharest 57 kg
Islamic Solidarity Games
Silver medal – second place 2017 Baku 58 kg
Silver medal – second place 2021 Konya 59 kg
European Games
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Minsk 57 kg
Golden Grand Prix Ivan Yarygin
Gold medal – first place 2022 Krasnoyarsk 59 kg
Yasar Dogu Tournament
Bronze medal – third place2022 Istanbul59 kg
Bronze medal – third place2018 Istanbul57 kg

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

At the 2017 European Wrestling Championships held in Novi Sad, Serbia, she 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, she 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, she 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, she 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]

She won the bronze medal in the women's 59 kg event at the 2023 Grand Prix Zagreb Open held in Zagreb, Croatia.

Achievements
Year Tournament Location Result Event
2017 European Championships Novi Sad, Serbia 3rd Freestyle 55 kg
Islamic Solidarity Games Baku, Azerbaijan 2nd Freestyle 58 kg
2018 European Championships Kaspiysk, Russia 3rd Freestyle 57 kg
2019 European Championships Bucharest, Romania 3rd Freestyle 57 kg
European Games Minsk, Belarus 3rd Freestyle 57 kg
2022 Islamic Solidarity Games Konya, Turkey 2nd Freestyle 59 kg

References
  1. "2017 European Wrestling Championships Results" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived (PDF) from the original on 15 December 2020. Retrieved 15 April 2020.
  2. Rowbottom, Mike (4 May 2018). "Bulgaria take two gold medals in concluding women's finals at European Wrestling Chamionships [sic] in Russia". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 13 January 2020.
  3. Pavitt, Michael (12 April 2019). "Orshush and Yusein defend titles at European Wrestling Championships". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 13 January 2020.
  4. "2019 European Wrestling Championships Results" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived (PDF) from the original on 12 April 2020. Retrieved 12 April 2020.
  5. "2019 European Games Wrestling Results" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived (PDF) from the original on 11 February 2020. Retrieved 4 April 2020.
  6. Gillen, Nancy (28 June 2019). "Italian Olympic champions claim mixed team shotgun skeet silver and gold at Minsk 2019". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 4 April 2020.
  7. "2020 European Wrestling Championships Results" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived (PDF) from the original on 12 April 2020. Retrieved 12 April 2020.
  8. "2020 Individual Wrestling World Cup Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived (PDF) from the original on 18 December 2020. Retrieved 18 December 2020.
  9. "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.
  10. "2021 World Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived (PDF) from the original on 9 May 2021. Retrieved 9 May 2021.
  11. "2021 World Wrestling Championships Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived (PDF) from the original on 16 October 2021. Retrieved 16 October 2021.
  12. "Golden Grand Prix Ivan Yarygin 2022 Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived (PDF) from the original on 16 February 2022. Retrieved 27 February 2022.
  13. "2022 Yasar Dogu, Vehbi Emre & Hamit Kaplan Tournament Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2 March 2022. Retrieved 2 March 2022.
  14. "2022 European Wrestling Championships Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 April 2022. Retrieved 3 April 2022.
  15. "2021 Islamic Solidarity Games Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 August 2022. Retrieved 20 August 2022.
  16. "2022 World Wrestling Championships Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 September 2022. Retrieved 18 September 2022.
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