Anastasija Grigorjeva

Anastasija Grigorjeva (born 12 May 1990) 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 (2012, 2016 and 2020).

Anastasija Grigorjeva
Personal information
Born (1990-05-12) 12 May 1990
Daugavpils, Latvia
Height1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight62 kg (137 lb)
Sport
Country Latvia
SportFreestyle wrestling
Medal record
Women's freestyle wrestling
Representing  Latvia
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Tashkent 63 kg
Bronze medal – third place2017 Paris60 kg
Individual World Cup
Silver medal – second place 2020 Belgrade 62 kg
European Games
Gold medal – first place2019 Minsk 68 kg
Bronze medal – third place2015 Baku 63 kg
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2010 Baku 55 kg
Gold medal – first place 2013 Tbilisi 63 kg
Gold medal – first place 2016 Riga 63 kg
Silver medal – second place 2012 Belgrade 59 kg
Silver medal – second place 2017 Novi Sad 60 kg
Bronze medal – third place2019 Bucharest68 kg
Golded Grand Prix Ivan Yarygin
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Krasnoyarsk 63 kg

Career

Grigorjeva was born in Daugavpils, Latvia.[1]

She started to train in wrestling from the year 2003. She originally trained in judo before switching to freestyle wrestling some years later. She studied at the University of Daugavpils from 2012 onwards.

Grigorjeva had sporting success from a young age: she was the silver medalist at the European Championship for cadets in 2007, the winner of the European Championship for juniors in 2008 and silver medalist of the World and European Championship for juniors.

She won European Championships 2010 (Women's freestyle – 55 kg) and won silver in 2012 (Women's freestyle – 59 kg).

She qualified for the 2012 Summer Olympics in London.[2] At these Games, she exited in the quarterfinals and achieved 9th place.[1] After the 2012 Olympic Games she competed successfully in tournaments, winning 16 consecutive victories, the third longest series of victory between FILA elite wrestlers.

In 2013 she won the title of European Champion for a second time, this time in the -63 kg weight category and she was named the sportswoman of the year in Latvia. By March 2014 she was number 1 ranked in the world, and in April she won her third gold medal at the European Championship. That year, Grigorjeva won a bronze medal at the World Championship. In 2014 she was again named Latvian sportswoman of the year.

In June 2015, she competed in the inaugural European Games, for Latvia in wrestling in the women's freestyle -63 kg division. She earned a bronze medal.

She qualified for the 2016 Summer Olympics, but was again knocked out in the quarterfinals. This time she was entered into the bronze medal repechage, but lost to eventual bronze medalist Monika Michalik.[1]

In 2020, she won the silver medal in the women's 62 kg event at the 2020 Individual Wrestling World Cup held in Belgrade, Serbia.[3][4] In March 2021, she qualified at the European Qualification Tournament to compete at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.[5][6] She lost her bronze medal match in the women's freestyle 62 kg event.[7][8]

References
  1. "Anastasija Grigorjeva Bio, Stats, and Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 9 November 2019.
  2. "Grigorjeva izcīna ceļazīmi uz Londonas olimpiskajām spēlēm" (in Latvian). Sportacentrs.com. 6 May 2012. Retrieved 6 May 2012.
  3. Iveson, Ali (16 December 2020). "All-conquering Tynybekova wins 62kg gold at UWW Individual World Cup". InsideTheGames.biz. Archived from the original on 16 December 2020. Retrieved 17 December 2020.
  4. "2020 Individual Wrestling World Cup Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived (PDF) from the original on 18 December 2020. Retrieved 18 December 2020.
  5. Shefferd, Neil (19 March 2021). "Twelve more wrestlers secure Tokyo 2020 places as women's action takes centre stage at European Olympic qualifier". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 20 March 2021.
  6. "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.
  7. Pavitt, Michael (4 August 2021). "Kawai succeeds sister as Olympic champion with women's 62kg wrestling triumph". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 4 August 2021.
  8. "Wrestling Results Book" (PDF). 2020 Summer Olympics. Archived (PDF) from the original on 7 August 2021. Retrieved 8 August 2021.
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