Koumba Larroque

Koumba Larroque (born 22 August 1998) 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 also represented France at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.

Koumba Larroque
Koumba Larroque in 2017
Personal information
Born (1998-08-22) 22 August 1998
Arpajon, France
Sport
CountryFrance
SportAmateur wrestling
Weight class
  • 65 kg
  • 68 kg
Event(s)Freestyle
Medal record
Women's freestyle wrestling
Representing  France
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 2018 Budapest 68 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2017 Paris 69 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Belgrade 65 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2023 Belgrade 68 kg
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2021 Warsaw 68 kg
Silver medal – second place 2018 Kaspiysk 68 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2017 Novi Sad 69 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2023 Zagreb 68 kg
World U23 Championships
Gold medal – first place 2017 Bydgoszcz 69 kg
Gold medal – first place 2021 Belgrade 68 kg
European U23 Championship
Gold medal – first place 2017 Szombathely 69 kg
Gold medal – first place 2018 Istanbul 72 kg
Summer Youth Olympics
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Nanjing 60 kg

Career
Koumba Larroque at the 2021 World Wrestling Championships in Oslo, Norway

At the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics held in Nanjing, China, she won the bronze medal in the girls' 60 kg event.[1][2] She won the gold medal in her event at both the 2016 European Juniors Wrestling Championships held in Bucharest, Romania and the 2016 World Junior Wrestling Championships held in Mâcon, France. She also competed at the first and second World Olympic Qualification tournaments hoping to qualify for the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

In 2017, Larroque won the gold medal in the 69 kg event at both the European U23 Wrestling Championship held in Szombathely, Hungary and the World U23 Wrestling Championship held in Bydgoszcz, Poland.[3] She also won the gold medal in her event at the European Juniors Wrestling Championships held in Dortmund, Germany. In the same year, at the World Championships held in Paris, France, she won one of the bronze medals in the 69 kg event.[4] She also won one of the bronze medals at the European Championships by defeating Elis Manolova of Azerbaijan in the 69 kg event.[5]

Larroque competed at the 2018 European U23 Wrestling Championship held in Istanbul, Turkey where she won the gold medal in the women's 72 kg event.[6][7] She won the silver medal in the 68 kg event at the 2018 World Wrestling Championships as well as the silver medal in the 68 kg event at the 2018 European Wrestling Championships held in Kaspiysk, Russia.[8][9]

In 2019, Larroque competed in the 68 kg event at the World Championships without winning a medal; she lost her second match, against Jenny Fransson of Sweden, and she was then eliminated in the repechage.[10] In 2020, she competed in the 68 kg event at the European Championships also without winning a medal; in this competition she won her first match against Ilana Kratysh of Israel but she was eliminated in her next match by Alla Cherkasova of Ukraine.[11] Cherkasova went on to win one of the bronze medals.[11] In the same year, she was eliminated in her first match in the women's 68 kg event at the 2020 Individual Wrestling World Cup held in Belgrade, Serbia.[12]

In March 2021, Larroque qualified at the European Qualification Tournament to compete at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.[13][14] A month later, she won the gold medal in the 68 kg event at the European Wrestling Championships held in Warsaw, Poland.[15][16] She defeated Khanum Velieva of Russia in the final.[15] A few months later, she won the gold medal in her event at the 2021 Poland Open held in Warsaw, Poland.[17][18]

Larroque competed in the women's 68 kg event at the 2020 Summer Olympics where she was eliminated in her first match by Soronzonboldyn Battsetseg of Mongolia.[19] Two months after the Olympics, she competed in the women's 65 kg event at the 2021 World Wrestling Championships held in Oslo, Norway.[20] She won her first two matches, against Elis Manolova of Azerbaijan and Tetiana Rizhko of Ukraine, and she was then eliminated in her next match by eventual bronze medalist Forrest Molinari of the United States.[20]

At the 2021 U23 World Wrestling Championships held in Belgrade, Serbia, she won the gold medal in the 68 kg event.[21][22] She won one of the bronze medals in the 65 kg event at the 2022 World Wrestling Championships held in Belgrade, Serbia.[23][24] She defeated Elis Manolova of Azerbaijan in her bronze medal match.

Larroque won the gold medal in the women's 68 kg event at the Grand Prix de France Henri Deglane 2023 held in Nice, France.[25] She also won the gold medal in her event at the 2023 Grand Prix Zagreb Open held in Zagreb, Croatia. She won the silver medal in her event at the 2023 Ibrahim Moustafa Tournament held in Alexandria, Egypt.[26]

Larroque won one of the bronze medals in the women's 68 kg event at the 2023 European Wrestling Championships held in Zagreb, Croatia.[27][28] She also won one of the bronze medals in the women's 68 kg event at the 2023 World Wrestling Championships held in Belgrade, Serbia. She defeated Emma Bruntil of the United States in her bronze medal match.

Personal life

She was born in Arpajon, France.[29] Her mother is from Mali and her father is from France.[29]

Achievements
Year Tournament Location Result Event
2017 European Championships Novi Sad, Serbia 3rd Freestyle 69 kg
World Championships Paris, France 3rd Freestyle 69 kg
2018 European Championships Kaspiysk, Russia 2nd Freestyle 68 kg
World Championships Budapest, Hungary 2nd Freestyle 68 kg
2021 European Championships Warsaw, Poland 1st Freestyle 68 kg
2022 World Championships Belgrade, Serbia 3rd Freestyle 65 kg
2023 European Championships Zagreb, Croatia 3rd Freestyle 68 kg
World Championships Belgrade, Serbia 3rd Freestyle 68 kg

References
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  2. "Wrestling Results Book" (PDF). 2014 Summer Youth Olympics. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 June 2020.
  3. Winters, Max (30 March 2017). "Larroque claims gold on opening day of women's action at European Under-23 Wrestling Championships". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 14 November 2021.
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  17. Rowbottom, Mike (11 June 2021). "Adekuoroye scatters Rio 2016 medallists en route to gold at UWW Poland Open". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 4 July 2021.
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  21. Dowdeswell, Andrew (4 November 2021). "Shilson among victors on day four of UWW Under-23 World Championships with sensational headlock". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 4 November 2021.
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  23. Burke, Patrick (14 September 2022). "Susaki and Morikawa earn Japanese double at World Wrestling Championships". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 15 September 2022.
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  25. "Grand Prix de France Henri Deglane 2023 Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 January 2023. Retrieved 4 February 2023.
  26. "2023 Ibrahim Moustafa Tournament Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 February 2023. Retrieved 26 February 2023.
  27. Lloyd, Owen (20 April 2023). "Ukraine subjected to defeat in three finals at European Wrestling Championships". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 21 April 2023.
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  29. "Angel and Rebel" (PDF). Fédération Française de Lutte. Archived (PDF) from the original on 11 August 2021. Retrieved 14 November 2021.
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