Valentina Islamova

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.

Valentina Islamova
Валентина Исламова
Valentina Islamova (2015)
Personal information
NationalityRussian
Born (1992-03-18) 18 March 1992
Novosibirsk Oblast, Russia
Height159 cm (5.22 ft; 63 in)
Sport
CountryKazakhstan
SportAmateur wrestling
Weight class50 kg
Event(s)Freestyle
Medal record
Women's freestyle wrestling
Representing  Russia
European Games
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Baku 48 kg
Golden Grand Prix Ivan Yarygin
Gold medal – first place 2015 Krasnoyarsk 48 kg
Women's freestyle wrestling
Representing  Kazakhstan
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Nur-Sultan 50 kg
Asian Championships
Gold medal – first place 2021 Almaty 50 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Xi'an 50 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2020 New Delhi 50 kg

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  Russia
2015 European Games Baku, Azerbaijan 3rd Freestyle 48 kg
Representing  Kazakhstan
2019 World Championships Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan 3rd Freestyle 50 kg
Asian Championships Xi'an, China 3rd Freestyle 50 kg
2020 Asian Championships New Delhi, India 3rd Freestyle 50 kg
2021 Asian Championships Almaty, Kazakhstan 1st Freestyle 50 kg

References
  1. "Results Book" (PDF). Golden Grand Prix Ivan Yarygin 2015. Archived (PDF) from the original on 26 April 2015. Retrieved 9 August 2020.
  2. "2015 European Games Results" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived (PDF) from the original on 15 April 2020. Retrieved 15 April 2020.
  3. Pavitt, Michael (15 June 2015). "Azerbaijan celebrate Baku 2015 gold medal as women's wrestling events begin". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 14 February 2020.
  4. Etchells, Daniel (25 April 2019). "Three gold medals for Japan as women's action begins at Asian Wrestling Championships". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 24 September 2022.
  5. "2019 Asian Wrestling Championships Results" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived (PDF) from the original on 18 May 2020.
  6. Rowbottom, Mike (18 September 2019). "Japan lead women's rankings but miss gold at World Wrestling Championships". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 14 February 2020.
  7. "2019 World Wrestling Championships Results" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived (PDF) from the original on 12 April 2020. Retrieved 12 April 2020.
  8. Palmer, Dan (20 February 2020). "Hosts India celebrate three women's golds at Asian Wrestling Championships". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 7 April 2020.
  9. "2020 Asian Wrestling Championships" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived (PDF) from the original on 22 May 2020. Retrieved 22 May 2020.
  10. Rowbottom, Mike (15 April 2021). "China follows Japan in withdrawing women from UWW Asian Championships over COVID concerns". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 15 April 2021.
  11. "2021 Asian Wrestling Championships Results" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived (PDF) from the original on 19 April 2021. Retrieved 19 April 2021.
  12. Rowbottom, Mike (10 June 2021). "Stadnik unstoppable on day one of women's wrestling at Poland Open". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 4 July 2021.
  13. "2021 Poland Open Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived (PDF) from the original on 4 July 2021. Retrieved 4 July 2021.
  14. "Wrestling Results Book" (PDF). 2020 Summer Olympics. Archived (PDF) from the original on 7 August 2021. Retrieved 8 August 2021.
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