Yelena Shalygina

Yelena Yevgenyevna Shalygina (born 15 December 1986 in Shymkent) is a Kazakh wrestler. She competed in the 63 kg weight class at the 2008 Summer Olympics, where she won a bronze medal.[1]

Yelena Shalygina

Medal record
Women's wrestling
Representing  Kazakhstan
Summer Olympics
Bronze medal – third place 2008 Beijing 63 kg
World Championships
Silver medal – second place2010 Moscow67 kg
Silver medal – second place2007 Baku63 kg
Bronze medal – third place2009 Herning63 kg
Asian Games
Gold medal – first place 2010 Guangzhou 63 kg
Islamic Solidarity Games
Gold medal – first place2021 Konya65 kg
Asian Championships
Gold medal – first place2012 Gumi67 kg
Gold medal – first place2009 Pattaya67 kg
Silver medal – second place2006 Almaty63 kg
Silver medal – second place2007 Bishkek63 kg
Bronze medal – third place2008 Jeju City63 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2023 Astana68 kg
Yasar Dogu Tournament
Gold medal – first place2023 Istanbul68 kg

At the 2008 Summer Olympics, she lost to Alena Kartashova in the last 16, but because Kartashova reached the final, Shalygina was able to compete in the repechage where she beat Elina Vaseva and then Lise Golliot-Legrand to win her bronze medal.[2]

At the 2012 Summer Olympics she lost to Yuliya Ostapchuk in the first round.[1]

She won the gold medal in the 65 kg event at the 2021 Islamic Solidarity Games held in Konya, Turkey.[3] She competed in the 65 kg event at the 2022 World Wrestling Championships held in Belgrade, Serbia.[4]

References
  1. sports-reference.com
  2. "2008 Olympic Results" (PDF). FILA. p. 21. Retrieved 21 June 2016.
  3. "2021 Islamic Solidarity Games Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 August 2022. Retrieved 20 August 2022.
  4. "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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