Yuliya Ratkevich

Yuliya Ratkevich (Belarusian: Юлія Мікалаеўна Раткевіч; Łacinka: Julija Mikałajeŭna Ratkievič; born 16 July 1985) is a Belarusian-born Azerbaijani female wrestler. She is the 2012 Olympic bronze medalist in women's freestyle 55 kg. Early in her career, she competed for Belarus.

Yuliya Ratkevich
Ratkevich at the 2016 Olympics
Personal information
Native nameЮлія Мікалаеўна Раткевіч
Born (1985-07-16) 16 July 1985
Minsk, Belarus
Medal record
Women's freestyle wrestling
Representing  Azerbaijan
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 2012 London 55 kg
World Championships
Gold medal – first place2009 Herning59 kg
Silver medal – second place2010 Moscow55 kg
Bronze medal – third place2013 Budapest59 kg
Silver medal – second place2014 Tashkent60 kg
Bronze medal – third place2015 Las Vegas58 kg
European Championship
Gold medal – first place2011 Dortmund59 kg
Bronze medal – third place2016 Riga60 kg
Summer Universiade
Gold medal – first placeKazan 2013 59 kg
Representing  Belarus
European Championships
Bronze medal – third place2005 Varna59 kg

Career

Representing Belarus, Ratkevich won bronze in the 59 kg category at the 2005 European Championships in Varna. After switching to Azerbaijan, she won gold at the 2009 World Championships in Herning and at the 2011 European Championships in Dortmund.

Ratkevich competed in women's freestyle 55 kg at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London. She beat Maria Prevolaraki of Greece in the round of 16, but lost to Saori Yoshida in the next round. Ratkevich thus qualified for the repechage round where she beat American wrestler Kelsey Campbell. In the bronze medal final, she beat Valeria Zholobova from Russia.[1]

Ratkevich also competed in women's freestyle 58 kg at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.[2] She lost to Tunisia's Marwa Amri in the bronze medal round.

References
  1. "Yuliya Ratkevich - Wrestling - Olympic Athlete | London 2012". Archived from the original on 2013-04-02. Retrieved 2012-08-13.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  2. "RATKEVICH Yuliya - Olympic Wrestling | Azerbaijan". Archived from the original on 2016-08-21. Retrieved 2016-08-21.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
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