Alla Belinska

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Alla Belinska
Alla Belinska at the 2021 World Wrestling Championships in Oslo, Norway
Personal information
Native nameАлла Белінська
Born (1995-10-08) 8 October 1995 (age 28)
Sport
CountryUkraine
SportAmateur wrestling
EventFreestyle
Medal record
Women's freestyle wrestling
Representing  Ukraine
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2021 Warsaw 72 kg
Silver medal – second place 2023 Zagreb 68 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Budapest 68 kg
Individual World Cup
Bronze medal – third place 2020 Belgrade 72 kg
Military World Games
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Wuhan 76 kg
European U23 Championship
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Istanbul 68 kg

Alla Belinska (Ukrainian: Алла Белінська, born 8 October 1995) is a Ukrainian freestyle wrestler. She is a three-time medalist, including gold, at the European Wrestling Championships.[1][2] She represented Ukraine at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.[3]

Career[edit]

In one of her first senior-level competitions, Belinska competed at the World Olympic Qualification Tournament held in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia hoping to qualify for the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.[4] Belinska was no longer able to qualify after losing her first match against María Acosta of Venezuela.[4] In 2017, she lost her bronze medal match at the 2017 European U23 Wrestling Championships held in Szombathely, Hungary.[5] In that same year, she was eliminated in her first match in the women's 69 kg event at the 2017 World Wrestling Championships held in Paris, France.[6]

In 2018, Belinska won the bronze medal in the women's 68 kg event at the European U23 Wrestling Championship held in Istanbul, Turkey.[7][8] She also competed in the women's 72 kg event at the World Wrestling Championships held in Budapest, Hungary.[9]

In 2019, Belinska represented Ukraine in the women's 76 kg event at the European Games in Minsk, Belarus. She was eliminated in her second match by eventual bronze medalist Epp Mäe of Estonia.[10][11] A few months later, she competed in the women's 76 kg event at the World Wrestling Championships held in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan. She also represented Ukraine at the Military World Games held in Wuhan, China and she won one of the bronze medals in the 76 kg event.[12] In the same year, she also competed in the women's freestyle competition of the 2019 Wrestling World Cup.

In 2020, Belinska won one of the bronze medals in the women's 72 kg event at the Individual Wrestling World Cup held in Belgrade, Serbia.[13] In March 2021, she competed at the European Qualification Tournament in Budapest, Hungary hoping to qualify for the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.[14] She did not qualify as she lost her match in the quarterfinals against Vasilisa Marzaliuk of Belarus.[14] A month later, Belinska won the gold medal in the 72 kg event at the European Wrestling Championships held in Warsaw, Poland.[1][15] She defeated Yuliana Yaneva of Bulgaria in the final.[1] In May 2021, Belinska qualified at the World Olympic Qualification Tournament to represent Ukraine at the 2020 Summer Olympics.[3][16][17] A month later, she won the gold medal in her event at the 2021 Poland Open held in Warsaw, Poland.[18][19]

Belinska competed in the women's 76 kg event at the 2020 Summer Olympics held in Tokyo, Japan.[20] She was eliminated in her first match by eventual bronze medalist Zhou Qian of China.[20] Two months after the Olympics, she was eliminated in her first match in the women's 72 kg event at the 2021 World Wrestling Championships held in Oslo, Norway.[21] Her opponent Anna Schell of Germany went on to win one of the bronze medals.[21][22]

Belinska won one of the bronze medals in the women's 68 kg event at the 2022 European Wrestling Championships held in Budapest, Hungary.[23][24] A few months later, she won the gold medal in her event at the Matteo Pellicone Ranking Series 2022 held in Rome, Italy.[25] She competed in the 68 kg event at the 2022 World Wrestling Championships held in Belgrade, Serbia.[26]

Belinska won one of the bronze medals in her event at the 2023 Ibrahim Moustafa Tournament held in Alexandria, Egypt.[27] She won the silver medal in the women's 68 kg event at the 2023 European Wrestling Championships held in Zagreb, Croatia.[28][29]

Achievements[edit]

Year Tournament Location Result Event
2019 Military World Games Wuhan, China 3rd Freestyle 76 kg
2021 European Championships Warsaw, Poland 1st Freestyle 72 kg
2022 European Championships Budapest, Hungary 3rd Freestyle 68 kg
2023 European Championships Zagreb, Croatia 2nd Freestyle 68 kg

References[edit]

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  2. ^ Dubas, Matthew (13 May 2021). "Sports Shorts". The Ukrainian Weekly. Archived from the original on 16 May 2021. Retrieved 14 November 2021.
  3. ^ a b Shefferd, Neil (7 May 2021). "Chumikova secures emotional win at UWW World Olympic Games qualifier". InsideTheGames.biz. Inside the Games. Retrieved 7 May 2021.
  4. ^ a b "2016 World Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament – Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia" (PDF). unitedworldwrestling.org. United World Wrestling. Archived (PDF) from the original on 15 January 2018. Retrieved 18 December 2020.
  5. ^ Winters, Max (30 March 2017). "Larroque claims gold on opening day of women's action at European Under-23 Wrestling Championships". InsideTheGames.biz. Inside the Games. Retrieved 8 May 2021.
  6. ^ "2017 World Wrestling Championships" (PDF). unitedworldwrestling.org. United World Wrestling. Archived (PDF) from the original on 1 May 2019. Retrieved 13 January 2020.
  7. ^ Pavitt, Michael (7 June 2018). "Tosun delivers home gold at UWW Under-23 European Championships". InsideTheGames.biz. Inside the Games. Archived from the original on 13 January 2020. Retrieved 11 April 2020.
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  10. ^ "2019 European Games Wrestling Results" (PDF). unitedworldwrestling.org. United World Wrestling. Archived (PDF) from the original on 11 February 2020. Retrieved 4 April 2020.
  11. ^ Gillen, Nancy (28 June 2019). "Italian Olympic champions claim mixed team shotgun skeet silver and gold at Minsk 2019". InsideTheGames.biz. Inside the Games. Retrieved 4 April 2020.
  12. ^ "Results" (PDF). 2019 Military World Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 November 2019. Retrieved 14 February 2020.
  13. ^ "2020 Individual Wrestling World Cup Results Book" (PDF). unitedworldwrestling.org. United World Wrestling. Archived (PDF) from the original on 18 December 2020. Retrieved 18 December 2020.
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  18. ^ Rowbottom, Mike (11 June 2021). "Adekuoroye scatters Rio 2016 medallists en route to gold at UWW Poland Open". InsideTheGames.biz. Inside the Games. Retrieved 4 July 2021.
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  20. ^ a b "Wrestling Results Book" (PDF). Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived (PDF) from the original on 7 August 2021. Retrieved 8 August 2021.
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  22. ^ Burke, Patrick (7 October 2021). "Helen Louise Maroulis wins third title at Wrestling World Championships in Oslo". InsideTheGames.biz. Inside the Games. Retrieved 7 October 2021.
  23. ^ Lloyd, Owen (31 March 2022). "Two golds apiece for Moldova and Turkey at European Wrestling Championships". InsideTheGames.biz. Inside the Games. Retrieved 31 March 2022.
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  25. ^ "Matteo Pellicone Ranking Series 2022 Results Book" (PDF). UWW.org. United World Wrestling. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 June 2022. Retrieved 25 June 2022.
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