Miglena Selishka

In this Bulgarian name, the patronymic is Georgieva and the family name is Selishka.
Miglena Selishka
Personal information
Native nameМиглена Селишка
Full nameMiglena Georgieva Selishka
Nationality Bulgaria
Born (1996-02-13) 13 February 1996 (age 28)
Dupnitsa, Bulgaria
Height155 cm (5.09 ft; 61 in)
Sport
Country Bulgaria
SportAmateur wrestling
Weight class50 kg
EventFreestyle
ClubCSKA Sofia
Medal record
Women's freestyle wrestling
Representing  Bulgaria
Individual World Cup
Bronze medal – third place 2020 Belgrade 50 kg
European Games
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Minsk 50 kg
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2020 Rome 50 kg
Silver medal – second place 2019 Bucharest 50 kg
Silver medal – second place 2021 Warsaw 50 kg
Silver medal – second place 2022 Budapest 50 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2024 Bucharest 50 kg
Yasar Dogu Tournament
Gold medal – first place 2020 Istanbul 50 kg
Gold medal – first place 2021 Istanbul 50 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Istanbul 50 kg
Dan Kolov - Nikola Petrov Tournament
Gold medal – first place 2017 Ruse 48 kg
Gold medal – first place 2022 Veliko Tarnovo 50 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2016 Sofia 48 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2023 Sofia 50 kg
Golden Grand Prix Ivan Yarygin
Bronze medal – third place 2017 Krasnoyarsk 48 kg
World Juniors Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Zagreb 44 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2016 Mâcon 48 kg
European Juniors Championships
Gold medal – first place 2013 Skopje 44 kg
Gold medal – first place 2014 Warsaw 44 kg
Gold medal – first place 2015 Istanbul 44 kg
Women's beach wrestling
World Beach Games
Silver medal – second place 2019 Doha 50 kg

Miglena Georgieva Selishka (Bulgarian: Миглена Георгиева Селишка; born 13 February 1996) is a Bulgarian freestyle wrestler. At the 2020 European Wrestling Championships held in Rome, Italy, she won the gold medal in the women's 50 kg event.[1][2] She also won the silver medal in this event in 2019, 2021 and 2022.[3] She competed in the women's 50 kg event at the 2020 Summer Olympics held in Tokyo, Japan.[4]

Career

Selishka won the gold medal in the 44 kg event at the 2013 European Juniors Wrestling Championships held in Skopje, North Macedonia. She repeated this a year later at the 2014 European Juniors Wrestling Championships held in Warsaw, Poland. Selishka also won one of the bronze medals in her event at the 2014 World Junior Wrestling Championships held in Zagreb, Croatia. In 2015, she won the gold medal in her event at the European Juniors Wrestling Championships held in Istanbul, Turkey. In 2016, Selishka won one of the bronze medals in the 48 kg event at the World Junior Wrestling Championships held in Mâcon, France.

In 2017, Selishka won one of the bronze medals in the 48 kg event at the Golden Grand Prix Ivan Yarygin held in Krasnoyarsk, Russia. In that same year, she also competed in the 48 kg event at the 2017 European Wrestling Championships in Novi Sad, Serbia where she was eliminated in her first match by Milana Dadasheva.[5] Later that year, Selishka competed in the 48 kg event at the 2017 World Wrestling Championships without winning a medal.[6] She was eliminated in her second match by Jasmine Mian of Canada.[6]

Selishka won the silver medal in the women's 50 kg at the 2019 European Wrestling Championships held in Bucharest, Romania.[7] In that same year, she represented Bulgaria at the 2019 World Beach Games in Doha, Qatar and she won the silver medal in the women's 50 kg event.[8][9] In 2020, Selishka won one of the bronze medals in the women's 50 kg event at the Individual Wrestling World Cup held in Belgrade, Serbia.[10]

In March 2021, Selishka won the silver medal in the 50 kg event at the Matteo Pellicone Ranking Series held in Rome, Italy.[11] In the same month, she also qualified at the European Qualification Tournament to compete at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.[12][13] In April 2021, she won the silver medal in the 50 kg event at the European Wrestling Championships held in Warsaw, Poland.[3][14] In October 2021, Selishka competed in the women's 50 kg event at the World Wrestling Championships held in Oslo, Norway.[15]

In February 2022, Selishka won the gold medal in the 50 kg event at the Dan Kolov & Nikola Petrov Tournament held in Veliko Tarnovo, Bulgaria.[16] In that same month, she also won one of the bronze medals in her event at the Yasar Dogu Tournament held in Istanbul, Turkey.[17] In March 2022, Selishka won the silver medal in the 50 kg event at the European Wrestling Championships held in Budapest, Hungary.[18][19] In September 2022, she competed in the 50 kg event at the World Wrestling Championships held in Belgrade, Serbia.[20]

Selishka won one of the bronze medals in the women's 50 kg event at the 2023 Dan Kolov & Nikola Petrov Tournament held in Sofia, Bulgaria.[21] She also won one of the bronze medals in the women's 50 kg event at the 2024 European Wrestling Championships held in Bucharest, Romania.[22] Selishka competed at the 2024 European Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament in Baku, Azerbaijan hoping to qualify for the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France.[23] She was eliminated in her first match and she did not qualify for the Olympics.[23] Selishka also competed at the 2024 World Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament held in Istanbul, Turkey without qualifying for the Olympics.[24]

Achievements

Year Tournament Location Result Event
2019 European Championships Bucharest, Romania 2nd Freestyle 50 kg
European Games Minsk, Belarus 3rd Freestyle 50 kg
World Beach Games Doha, Qatar 2nd Beach wrestling 50 kg
2020 European Championships Rome, Italy 1st Freestyle 50 kg
2021 European Championships Warsaw, Poland 2nd Freestyle 50 kg
2022 European Championships Budapest, Hungary 2nd Freestyle 50 kg
2024 European Championships Bucharest, Romania 3rd Freestyle 50 kg

References

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