Rong Ningning

In this Chinese name, the family name is Rong.
Rong Ningning
Personal information
Born (1997-10-05) 5 October 1997 (age 27)
Height158 cm (5.18 ft; 62 in)
Sport
CountryChina
SportAmateur wrestling
Weight class57 kg
EventFreestyle
Medal record
Women's freestyle wrestling
Representing  China
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2018 Budapest 57 kg
Silver medal – second place 2019 Nur-Sultan 57 kg
Asian Championships
Gold medal – first place 2018 Bishkek 59 kg
Gold medal – first place 2019 Xi'an 57 kg
Golden Grand Prix Ivan Yarygin
Gold medal – first place 2018 Krasnoyarsk 59 kg
World U23 Championships
Silver medal – second place 2018 Bucharest 59 kg

Rong Ningning (born 5 October 1997) is a Chinese freestyle wrestler. She won the gold medal in the women's 57 kg event at the 2018 World Wrestling Championships held in Budapest, Hungary.[1]

Career

In 2017, Rong competed in the 58 kg event at the World Wrestling Championships in Paris, France where she reached the quarterfinals after defeating Jowita Wrzesień and Pooja Dhanda in earlier rounds.[2] In the quarterfinals she was defeated by Marwa Amri who went on to win the silver medal in that event. Rong then entered the repechage where she won her match against Iryna Chykhradze of Ukraine but lost her bronze medal match against Aisuluu Tynybekova of Kyrgyzstan.

In 2018, at the Golden Grand Prix Ivan Yarygin 2018 held in Krasnoyarsk, Russia, she won the gold medal in the women's 59 kg event.

In 2019, she won the gold medal in the women's 57 kg event at the 2019 Asian Wrestling Championships held in Xi'an, China.[3] In the same year, at the World Wrestling Championships held in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan, she won the silver medal in the women's 57 kg event.[4]

Rong represented China at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. She competed in the women's 57 kg event where she was eliminated in her first match.[5]

Achievements

Year Tournament Location Result Event
2018 Asian Championships Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan 1st Freestyle 59 kg
World Championships Budapest, Hungary 1st Freestyle 57 kg
2019 Asian Championships Xi'an, China 1st Freestyle 57 kg
World Championships Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan 2nd Freestyle 57 kg

References

  1. ^ "2018 World Wrestling Championships Results" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived (PDF) from the original on 14 April 2020. Retrieved 14 April 2020.
  2. ^ "2017 World Wrestling Championships" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived (PDF) from the original on 1 May 2019. Retrieved 13 January 2020.
  3. ^ "2019 Asian Wrestling Championships Results" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived (PDF) from the original on 18 May 2020.
  4. ^ "2019 World Wrestling Championships Results" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived (PDF) from the original on 12 April 2020. Retrieved 12 April 2020.
  5. ^ "Wrestling Results Book" (PDF). Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 August 2021. Retrieved 8 August 2021.