Olga Khoroshavtseva

Olga Khoroshavtseva
Olga Khoroshavtseva at the 2021 World Wrestling Championships in Oslo, Norway
Personal information
Native nameОльга Николаевна Хорошавцева
Full nameOlga Nikolayevna Khoroshavtseva
NicknameAchinsk Express
NationalityRussia Russian
Born (1994-08-24) 24 August 1994 (age 30)
Achinsk, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia
Height158 cm (5.18 ft; 62 in)
Weight55 kg (121 lb)
Sport
CountryRussia Russia
SportAmateur wrestling
EventFreestyle
ClubMindiashvili wrestling academy
Coached byIvan Elgin, Alexander Suchkov (formerly)
Medal record
Women's freestyle wrestling
Representing Individual Neutral Athletes
Yasar Dogu Tournament
Gold medal – first place 2024 Antalya 57 kg
Representing  Russia
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Nur-Sultan 55 kg
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2020 Rome 55 kg
Gold medal – first place 2021 Warsaw 53 kg
Individual World Cup
Bronze medal – third place 2020 Belgrade 55 kg
Golden Grand Prix Ivan Yarygin
Gold medal – first place 2015 Krasnoyarsk 53 kg
Gold medal – first place 2020 Krasnoyarsk 55 kg
Silver medal – second place 2019 Krasnoyarsk 57 kg
Silver medal – second place 2022 Krasnoyarsk 57 kg
European U23 Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Walbrzych 53 kg

Olga Nikolayevna Khoroshavtseva (Russian: Ольга Николаевна Хорошавцева; born 24 August 1994) is a Russian freestyle wrestler. She is a two-time gold medalist at the European Wrestling Championships. She also won a bronze medal in the women's 55 kg event at the 2019 World Wrestling Championships held in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan.[1][2] She competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.[3]

Career

In 2015, at the Golden Grand Prix Ivan Yarygin held in Krasnoyarsk, Russia, she won the gold medal in the women's 53 kg event.[4] In 2018, Khoroshavtseva won the gold medal in the women's 57 kg event at the Russian National Women's Freestyle Wrestling Championships held in Smolensk, Russia. Later that year, she was eliminated in her first match, by Pooja Dhanda of India, in the women's 57 kg event at the 2018 World Wrestling Championships held in Budapest, Hungary.[5]

At the Golden Grand Prix Ivan Yarygin 2019 held in Krasnoyarsk, Russia, she won the silver medal in the women's 57 kg event. A year later, at the Golden Grand Prix Ivan Yarygin 2020, she won the gold medal in the women's 55 kg event.[6]

Khoroshavtseva also competed in the women's freestyle 57 kg event at the 2019 European Wrestling Championships held in Bucharest, Romania.[7] At the 2020 European Wrestling Championships held in Rome, Italy, she won the gold medal in the women's 55 kg event.[8][9] In the final, she defeated Solomiia Vynnyk of Ukraine.[8] In 2020, she also won one of the bronze medals in the women's 55 kg event at the Individual Wrestling World Cup held in Belgrade, Serbia.[10]

In 2021, Khoroshavtseva began competing in the 53 kg weight class and she repeated her previous success at the European Wrestling Championships with a second gold medal. She earned her medal by defeating Maria Prevolaraki of Greece in the women's 53 kg event at the 2021 European Wrestling Championships held in Warsaw, Poland.[11][12] In May 2021, Khoroshavtseva qualified at the World Olympic Qualification Tournament in Sofia, Bulgaria to compete in the women's 53 kg event at the 2020 Summer Olympics.[3][13][14] A month later, she won the gold medal in the women's 55 kg event at the 2021 Poland Open held in Warsaw, Poland.[15][16]

At the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan, Khoroshavtseva was eliminated in her first match in the women's 53 kg event by Jacarra Winchester of the United States.[17] Two months after the Olympics, she lost her bronze medal match in the women's 55 kg event at the 2021 World Wrestling Championships held in Oslo, Norway.[18]

In January 2022, Khoroshavtseva won the silver medal in the women's 57 kg event at the Golden Grand Prix Ivan Yarygin held in Krasnoyarsk, Russia.[19][20] Khoroshavtseva was unable to compete in the final due to illness and forfeited the match to Helen Maroulis of the United States who won the gold medal.[19] In February 2022, she competed in the women's 57 kg event at the Yasar Dogu Tournament held in Istanbul, Turkey.[21]

In 2023, Khoroshavtseva won her event at the Russian National Freestyle Wrestling Championships held in Kaspiysk, Dagestan. She competed at the 2024 European Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament in Baku, Azerbaijan hoping to qualify for the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France.[22] She was eliminated in her second match and she did not qualify for the Olympics.[22]

Achievements

Year Tournament Location Result Event
2019 World Championships Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan 3rd Freestyle 55 kg
2020 European Championships Rome, Italy 1st Freestyle 55 kg
2021 European Championships Warsaw, Poland 1st Freestyle 53 kg

References

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  2. ^ "2019 World Wrestling Championships Results" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived (PDF) from the original on 12 April 2020. Retrieved 12 April 2020.
  3. ^ a b Shefferd, Neil (7 May 2021). "Chumikova secures emotional win at UWW World Olympic Games qualifier". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 7 May 2021.
  4. ^ "Results Book" (PDF). Golden Grand Prix Ivan Yarygin 2015. Archived (PDF) from the original on 26 April 2015. Retrieved 9 August 2020.
  5. ^ "2018 World Wrestling Championships Results" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived (PDF) from the original on 14 April 2020. Retrieved 14 April 2020.
  6. ^ "Results Book" (PDF). Golden Grand Prix Ivan Yarygin 2020. Archived (PDF) from the original on 22 March 2020. Retrieved 9 August 2020.
  7. ^ "2019 European Wrestling Championships Results" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived (PDF) from the original on 12 April 2020. Retrieved 12 April 2020.
  8. ^ a b "2020 European Wrestling Championships Results" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived (PDF) from the original on 12 April 2020. Retrieved 12 April 2020.
  9. ^ Etchells, Daniel (13 February 2020). "Bukina ends Adar's reign as Russia shine in women's events at European Wrestling Championships". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 13 February 2020.
  10. ^ "2020 Individual Wrestling World Cup Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived (PDF) from the original on 18 December 2020. Retrieved 18 December 2020.
  11. ^ Berkeley, Geoff (23 April 2021). "Ukraine bag brace of women's wrestling golds at European Championships". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 23 April 2021.
  12. ^ "2021 European Wrestling Championships Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived (PDF) from the original on 25 April 2021. Retrieved 25 April 2021.
  13. ^ Shefferd, Neil (8 May 2021). "Armenia and Romania book multiple Tokyo 2020 places at UWW World Olympic Games qualifier". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 8 May 2021.
  14. ^ "2021 World Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived (PDF) from the original on 9 May 2021. Retrieved 9 May 2021.
  15. ^ Rowbottom, Mike (10 June 2021). "Stadnik unstoppable on day one of women's wrestling at Poland Open". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 4 July 2021.
  16. ^ "2021 Poland Open Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived (PDF) from the original on 4 July 2021. Retrieved 4 July 2021.
  17. ^ "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.
  18. ^ Houston, Michael (5 October 2021). "Double Olympic champion Sadulaev wins gold on fourth day of Wrestling World Championships". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 6 October 2021.
  19. ^ a b Miller-Gregorio, Taylor (29 January 2022). "Maroulis wins gold, Kilty silver, Snyder and Nolf advance to Yariguin finals". Team USA. Archived from the original on 30 January 2022. Retrieved 30 January 2022.
  20. ^ "Golden Grand Prix Ivan Yarygin 2022 Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 February 2022. Retrieved 27 February 2022.
  21. ^ "2022 Yasar Dogu, Vehbi Emre & Hamit Kaplan Tournament Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2 March 2022. Retrieved 2 March 2022.
  22. ^ a b "2024 European Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 April 2024. Retrieved 8 April 2024.
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