Paliha

Paliha Paliha
Personal information
Native name帕丽哈
Citizenship China
Born (1996-06-06) 6 June 1996 (age 28)
Wusu, Tacheng Prefecture, Xinjiang, China
Height175 cm (5.74 ft; 69 in)
Sport
CountryChina
SportAmateur wrestling
EventFreestyle
Medal record
Women's freestyle wrestling
Representing  China
World Wrestling Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Nur-Sultan 72 kg
Asian Wrestling Championships
Gold medal – first place 2017 New Delhi 75 kg
Gold medal – first place 2019 Xi'an 75 kg
Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games
Gold medal – first place 2017 Ashgabat 75 kg
Golden Grand Prix Ivan Yarygin
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Krasnoyarsk 76 kg
World U23 Wrestling Championships
Gold medal – first place 2018 Bucharest 76 kg
Gold medal – first place 2019 Budapest 76 kg

Paliha Paliha (born 6 June 1996 in Xinjiang) is a Chinese freestyle wrestler. She won one of the bronze medals in the women's 72 kg event at the 2019 World Wrestling Championships held in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan.[1]

Career

Paliha is from Wusu, Xinjiang province and is of Uyghur ethnicity. She started wrestling when she was 14 upon encouragement of her grandfather.[2]

She won the gold medal in the women's 75 kg event at the Asian Wrestling Championships both in 2017 and in 2019.[3][4] In 2017, she also won the gold medal in the 75 kg event at the Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games held in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan.[5] She also competed in the women's freestyle 75 kg event at the 2017 World Wrestling Championships where she was eliminated in the semifinals by Vasilisa Marzaliuk.[6]

She also won the gold medal in the women's 76 kg event at the 2018 World U23 Wrestling Championship held in Bucharest, Romania and at the 2019 World U23 Wrestling Championship held in Budapest, Hungary.[7][8]

Achievements

Year Competition Venue Position Event Notes
Representing  China
2017 Asian Championships New Delhi, India 1st Freestyle 75 kg
Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games Ashgabat, Turkmenistan 1st Freestyle 75 kg
2019 Asian Championships Xi'an, China 1st Freestyle 75 kg
World Championships Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan 3rd Freestyle 72 kg

References

  1. ^ "2019 World Wrestling Championships Results" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived (PDF) from the original on 12 April 2020. Retrieved 12 April 2020.
  2. ^ "新疆维族姑娘帕丽哈场上摔人　场下跳舞_国家体育总局". www.sport.gov.cn. Retrieved 2023-10-11.
  3. ^ "2017 Asian Wrestling Championships Results" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived (PDF) from the original on 25 November 2018.
  4. ^ "2019 Asian Wrestling Championships Results" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived (PDF) from the original on 18 May 2020.
  5. ^ "Wrestling Results book" (PDF). 2017 Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games. Archived (PDF) from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 26 February 2020.
  6. ^ "2017 World Wrestling Championships" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived (PDF) from the original on 1 May 2019. Retrieved 13 January 2020.
  7. ^ Morgan, Liam (31 October 2019). "Japan win three gold medals in women's freestyle at UWW Under-23 World Championships". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 11 April 2020.
  8. ^ "2019 World U23 Wrestling Championship" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived (PDF) from the original on 28 December 2019. Retrieved 8 August 2020.
  • Paliha at the International Wrestling DatabaseEdit on Wikidata