Alina Berezhna Explained
Alina Vyacheslavivna Berezhna (formerly Stadnyk, née Makhynia, Ukrainian: Аліна В'ячеславівна Бережна (Стадник, Махиня); born 3 January 1991) is a Ukrainian freestyle wrestler. She is the 2013 World champion in women's freestyle 67 kg.
Personal life
Makhynia was born on 3 January 1991 in Chita, Zabaykalsky Krai, Russia. She moved to Ukraine in 1994.
Career
Competing in the freestyle 67 kg category, Stadnyk won gold at the 2009 World Junior Championships in Ankara and the 2013 European Championships in Tbilisi.[1] In September 2013, she was awarded gold at the World Championships in Budapest, after defeating Stacie Anaka of Canada.
In 2014, Stadnyk began appearing in 69 kg freestyle. She took bronze at the 2014 European Championships in Vantaa and gold at the 2015 European Games in Baku, defeating Israeli Ilana Kratysh in the finals.[2] [3]
She competed for Ukraine at the 2016 Summer Olympics in the women's freestyle 69 kg event.[4]
She represented Ukraine at the 2019 World Beach Games in Doha, Qatar and she won the silver medal in the women's 70kg beach wrestling event.[5] [6]
In 2020, she won one of the bronze medals in the women's 68 kg event at the Individual Wrestling World Cup held in Belgrade, Serbia.[7] [8]
Notes and References
- Web site: HERACLES Ultimate . fila-official.com . 2013-09-21 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130922063038/http://www.fila-official.com/sites/ultimate/index.php?option=com_competition&act=ficheLutteur&style=&choix_poids=6033&choix_pays=&id_inscrit=73648&act2=resultat . 2013-09-22 . dead.
- Web site: Baku 2015 European Games – Home Glory For Stadnyk On Day Of Wrestling Upsets . June 15, 2015 . Baku 2015 . June 23, 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150625031242/http://www.baku2015.com/news/article/stadnyk-wins-women-48kg-wrestling.html . June 25, 2015 . usurped.
- Web site: Russian women suffer day of Wrestling shocks . Azer Tag . June 15, 2015.
- Web site: The Olympic Team of Ukraine: Rio 2016: Official Handbook . PDF . noc-ukr.org . . 14 June 2020 . 25 . Махиня Аліна / Makhynia Alina.
- News: Pavitt. Michael. Inam succeeds in solo mission for Pakistan in ANOC World Beach Games wrestling event. 14 October 2019. InsideTheGames.biz. 14 February 2020.
- Web site: Beach Wrestling Medalists. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20191018234951/https://back.awbg2019.bornan.net/pdfs/WRE/C93.WRE-------------------------------_1_0.pdf. 18 October 2019. 19 December 2020. 2019 World Beach Games.
- News: Shefferd. Neil. 16 December 2020. Russia claim team title on final day of women's action at UWW Individual World Cup. InsideTheGames.biz. live. 17 December 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20201217175619/https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1102093/russia-take-team-title-at-uww-world-cup. 17 December 2020.
- Web site: 2020 Individual Wrestling World Cup Results Book. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20201218212337/https://unitedworldwrestling.org/sites/default/files/2020-12/2020-iwc-belgrade-final-book.pdf. 18 December 2020. 18 December 2020. United World Wrestling.