Bilyana Dudova Explained
Bilyana Dudova |
Native Name: | Биляна Живкова Дудова |
Native Name Lang: | bg |
Full Name: | Bilyana Zhivkova Dudova |
Birth Date: | 1997 8, df=yes |
Height: | 161cm (63inches) |
Country: | Bulgaria |
Sport: | Amateur wrestling |
Event: | Freestyle |
Bilyana Zhivkova Dudova (Bulgarian: Биляна Живкова Дудова, born 1 August 1997) is a Bulgarian freestyle wrestler. She won the gold medal in the women's 59kg event at the 2021 World Wrestling Championships in Oslo, Norway.[1] [2] She also won silver at the 2018 World Wrestling Championships and she is a six-time medalist, including four golds, at the European Wrestling Championships.
Career
In 2016, Dudova competed in the 53kg event at the European Wrestling Championships held in Riga, Latvia. She also competed at the European Olympic Qualification Tournament hoping to qualify for the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
In 2017, Dudova won the gold medal in the 55kg event at the European Wrestling Championships held in Novi Sad, Serbia.[3] [4] She repeated this in 2018 in the 57kg event and in 2019 in the 59kg event.[5] [6] [7] In 2020, she won the silver medal in the women's 59kg event.[8] [9] In the final, she lost against Anastasia Nichita of Moldova.[8] [9]
At the 2018 European U23 Wrestling Championship in Istanbul, Turkey, she won the gold medal in the women's 59kg event.[10] [11] In that same year, Dudova won the silver medal in the women's 57kg event at the 2018 World Wrestling Championships held in Budapest, Hungary.[12] In the final, she lost against Rong Ningning of China.[12]
In 2021, Dudova won the gold medal in the 57kg event at the Dan Kolov & Nikola Petrov Tournament held in Plovdiv, Bulgaria.[13] She also won the gold medal in the 59kg event at the European Wrestling Championships held in Warsaw, Poland.[14] [15] She defeated Veronika Chumikova of Russia in the final.[14]
Dudova won the gold medal in the 62kg event at the 2022 Dan Kolov & Nikola Petrov Tournament held in Veliko Tarnovo, Bulgaria.[16] She also competed at the Yasar Dogu Tournament held in Istanbul, Turkey.[17] In that same year, Dudova competed in the 62kg event at the 2022 World Wrestling Championships held in Belgrade, Serbia where she was eliminated in her second match by Aisuluu Tynybekova of Kyrgyzstan.[18]
Dudova won one of the bronze medals in the 62kg event at the 2023 European Wrestling Championships held in Zagreb, Croatia.[19] [20] She lost her bronze medal match in the 62kg event at the 2023 World Wrestling Championships held in Belgrade, Serbia.[21]
Dudova competed in the 62kg event at the 2024 European Wrestling Championships held in Bucharest, Romania.[22] She was eliminated in her second match.[22] She competed at the 2024 European Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament in Baku, Azerbaijan and she earned a quota place for Bulgaria for the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France.[23] [24] Dudova competed in the women's 62kg event at the Olympics.[25] In the quarterfinals, she lost her match against Iryna Koliadenko of Ukraine and she was eliminated in the repechage by Pürevdorjiin Orkhon of Mongolia.[25]
Achievements
Notes and References
- News: Burke. Patrick. 7 October 2021. Helen Louise Maroulis wins third title at Wrestling World Championships in Oslo. InsideTheGames.biz. 7 October 2021.
- Web site: 2021 World Wrestling Championships Results Book. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20211016114828/https://uww.org/sites/default/files/2021-10/results_10_oslo.pdf. 16 October 2021. 16 October 2021. United World Wrestling.
- News: Khinchegashvili shows resilience to claim third European Wrestling Championships crown. Etchells. Daniel. 4 May 2017. InsideTheGames.biz. 13 January 2020.
- Web site: 2017 European Wrestling Championships Results. United World Wrestling. live. 15 April 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20201215230213/https://unitedworldwrestling.org/sites/default/files/2018-02/results_05_novisad_v2.pdf. 15 December 2020.
- News: Bulgaria take two gold medals in concluding women's finals at European Wrestling in Russia. Rowbottom. Mike. 4 May 2018. InsideTheGames.biz. 13 January 2020.
- Web site: 2019 European Wrestling Championships Results. United World Wrestling. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20200412162932/https://unitedworldwrestling.org/sites/default/files/2019-04/opt-final-book_european_bucharest_2019.pdf. 12 April 2020. 12 April 2020.
- News: Bulgarian Bilyana Dudova Became European Wrestling Champion in Bucharest . 22 June 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200621220537/https://www.novinite.com/articles/196417/Bulgarian+Bilyana+Dudova+Became+European+Wrestling+Champion+in+Bucharest . 21 June 2020.
- Web site: 2020 European Wrestling Championships Results. United World Wrestling. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20200412124934/https://unitedworldwrestling.org/sites/default/files/2020-02/eucs-rome-final-book_1.pdf. 12 April 2020. 12 April 2020.
- News: Etchells. Daniel. Bukina ends Adar's reign as Russia shine in women's events at European Wrestling Championships. 13 February 2020. InsideTheGames.biz. 13 February 2020.
- News: Tosun delivers home gold at UWW Under-23 European Championships. Pavitt. Michael. 7 June 2018. InsideTheGames.biz. 13 January 2020.
- Web site: 2018 European U23 Wrestling Championship. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20180612140722/https://unitedworldwrestling.org/sites/default/files/2018-06/results_06_istanbul.pdf. 12 June 2018. 9 August 2020. United World Wrestling.
- Web site: 2018 World Wrestling Championships Results. United World Wrestling. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20200414123246/https://unitedworldwrestling.org/sites/default/files/2018-11/2018-world-championships_final-book.pdf. 14 April 2020. 14 April 2020.
- Web site: 2021 Dan Kolov & Nikola Petrov Tournament Results Book . https://web.archive.org/web/20220112234231/https://cdn.uww.org/s3fs-public/2021-04/results_04_plovdiv.pdf?VersionId=6WiwiqzOfNOFSyBT8LMAZt7tAzUi.Qu2 . 12 January 2022 . 26 September 2022 . United World Wrestling.
- News: Berkeley. Geoff. 22 April 2021. Stadnik wins eighth European Wrestling Championships gold with success in Warsaw. InsideTheGames.biz. 23 April 2021.
- Web site: 2021 European Wrestling Championships Results Book. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20210425200427/https://uww.org/sites/default/files/2021-04/2021_senior_european_championships.pdf. 25 April 2021. 25 April 2021. United World Wrestling.
- Web site: 2022 Dan Kolov & Nikola Petrov Tournament Results Book . https://web.archive.org/web/20220313052955/https://cdn.uww.org/s3fs-public/2022-02/results_02_veliko_tarnovo.pdf?VersionId=RLQJ3tFveNdhoBRrAa_YmxBjhap46i5S . 13 March 2022 . 15 March 2022 . United World Wrestling.
- Web site: 2022 Yasar Dogu, Vehbi Emre & Hamit Kaplan Tournament Results Book . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20220302085143/https://cdn.uww.org/s3fs-public/2022-03/final-book-ranking-series-istambul-2022-light.pdf?VersionId=BMipbXFVxzXXeonWOfeVdKVeNlWlxYzt . 2 March 2022 . 2 March 2022 . United World Wrestling.
- Web site: 2022 World Wrestling Championships Results Book . https://web.archive.org/web/20220918183512/https://cdn.uww.org/s3fs-public/2022-09/final-book-2022-senior-world-championships_compressed.pdf?VersionId=zoTz_Ra8zK5EkVhfrZuDG5THXf4.3ik. . 18 September 2022 . 18 September 2022 . United World Wrestling.
- News: Lloyd . Owen . 21 April 2023 . Ukraine take golden double at European Wrestling Championships after day four disappointment . InsideTheGames.biz . 22 April 2023.
- Web site: 2023 European Wrestling Championships Results Book . https://web.archive.org/web/20230423200920/https://cdn.uww.org/s3fs-public/2023-04/final-book-senior-european-championships_.pdf?VersionId=C4X59O2RAfRiJyBB28sm1SXcoyTBDXpq . 23 April 2023 . 23 April 2023 . United World Wrestling.
- Web site: 2023 World Wrestling Championships Results Book . https://web.archive.org/web/20231104205225/https://d3u2kdyvfaxwhl.cloudfront.net/s3fs-public/2023-09/final-book-2023-senior_world_championships_and_og_qualif.pdf?VersionId=Vw6R1se4WK.11kPw_YnsfzZdbwCSiIiI . 4 November 2023 . 4 November 2023 . United World Wrestling.
- Web site: 2024 European Wrestling Championships Results Book . https://web.archive.org/web/20240219213412/https://d3u2kdyvfaxwhl.cloudfront.net/s3fs-public/2024-02/results_02_bucharest.pdf?VersionId=XkE2ZnjNmXYzWNF1si8_Od9HuEOhuMrM . 19 February 2024 . 19 February 2024 . United World Wrestling.
- News: Khalatyan . Rafael . 8 April 2024 . Azerbaijan secures full freestyle wrestling team for Paris 2024 . 17 April 2024 . InsideTheGames.biz.
- Web site: 2024 European Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament Results Book . https://web.archive.org/web/20240408164811/https://cdn.uww.org/2024-04/final-book-seniors_european_og_qualifier.pdf . 8 April 2024 . 8 April 2024 . United World Wrestling.
- Web site: Wrestling Results Book . https://web.archive.org/web/20240811181048/https://olympics.com/OG2024/pdf/OG2024/WRE/OG2024_WRE_B99_WRE-------------------------------.pdf . 11 August 2024 . 12 August 2024 . 2024 Summer Olympics.