Ekaterina Poleshchuk Explained

Ekaterina Poleshchuk
Native Name:Екатерина Полещук
Native Name Lang:ru
Nationality:Russian
Birth Date:1994 3, df=yes
Birth Place:Gulkevichi, Krasnodar Krai, Russia
Country:Russia
Sport:Amateur wrestling
Rank:International master of sports in freestyle wrestling
Event:Freestyle
Club:Minobrnauka WC
Coach:Ruslan Painov, Maksim Lameshin

Ekaterina Igorevna Poleshchuk (Russian: Екатерина Игоревна Полещук; born 24 March 1994) is a Russian freestyle wrestler. She is a bronze medalist at the World Wrestling Championships and the European Wrestling Championships.

Career

Poleshchuk won one of the bronze medals in the women's 53 kg event at the Golden Grand Prix Ivan Yarygin 2017 and Golden Grand Prix Ivan Yarygin 2018 held in Krasnoyarsk, Russia. She also won one of the bronze medals in this event at the 2017 U23 World Wrestling Championships held in Bydgoszcz, Poland.

In 2019, Poleshchuk won a bronze medal in the women's 50 kg event at the World Wrestling Championships held in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan.[1] [2] She defeated Sun Yanan of China in her bronze medal match.[2]

In 2020, Poleshchuk won the gold medal in the women's 50 kg event at the Individual Wrestling World Cup held in Belgrade, Serbia.[3] [4] In 2021, she won one of the bronze medals in the 50 kg event at the European Wrestling Championships held in Warsaw, Poland.[5] [6]

She competed in the women's 59kg event at the 2024 European Wrestling Championships held in Bucharest, Romania.[7] She was eliminated in her second match by Patrycja Gil of Poland.[7]

Achievements

YearTournamentLocationResultEvent
2019World ChampionshipsNur-Sultan, Kazakhstan3rdFreestyle 50kg
2020Individual Wrestling World CupBelgrade, Serbia1stFreestyle 50 kg
2021European ChampionshipsWarsaw, Poland3rdFreestyle 50 kg

Notes and References

  1. News: Japan lead women's rankings but miss gold at World Wrestling Championships. Rowbottom. Mike. 18 September 2019. InsideTheGames.biz. 14 January 2020.
  2. Web site: 2019 World Wrestling Championships Results. United World Wrestling. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20200412151211/https://unitedworldwrestling.org/sites/default/files/2019-09/nur-sultan_kz_final-book_1.pdf. 12 April 2020. 12 April 2020.
  3. News: Iveson. Ali. 16 December 2020. All-conquering Tynybekova wins 62kg gold at UWW Individual World Cup. InsideTheGames.biz. live. 17 December 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20201216001037/https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1102056/all-conquering-tynybekova-wins-gold. 16 December 2020.
  4. 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.
  5. News: Berkeley. Geoff. 22 April 2021. Stadnik wins eighth European Wrestling Championships gold with success in Warsaw. InsideTheGames.biz. 23 April 2021.
  6. 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.
  7. 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.