Georgina Nelthorpe Explained

Georgina Nelthorpe
Full Name:Georgina Olwen Nelthorpe
Birth Date:1997 1, df=yes
Birth Place:Guildford,[1] England
Country:Great Britain
Sport:Amateur wrestling
Weight Class:76 kg
Event:Freestyle

Georgina Olwen Nelthorpe (born 20 January 1997)[1] is a British freestyle wrestler. She is a two-time bronze medalist at the Commonwealth Games. She won one of the bronze medals in the women's 76kg event at the 2018 Commonwealth Games and the 2022 Commonwealth Games.[2] [3]

Career

Nelthorpe won one of the bronze medals in the women's freestyle 76kg event at the 2018 Commonwealth Games held in Gold Coast, Australia.[1] [4]

In 2019, Nelthorpe competed in the women's freestyle 76kg event at the European Games held in Minsk, Belarus. She was eliminated in her second match by Sabira Aliyeva of Azerbaijan.

In March 2021, Nelthorpe competed at the European Qualification Tournament in Budapest, Hungary hoping to qualify for the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.[5] She was eliminated in her second match by Mariya Oryashkova of Bulgaria.[5] In May 2021, she failed to qualify for the Olympics at the World Olympic Qualification Tournament held in Sofia, Bulgaria.[6] She was eliminated in her second match by MarĂ­a Acosta of Venezuela.[6] In October 2021, she competed in the women's 76kg event at the World Wrestling Championships held in Oslo, Norway where she was eliminated in her first match by Marina Surovtseva of Russia.[7]

Nelthorpe won one of the bronze medals in the women's 76kg event at the 2022 Commonwealth Games held in Birmingham, England.[2] [3]

Achievements

YearTournamentLocationResultEvent
2018Commonwealth GamesGold Coast, Australia3rdFreestyle 76kg
2022Commonwealth GamesBirmingham, England3rdFreestyle 76kg

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Georgina Nelthorpe. 24 March 2021. 2018 Commonwealth Games.
  2. News: Berkeley . Geoff . 6 August 2022 . Phogat completes Commonwealth Games hat-trick with another wrestling gold . InsideTheGames.biz . 6 August 2022.
  3. Web site: Wrestling Competition Summary . https://web.archive.org/web/20220806191350/https://b2022-pdf.microplustimingservices.com/WRE/2022-08-06/WRE-------------------------------__C96_1.0.pdf . 6 August 2022 . 6 August 2022 . 2022 Commonwealth Games.
  4. Web site: Georgina Nelthorpe. 24 March 2021. Team England.
  5. Web site: 2021 European Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament Results Book. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20210324185322/https://uww.org/sites/default/files/2021-03/final-book.pdf. 24 March 2021. 24 March 2021. United World Wrestling.
  6. Web site: 2021 World Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament Results Book. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20210509161754/https://uww.org/sites/default/files/2021-05/world_og_qualifier_final_book.pdf. 9 May 2021. 9 May 2021. United World Wrestling.
  7. 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.