Ilona Prokopevniuk Explained

Ilona Prokopevniuk
Native Name:Ілона Прокопевнюк
Native Name Lang:uk
Birth Date:29 October 1997
Birth Place:Velyka Oleksandrivka, Ukraine
Height:168 cm
Sport:Amateur wrestling
Weight Class:62 kg
Event:Freestyle
Show-Medals:yes

Ilona Prokopevniuk (Ukrainian: Ілона Прокопевнюк) is a Ukrainian freestyle wrestler. She won one of the bronze medals in the 62kg event at the 2022 World Wrestling Championships held in Belgrade, Serbia.[1] [2] She is a two-time bronze medalist at the European Wrestling Championships.

Career

Prokopevniuk became silver medalist at the inaugural World U23 Championships in 2017. Next year she achieved her first podium rank at the senior competition becoming third at the 2018 European Championships.[3]

In 2020, she won one of the bronze medals in the women's 62 kg event at the Individual Wrestling World Cup held in Belgrade, Serbia.[4] In June 2021, she won one of the bronze medals in her event at the 2021 Poland Open held in Warsaw, Poland.[5] [6] In October 2021, she lost her bronze medal match in the 62 kg event at the World Wrestling Championships held in Oslo, Norway.[7]

In April 2022, she won one of the bronze medals in the 62 kg event at the European Wrestling Championships held in Budapest, Hungary.[8] A few months later, she won the silver medal in her event at the Matteo Pellicone Ranking Series 2022 held in Rome, Italy.[9]

Achievements

YearTournamentLocationResultEvent
2018European ChampionshipsKaspiysk, Russia3rdFreestyle 62 kg
2022European ChampionshipsBudapest, Hungary3rdFreestyle 62 kg
World ChampionshipsBelgrade, Serbia3rdFreestyle 62 kg

Notes and References

  1. News: Brennan . Eliott . 13 September 2022 . Olympic medallist Kayaalp returns to champion status at World Wrestling Championships . InsideTheGames.biz . 14 September 2022.
  2. 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.
  3. https://www.ukrinform.ua/rubric-sports/2454337-cempionat-evropi-z-borotbi-ilona-prokopevnuk-viborola-persu-medal-dla-ukraini.html European Wrestling Championships: Ilona Prokopevniuk brings first medal for Ukraine
  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: Rowbottom. Mike. 10 June 2021. Stadnik unstoppable on day one of women's wrestling at Poland Open. InsideTheGames.biz. 4 July 2021.
  6. Web site: 2021 Poland Open Results Book. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20210704164819/https://uww.org/sites/default/files/2021-06/results_06_warsaw.pdf. 4 July 2021. 4 July 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.
  8. Web site: 2022 European Wrestling Championships Results Book . https://web.archive.org/web/20220403191311/https://cdn.uww.org/s3fs-public/2022-04/2022_senior_european_championships_official_results.pdf?VersionId=KEoKJnjfNdVsB13voNEJO9gMUHnyIlq0 . 3 April 2022 . 3 April 2022 . United World Wrestling.
  9. Web site: Matteo Pellicone Ranking Series 2022 Results Book . https://web.archive.org/web/20220625194934/https://cdn.uww.org/s3fs-public/2022-06/final-book-matteo_pellicone.pdf?VersionId=qzK3za9J0rNgcVjK8V3USdzHshFpyOIW . 25 June 2022 . 25 June 2022 . United World Wrestling.

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