Irina Rîngaci Explained

Irina Rîngaci
Nationality:Molodvan
Birth Date:2001 8, df=yes
Birth Place:Leova, Moldova
Height:163cm
Weight:65kg.
Country:Moldova
Sport:Amateur wrestling
Rank:International master of sports in freestyle wrestling
Event:Women's freestyle
Coach:Petru Chiperi, Andrei Chiperi

Irina Rîngaci (born 23 August 2001) is a Moldovan freestyle wrestler. She won the gold medal in the women's 65 kg event at the 2021 World Wrestling Championships in Oslo, Norway.[1] She is the first female wrestler representing Moldova to win a gold medal at the World Wrestling Championships. Rîngaci is also a four-time medalist, including two gold medals, at the European Wrestling Championships. She represented Moldova at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France.

Career

Rîngaci finished in 4th place in the girls' 57kg event at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics held in Buenos Aires, Argentina. In 2019, she won one of the bronze medals in the 62kg event at the World U23 Wrestling Championship held in Budapest, Hungary.[2]

Rîngaci won the silver medal in the women's 65kg event at the 2020 Individual Wrestling World Cup held in Belgrade, Serbia.[3] [4] In March 2021, she competed at the European Qualification Tournament in Budapest, Hungary hoping to qualify for the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.[5] In April 2021, Rîngaci won the gold medal in her event at the 2021 European Wrestling Championships in Warsaw, Poland.[6] [7] [8] In May 2021, Rîngaci failed to qualify for the Olympics at the World Olympic Qualification Tournament held in Sofia, Bulgaria.[9] Later that month, she won the gold medal in her event at the European U23 Wrestling Championship held in Skopje, North Macedonia.[10] At the 2021 World Junior Wrestling Championships held in Ufa, Russia, she also won the gold medal in her event.[11] [12]

In 2022, Rîngaci won the gold medal in the women's 68kg event at the Dan Kolov & Nikola Petrov Tournament held in Veliko Tarnovo, Bulgaria.[13] She also won the gold medal in the 68kg event at the 2022 European U23 Wrestling Championship held in Plovdiv, Bulgaria.[14] In that same month, Rîngaci won the gold medal in the 68kg event at the European Wrestling Championships held in Budapest, Hungary.[15] [16] She defeated Pauline Lecarpentier of France in her gold medal match. A few months later, she won the silver medal in her event at the Matteo Pellicone Ranking Series 2022 held in Rome, Italy.[17]

In September 2022, Rîngaci won one of the bronze medals in the 68kg event at the 2022 World Wrestling Championships held in Belgrade, Serbia.[18] [19] A month later, she also won one of the bronze medals in her event at the 2022 U23 World Wrestling Championships held in Pontevedra, Spain.[20]

Rîngaci won one of the bronze medals in the women's 68kg event at the 2023 Grand Prix Zagreb Open held in Zagreb, Croatia. She also won one of the bronze medals in her event at the 2023 European U23 Wrestling Championships held in Bucharest, Romania.[21] She won the silver medal in the 65kg event at the 2023 European Wrestling Championships held in Zagreb, Croatia.[22] [23] In June 2023, Rîngaci lost to Russia's Khanum Velieva at Poddubny wrestling league 5 held in Vladikavkaz, Russia.[24]

Rîngaci won one of the bronze medals in the women's 68kg event at the 2023 World Wrestling Championships held in Belgrade, Serbia.[25] As a result, she earned a quota place for Moldova for the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France.[26] She defeated Ami Ishii of Japan in her bronze medal match.[25]

Rîngaci won one of the bronze medals in the 65kg event at the 2024 European Wrestling Championships held in Bucharest, Romania.[27] [28] She defeated Kadriye Aksoy of Turkey in her bronze medal match.[28] At the 2024 Summer Olympics, she competed in the women's 68kg event.[29] She was eliminated in her first match by Pak Sol-gum of North Korea.[29]

Achievements

YearTournamentLocationResultEvent
2021European ChampionshipsWarsaw, Poland1stFreestyle 65kg
World ChampionshipsOslo, Norway1stFreestyle 65kg
2022European ChampionshipsBudapest, Hungary1stFreestyle 68kg
World ChampionshipsBelgrade, Serbia3rdFreestyle 68kg
2023European ChampionshipsZagreb, Croatia2ndFreestyle 65kg
World ChampionshipsBelgrade, Serbia3rd Freestyle 68kg
2024European ChampionshipsBucharest, Romania3rdFreestyle 65kg

Notes and References

  1. 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.
  2. Web site: 2019 World U23 Wrestling Championship. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20191228051956/https://unitedworldwrestling.org/sites/default/files/2019-11/u23_senior_world_championships_final-book.pdf. 28 December 2019. 8 August 2020. United World Wrestling.
  3. 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.
  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. 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. News: Burke. Patrick. 6 October 2021. Adelaine Maria Gray wins sixth title at Wrestling World Championships. InsideTheGames.biz. 6 October 2021.
  7. News: Berkeley. Geoff. 23 April 2021. Ukraine bag brace of women's wrestling golds at European Championships. InsideTheGames.biz. 23 April 2021.
  8. 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.
  9. 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.
  10. Web site: 2021 European U23 Wrestling Championships Results Book. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20210523193250/https://uww.org/sites/default/files/2021-05/final-book_u23_skopje.pdf. 23 May 2021. 20 August 2021. United World Wrestling.
  11. News: Iveson. Ali. 20 August 2021. Blades' sharp win earns US women's team title at UWW Junior World Championships. InsideTheGames.biz. 20 August 2021.
  12. Web site: 2021 World Junior Wrestling Championships Results Book. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20210825072611/https://uww.org/sites/default/files/2021-08/results_08_ufa.pdf. 25 August 2021. 25 August 2021. United World Wrestling.
  13. 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.
  14. Web site: 2022 European U23 Wrestling Championship Results Book . https://web.archive.org/web/20220315144534/https://cdn.uww.org/s3fs-public/2022-03/final_book_for_2022_senior_u23_european_championship.pdf?VersionId=voRL2ShsCpsBN6qx8goiGqQsH0wDR_a5 . 15 March 2022 . 15 March 2022 . United World Wrestling.
  15. News: Lloyd . Owen . 31 March 2022 . Two golds apiece for Moldova and Turkey at European Wrestling Championships . . 31 March 2022.
  16. 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.
  17. 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.
  18. News: Brennan . Eliott . 15 September 2022 . Olympic champion Stock-Mensah resumes title success at World Wrestling Championships . InsideTheGames.biz . 17 September 2022.
  19. 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.
  20. Web site: 2022 U23 World Wrestling Championships Results Book . https://web.archive.org/web/20221025174035/https://cdn.uww.org/s3fs-public/2022-10/final-book-2022-u23_world_championships_0.pdf?VersionId=ULvdQi1j2falTsouZCHLVjHUfEvhszPO . 25 October 2022 . 25 October 2022 . United World Wrestling.
  21. News: 20 March 2023 . 2023 European U23 Wrestling Championships Results Book . United World Wrestling . https://web.archive.org/web/20230320182026/https://cdn.uww.org/s3fs-public/2023-03/final-book-uww-u23-european.pdf?VersionId=96QRu.lwdHmNAYu3iHBLNtS8qI_fpETU . 20 March 2023. 20 March 2023 .
  22. News: Lloyd . Owen . 21 April 2023 . Ukraine take golden double at European Wrestling Championships after day four disappointment . InsideTheGames.biz . 22 April 2023.
  23. 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.
  24. Web site: 15 россиян победили на PWL-5 WS. wrestliga.com. 2023-07-30.
  25. 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.
  26. Web site: Qualification System – Games of the XXXIII Olympiad – Paris 2024 – Wrestling . https://web.archive.org/web/20240113060500/https://stillmed.olympics.com/media/Documents/Olympic-Games/Paris-2024/Paris2024-QS-Wrestling.pdf . 13 January 2024 . 11 April 2024 . United World Wrestling.
  27. News: Khalatyan . Rafael . 17 February 2024 . Bucharest 2024 Day 5: Ukraine wins team title in women's wrestling . 22 February 2024 . InsideTheGames.biz.
  28. 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.
  29. 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.