Long Jia Explained

Long Jia
Birth Date:1998 8, df=yes
Country:China
Sport:Amateur wrestling
Weight Class:65 kg
Event:Freestyle

Long Jia (Chinese: 龙 佳, born 29 August 1998) is a Chinese freestyle wrestler. She won the silver medal in the 65kg event at the 2022 World Wrestling Championships held in Belgrade, Serbia.[1] [2]

In 2021, she competed at the Asian Olympic Qualification Tournament and qualified for the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.[3] She thus represented China at the 2020 Summer Olympics in the 62kg event.[4]

She lost her bronze medal match in the women's 62kg event at the 2022 Asian Games held in Hangzhou, China.[5]

She competed at the 2024 Asian Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan hoping to qualify for the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France.[6] She was eliminated in her first match and she did not qualify for the Olympics.[6]

Achievements

YearTournamentLocationResultEvent
2022World ChampionshipsBelgrade, Serbia2ndFreestyle 65kg
2023Asian ChampionshipsAstana, Kazakhstan1stFreestyle 65kg

Notes and References

  1. News: Burke . Patrick . 14 September 2022 . Susaki and Morikawa earn Japanese double at World Wrestling Championships . InsideTheGames.biz . 15 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. Web site: 2021 Asian Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament Results Book . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20210412095457/https://uww.org/sites/default/files/2021-04/results_04_almaty_tq.pdf . 12 April 2021 . 5 May 2021 . United World Wrestling.
  4. Web site: Long Jia . Tokyo 2020 Olympics . . 29 July 2021 . 8 August 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210808160635/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/en/results/wrestling/athlete-profile-n1313948-long-jia.htm . dead .
  5. Web site: 2022 Asian Games Wrestling Results Book . https://web.archive.org/web/20231126104236/https://d3u2kdyvfaxwhl.cloudfront.net/s3fs-public/2023-10/final-book-19th_asian_games.pdf?VersionId=9H_h8q43B_vk2i2naUW65gaX0JclYtZX . 26 November 2023 . 10 March 2024 . United World Wrestling.
  6. Web site: 2024 Asian Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament Results Book . https://web.archive.org/web/20240422185521/https://cdn.uww.org/2024-04/final-book-seniors_asian_og_qualifier.pdf . 22 April 2024 . 22 April 2024 . United World Wrestling.