Lyubov Ovcharova Explained

Lyubov Ovcharova
Native Name:Любовь Михайловна Овчарова
Native Name Lang:ru
Full Name:Lyubov Mikhailovna Ovcharova
National Team: Russia
Birth Date:1995 10, df=yes
Birth Place:Belorechensk, Krasnodar Krai, Russia
Country: Russia
Sport:Amateur wrestling
Event:Freestyle

Lyubov Mikhailovna Ovcharova (Russian: Любовь Михайловна Овчарова; born 23 October 1995) is a Russian freestyle wrestler. She won the silver medal in the women's 59kg event at the 2019 World Wrestling Championships held in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan.[1] In 2021, she competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.[2]

Career

At the 2017 European U23 Wrestling Championship held in Szombathely, Hungary, Ovcharova won the gold medal in the women's 60 kg event.[3] At the 2017 European Wrestling Championships held in Novi Sad, Serbia, she also won the gold medal in the women's 60kg event.[4] [5] In the final, she defeated Anastasija Grigorjeva of Latvia. In that same year, she also competed in the women's freestyle 60kg event at the 2017 World Wrestling Championships held in Paris, France.[6]

At the 2020 European Wrestling Championships held in Rome, Italy, Ovcharova won one of the bronze medals in the women's 59kg event.[7] [8] In her bronze medal match she defeated Elif Yanık of Turkey. In the same year, she also won one of the bronze medals in the women's 62 kg event at the 2020 Individual Wrestling World Cup held in Belgrade, Serbia.[9]

In March 2021, Ovcharova competed at the European Qualification Tournament in Budapest, Hungary hoping to qualify for the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.[10] She was eliminated in her first match by Kriszta Incze of Romania.[10] In April 2021, she competed in the 65kg event at the European Wrestling Championships in Warsaw, Poland.[11] In May 2021, she qualified at the World Olympic Qualification Tournament in Sofia, Bulgaria to compete at the 2020 Summer Olympics.[2] [12] [13] A month later, she won one of the bronze medals in her event at the 2021 Poland Open held in Warsaw, Poland.[14] [15]

In August 2021, Ovcharova lost her bronze medal match against Taybe Yusein of Bulgaria in the women's 62kg event at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.[16]

Major results

YearTournamentLocationResultEvent
2017European ChampionshipsNovi Sad, Serbia1stFreestyle 60 kg
2019World ChampionshipsNur-Sultan, Kazakhstan2ndFreestyle 59 kg
2020European ChampionshipsRome, Italy3rdFreestyle 59 kg

Notes and References

  1. 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.
  2. News: Shefferd. Neil. 7 May 2021. Chumikova secures emotional win at UWW World Olympic Games qualifier. InsideTheGames.biz. 7 May 2021.
  3. News: Winters. Max. 30 March 2017. Larroque claims gold on opening day of women's action at European Under-23 Wrestling Championships. InsideTheGames.biz. 14 November 2021.
  4. News: Russia's Boltukaev suffers gold medal match heartache at European Wrestling Championships. Etchells. Daniel. 3 May 2017. InsideTheGames.biz. 18 January 2020.
  5. Web site: 2017 European Wrestling Championships Results. United World Wrestling. live. 15 April 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20201215230213/https://unitedworldwrestling.org/sites/default/files/2018-02/results_05_novisad_v2.pdf. 15 December 2020.
  6. Web site: 2017 World Wrestling Championships. United World Wrestling. live. 13 January 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20190501222916/https://unitedworldwrestling.org/sites/default/files/media/document/event/results/final-book_1.pdf. 1 May 2019.
  7. Web site: 2020 European Wrestling Championships Results. United World Wrestling. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20200412124934/https://unitedworldwrestling.org/sites/default/files/2020-02/eucs-rome-final-book_1.pdf. 12 April 2020. 12 April 2020.
  8. News: Etchells. Daniel. Bukina ends Adar's reign as Russia shine in women's events at European Wrestling Championships. 13 February 2020. InsideTheGames.biz. 13 February 2020.
  9. 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.
  10. 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.
  11. 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.
  12. News: Shefferd. Neil. 8 May 2021. Armenia and Romania book multiple Tokyo 2020 places at UWW World Olympic Games qualifier. InsideTheGames.biz. 8 May 2021.
  13. 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.
  14. News: Rowbottom. Mike. 10 June 2021. Stadnik unstoppable on day one of women's wrestling at Poland Open. InsideTheGames.biz. 4 July 2021.
  15. 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.
  16. Web site: Wrestling Results Book. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20210807164330/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/resOG2020-/pdf/OG2020-/WRE/OG2020-_WRE_B99_WRE-------------------------------.pdf. 7 August 2021. 8 August 2021. 2020 Summer Olympics.

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