Lyudmyla Holovchenko Explained

Lyudmyla Holovchenko
Fullname:Lyudmyla Holovchenko
Birth Date:31 August 1978
Birth Place:Khmelnytskyi, Ukrainian SSR,
Soviet Union
Weight:630NaN0
Style:Freestyle
Club:CSK Belaya Zerkov
Coach:Serhiy Basitsi
Show-Medals:yes

Lyudmyla Holovchenko (Ukrainian: Людмила Головченко; born August 31, 1978, in Khmelnytskyi, Ukrainian SSR) is a retired amateur Ukrainian freestyle wrestler, who competed in the women's middleweight category.[1] She boasted a fourth-place finish in the 63-kg division at the 2003 World Wrestling Championships in New York City, New York, United States, and later seized an opportunity to compete for Ukraine at the 2004 Summer Olympics. Holovchenko also trained throughout her sporting career as a member of the women's freestyle wrestling team for CSK Belaya Zerkov in Kyiv, under her personal coach Serhiy Basitsi.

When women's wrestling made its debut at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Holovchenko qualified for the Ukrainian squad in the 63 kg class. Earlier in the process, she earned an Olympic spot by finishing fourth at the World Championships.[2] [3] Holovchenko lost two straight matches each to eventual Olympic champion Saori Yoshida of Japan on technical superiority and neighboring Russia's Alena Kartashova with a comfortable 7–0 verdict, leaving her on the bottom of the pool and placing last out of twelve wrestlers in the final standings.[4]

Notes and References

  1. Lyudmyla Holovchenko. https://web.archive.org/web/20200418001723/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ho/liudmyla-holovchenko-1.html. dead. 18 April 2020. 30 July 2014.
  2. News: Abbott. Gary. Olympic Games preview at 63 kg/138.75 lbs. in women's freestyle. USA Wrestling. The Mat. 20 July 2004. 29 September 2013.
  3. News: uk:Наші борці здобули шість путівок в Афіни. Our wrestlers won six tickets to Athens. Ukrainian. http://www.kreschatic.kiev.ua/ru/3157/art/14471.html. Khreshchatyk. 23 September 2003. 30 July 2014.
  4. Web site: Wrestling: Women's Freestyle 63kg. Athens 2004. BBC Sport. 15 August 2004. 30 September 2013.