Monika Michalik | |
Fullname: | Monika Ewa Michalik |
Nationality: | Polish |
Birth Date: | 2 May 1980 |
Birth Place: | Międzyrzecz, Poland |
Country: | Poland |
Sport: | Freestyle wrestling |
Monika Ewa Michalik (Polish pronunciation: ; born 2 May 1980 in Międzyrzecz) is a freestyle wrestler from Poland. She participated in Women's freestyle 63 kg at 2008 Summer Olympics. In the last 16, she beat Volha Khilko from Belarus. In the quarter-finals Michalik lost to the French wrestler Lise Golliot-Legrand.
At the 2012 Summer Olympics, Michalik once again reached the quarter-finals, losing to eventual silver medallist Jing Ruixue of China.
At the 2016 Summer Olympics, she won the bronze medal defeating Inna Trazhukova of Russia.
Her brother Tadeusz is also a wrestler. He won a bronze medal at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo.