Monika Michalik Explained

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.

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