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Natalya Synyshyn | |
Fullname: | Natalya Ihorivna Synyshyn |
Nationality: | (until 2013) (since 2014) |
Birth Date: | 3 July 1985 |
Birth Place: | Sosnivka, Lviv Oblast, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union |
Weight: | 550NaN0 |
Country: | Ukraine (until 2013) Azerbaijan (since 2014) |
Sport: | Wrestling |
Event: | Freestyle |
Club: | Dynamo Lviv (UKR) |
Show-Medals: | yes |
Natalya Ihorivna Synyshyn (Ukrainian: Наталя Ігорівна Синишин; born 3 July 1985) is a Ukrainian-Azerbaijani freestyle wrestler, who played for the lightweight division.[1] She is a two-time bronze medalist at the World Championships, and three-time at the European Championships.
Synyshyn competed for Ukraine in the women's 55-kg class in freestyle wrestling at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. In the first preliminary round, she was defeated by Marcie Van Dusen of the United States, after being taken off the mat by her opponent in the final period, with a three-set score (0–4, 1–1, 7–0), and a classification point score of 1–3.[2] [3]
On 11 March 2016, she won European Wrestling Championships for Azerbaijan. She won a bronze medal for Azerbaijan at the 2016 Summer Olympics.