Olesya Zamula Explained

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Olesya Zamula
Residence:Baku, Azerbaijan
Birth Date:17 February 1984
Birth Place:Riga, Latvian SSR
Weight:630NaN0
Sport:Wrestling
Event:Freestyle
Club:Atasport Baku (AZE)
Coach:Semjon Kapitannikov (AZE)
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Olesya Zamula (born February 17, 1984, in Riga, Latvian SSR) is an amateur Azerbaijani wrestler, who competed in the women's middleweight category.[1] She won the bronze medal for her division at the 2011 European Wrestling Championships in Dortmund, Germany.[2] She is also a member of Atasport Wrestling Club in Baku, and is coached and trained by Semjon Kapitannikov.

Zamula represented her current nation Azerbaijan at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, where she competed for the women's 63 kg. She received a bye for the second preliminary match, before losing out by a technical fall to Japan's Kaori Icho.[3] Because her opponent advanced further into the final match, Zamula was offered another shot for the bronze medal by entering the repechage bouts. She was pinned in the second period by American wrestler Randi Miller, who eventually won the bronze medal in this event.[4] [5]

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Notes and References

  1. Olesya Zamula. https://web.archive.org/web/20200418053710/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/za/olesya-zamula-1.html. dead. 18 April 2020. 24 December 2012.
  2. News: Xosrovoglu. Nadir. Europe thrown onto its shoulders. Region Plus (Azerbaijan). 24 December 2012. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20121116023157/http://regionplus.az/en/articles/view/1274. 16 November 2012.
  3. News: Women's Freestyle 63kg (138.5 lbs) Round of 16 Final. NBC Olympics. 24 December 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20120821131403/http://www.2008.nbcolympics.com/wrestling/resultsandschedules/rsc=WRW263407/index.html. 21 August 2012. dead.
  4. News: Women's Freestyle 63kg (138.5 lbs) Repechage Round 2 Final. NBC Olympics. 24 December 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20120821131054/http://www.2008.nbcolympics.com/wrestling/resultsandschedules/rsc=WRW263352/index.html. 21 August 2012. dead.
  5. News: Mihoches. Gary. Texan Miller claims USA's lone medal in women's wrestling. USA Today. 17 August 2008. 24 December 2012.