Paliha Explained

Paliha Paliha
Native Name:帕丽哈
Birth Date:1996 6, df=yes
Birth Place:Wusu, Tacheng Prefecture, Xinjiang, China
Height:175cm (69inches)
Country:China
Sport:Amateur wrestling
Event:Freestyle

Paliha Paliha (born 6 June 1996 in Xinjiang) is a Chinese freestyle wrestler. She won one of the bronze medals in the women's 72 kg event at the 2019 World Wrestling Championships held in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan.[1]

Career

Paliha is from Wusu, Xinjiang province and is of Uyghur ethnicity. She started wrestling when she was 14 upon encouragement of her grandfather.[2]

She won the gold medal in the women's 75 kg event at the Asian Wrestling Championships both in 2017 and in 2019.[3] [4] In 2017, she also won the gold medal in the 75 kg event at the Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games held in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan.[5] She also competed in the women's freestyle 75 kg event at the 2017 World Wrestling Championships where she was eliminated in the semifinals by Vasilisa Marzaliuk.[6]

She also won the gold medal in the women's 76 kg event at the 2018 World U23 Wrestling Championship held in Bucharest, Romania and at the 2019 World U23 Wrestling Championship held in Budapest, Hungary.[7] [8]

Achievements

Representing
2017Asian ChampionshipsNew Delhi, India1stFreestyle 75 kg
Asian Indoor and Martial Arts GamesAshgabat, Turkmenistan1stFreestyle 75 kg
2019Asian ChampionshipsXi'an, China1stFreestyle 75 kg
World ChampionshipsNur-Sultan, Kazakhstan3rdFreestyle 72 kg

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2019 World Wrestling Championships Results. United World Wrestling. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20200412151211/https://unitedworldwrestling.org/sites/default/files/2019-09/nur-sultan_kz_final-book_1.pdf. 12 April 2020. 12 April 2020.
  2. Web site: 新疆维族姑娘帕丽哈场上摔人 场下跳舞_国家体育总局 . 2023-10-11 . www.sport.gov.cn.
  3. Web site: 2017 Asian Wrestling Championships Results. United World Wrestling. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20181125162841/https://unitedworldwrestling.org/sites/default/files/media/document/event/results/final-book-complete.pdf. 25 November 2018.
  4. Web site: 2019 Asian Wrestling Championships Results. United World Wrestling. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20200518232029/https://unitedworldwrestling.org/sites/default/files/2019-04/results_04_xian.pdf. 18 May 2020.
  5. Web site: Wrestling Results book. 2017 Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games. live. 26 February 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200417024641/http://ashgabat2017.com/atos/ashgabat17/resAG2017/pdf/AG2017/WR/AG2017_WR_AA1_WR0000000.pdf. 17 April 2020.
  6. Web site: 2017 World Wrestling Championships. United World Wrestling. live. 13 January 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20190501222916/https://unitedworldwrestling.org/sites/default/files/media/document/event/results/final-book_1.pdf. 1 May 2019.
  7. News: Morgan. Liam. Japan win three gold medals in women's freestyle at UWW Under-23 World Championships. 31 October 2019. InsideTheGames.biz. 11 April 2020.
  8. Web site: 2019 World U23 Wrestling Championship. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20191228051956/https://unitedworldwrestling.org/sites/default/files/2019-11/u23_senior_world_championships_final-book.pdf. 28 December 2019. 8 August 2020. United World Wrestling.