Tetiana Rizhko Explained

Tetiana Rizhko
Native Name:Тетяна Ріжко
Native Name Lang:uk
Birth Date:14 February 1998[1]
Country:Ukraine
Sport:Amateur wrestling
Event:Freestyle

Tetiana Rizhko (Ukrainian: Тетяна Ріжко) is a Ukrainian freestyle wrestler. She is a four-time medalist, including gold, at the European Wrestling Championships.[2] She won the gold medal in her event at the 2020 Individual Wrestling World Cup held in Belgrade, Serbia. Rizhko represented Ukraine at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France.

Career

Rizhko competed in the women's freestyle event of the 2019 Wrestling World Cup.

In 2020, Rizhko won the gold medal in the women's 65kg event at the Individual Wrestling World Cup held in Belgrade, Serbia.[3] [4] In the final, she defeated Irina Rîngaci of Moldova.[4]

In April 2021, Rizhko won the silver medal in the 65kg event at the European Wrestling Championships held in Warsaw, Poland.[5] [6] She won the gold medal in her event at the 2021 European U23 Wrestling Championship held in Skopje, North Macedonia.[7] In October 2021, Rizhko competed in the women's 65kg event at the World Wrestling Championships held in Oslo, Norway where she was eliminated in her first match by Koumba Larroque of France.[8]

In 2022, Rizhko won the gold medal in the 65kg event at the European Wrestling Championships held in Budapest, Hungary.[9] In the final, she defeated Elis Manolova of Azerbaijan.[9] [10] A few months later, she won the gold medal in her event at the Matteo Pellicone Ranking Series 2022 held in Rome, Italy.[11] She competed in the 65kg event at the 2022 World Wrestling Championships held in Belgrade, Serbia where she was eliminated in her second match.[12]

Rizhko won the gold medal in her event at the 2023 Ibrahim Moustafa Tournament held in Alexandria, Egypt.[13] She won one of the bronze medals in the 65kg event at the 2023 European Wrestling Championships held in Zagreb, Croatia.[14] [15] She defeated Kendra Dacher of France in her bronze medal match.[15] In September 2023, Rizhko competed in the women's 68kg event at the 2023 World Wrestling Championships held in Belgrade, Serbia.[16]

Rizhko won the silver medal in the 68kg event at the 2024 European Wrestling Championships held in Bucharest, Romania.[17] In the final, she lost against Buse Tosun Çavuşoğlu of Turkey.[17] Rizhko competed at the 2024 European Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament in Baku, Azerbaijan and she earned a quota place for Ukraine for the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France.[18] She competed in the women's 68kg event at the Olympics.[19] She was eliminated in her first match by Nisha Dahiya of India.[19]

Achievements

YearTournamentLocationResultEvent
2021European ChampionshipsWarsaw, Poland2ndFreestyle 65kg
2022European ChampionshipsBudapest, Hungary1stFreestyle 65kg
2023European ChampionshipsZagreb, Croatia3rdFreestyle 65kg
2024European ChampionshipsBucharest, Romania2ndFreestyle 68kg

Notes and References

  1. https://olympics.com/en/paris-2024/athlete/tetiana-sova-rizhko_1897025
  2. Web site: Dubas. Matthew. 13 May 2021. Sports Shorts. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20210516012155/https://www.ukrweekly.com/uwwp/sportsshorts-26/. 16 May 2021. 14 November 2021. The Ukrainian Weekly.
  3. News: Shefferd. Neil. 16 December 2020. Russia claim team title on final day of women's action at UWW Individual World Cup. InsideTheGames.biz. live. 17 December 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20201217175619/https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1102093/russia-take-team-title-at-uww-world-cup. 17 December 2020.
  4. Web site: 2020 Individual Wrestling World Cup Results Book. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20201218212337/https://unitedworldwrestling.org/sites/default/files/2020-12/2020-iwc-belgrade-final-book.pdf. 18 December 2020. 18 December 2020. United World Wrestling.
  5. News: Berkeley. Geoff. 23 April 2021. Ukraine bag brace of women's wrestling golds at European Championships. InsideTheGames.biz. 23 April 2021.
  6. Web site: 2021 European Wrestling Championships Results Book. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20210425200427/https://uww.org/sites/default/files/2021-04/2021_senior_european_championships.pdf. 25 April 2021. 25 April 2021. United World Wrestling.
  7. Web site: 2021 European U23 Wrestling Championships Results Book. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20210523193250/https://uww.org/sites/default/files/2021-05/final-book_u23_skopje.pdf. 23 May 2021. 20 August 2021. United World Wrestling.
  8. Web site: 2021 World Wrestling Championships Results Book. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20211016114828/https://uww.org/sites/default/files/2021-10/results_10_oslo.pdf. 16 October 2021. 16 October 2021. United World Wrestling.
  9. News: Lloyd . Owen . 1 April 2022 . Ukraine record golden double at European Wrestling Championships . . 2 April 2022.
  10. Web site: 2022 European Wrestling Championships Results Book . https://web.archive.org/web/20220403191311/https://cdn.uww.org/s3fs-public/2022-04/2022_senior_european_championships_official_results.pdf?VersionId=KEoKJnjfNdVsB13voNEJO9gMUHnyIlq0 . 3 April 2022 . 3 April 2022 . United World Wrestling.
  11. Web site: Matteo Pellicone Ranking Series 2022 Results Book . https://web.archive.org/web/20220625194934/https://cdn.uww.org/s3fs-public/2022-06/final-book-matteo_pellicone.pdf?VersionId=qzK3za9J0rNgcVjK8V3USdzHshFpyOIW . 25 June 2022 . 25 June 2022 . United World Wrestling.
  12. Web site: 2022 World Wrestling Championships Results Book . https://web.archive.org/web/20220918183512/https://cdn.uww.org/s3fs-public/2022-09/final-book-2022-senior-world-championships_compressed.pdf?VersionId=zoTz_Ra8zK5EkVhfrZuDG5THXf4.3ik. . 18 September 2022 . 18 September 2022 . United World Wrestling.
  13. Web site: 2023 Ibrahim Moustafa Tournament Results Book . https://web.archive.org/web/20230226201011/https://cdn.uww.org/s3fs-public/2023-02/final-book-rs2-ibrahim-moustafa.pdf?VersionId=Gq8nHiMgxB60VBNUTWq8BLKqDmHLqvcK . 26 February 2023 . 26 February 2023 . United World Wrestling.
  14. News: Lloyd . Owen . 21 April 2023 . Ukraine take golden double at European Wrestling Championships after day four disappointment . InsideTheGames.biz . 22 April 2023.
  15. Web site: 2023 European Wrestling Championships Results Book . https://web.archive.org/web/20230423200920/https://cdn.uww.org/s3fs-public/2023-04/final-book-senior-european-championships_.pdf?VersionId=C4X59O2RAfRiJyBB28sm1SXcoyTBDXpq . 23 April 2023 . 23 April 2023 . United World Wrestling.
  16. Web site: 2023 World Wrestling Championships Results Book . https://web.archive.org/web/20231104205225/https://d3u2kdyvfaxwhl.cloudfront.net/s3fs-public/2023-09/final-book-2023-senior_world_championships_and_og_qualif.pdf?VersionId=Vw6R1se4WK.11kPw_YnsfzZdbwCSiIiI . 4 November 2023 . 4 November 2023 . United World Wrestling.
  17. Web site: 2024 European Wrestling Championships Results Book . https://web.archive.org/web/20240219213412/https://d3u2kdyvfaxwhl.cloudfront.net/s3fs-public/2024-02/results_02_bucharest.pdf?VersionId=XkE2ZnjNmXYzWNF1si8_Od9HuEOhuMrM . 19 February 2024 . 19 February 2024 . United World Wrestling.
  18. Web site: 2024 European Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament Results Book . https://web.archive.org/web/20240408164811/https://cdn.uww.org/2024-04/final-book-seniors_european_og_qualifier.pdf . 8 April 2024 . 8 April 2024 . United World Wrestling.
  19. Web site: Wrestling Results Book . https://web.archive.org/web/20240811181048/https://olympics.com/OG2024/pdf/OG2024/WRE/OG2024_WRE_B99_WRE-------------------------------.pdf . 11 August 2024 . 12 August 2024 . 2024 Summer Olympics.

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