Valentina Islamova Explained

Valentina Islamova
Валентина Исламова
Nationality:Russian
Birth Date:1992 3, df=yes
Birth Place:Novosibirsk Oblast, Russia
Height:159cm (63inches)
Country:Kazakhstan
Sport:Amateur wrestling
Weight Class:50 kg
Event:Freestyle

Valentina Islamova (born 18 March 1992) is an ethnic Russian freestyle wrestler representing Kazakhstan. She is a bronze medalist at the World Wrestling Championships and a three-time medalist, including the gold medal in 2021, at the Asian Wrestling Championships. She represented Kazakhstan at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.

Career

In 2015, at the Golden Grand Prix Ivan Yarygin held in Krasnoyarsk, Russia, she won the gold medal in the women's 48kg event.[1] In the same year, she represented Russia at the 2015 European Games held in Baku, Azerbaijan and she won one of the bronze medals in the 48kg event.[2] [3]

In 2019, Islamova won one of the bronze medals in the 50kg event at the 2019 Asian Wrestling Championships held in Xi'an, China.[4] [5] She also won one of the bronze medals in the 50kg event at the World Wrestling Championships held in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan.[6] [7] In 2020, she repeated this result at the Asian Wrestling Championships held in New Delhi, India.[8] [9] In 2021, Islamova secured the gold medal in her event at the Asian Wrestling Championships held in Almaty, Kazakhstan.[10] [11] A few months later, she won one of the bronze medals in her event at the 2021 Poland Open held in Warsaw, Poland.[12] [13]

Islamova competed in the women's 50kg event at the 2020 Summer Olympics held in Tokyo, Japan where she was eliminated in her first match by Lucía Yépez of Ecuador.[14]

Achievements

Representing
2015European GamesBaku, Azerbaijan3rdFreestyle 48 kg
Representing
2019World ChampionshipsNur-Sultan, Kazakhstan3rdFreestyle 50 kg
Asian ChampionshipsXi'an, China3rdFreestyle 50 kg
2020Asian ChampionshipsNew Delhi, India3rdFreestyle 50 kg
2021Asian ChampionshipsAlmaty, Kazakhstan1stFreestyle 50 kg

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Results Book. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20150426210619/https://unitedworldwrestling.org/sites/default/files/media/document/event/results/yarygin_full_results.pdf. 26 April 2015. 9 August 2020. Golden Grand Prix Ivan Yarygin 2015.
  2. Web site: 2015 European Games Results. United World Wrestling. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20200415162443/https://unitedworldwrestling.org/sites/default/files/media/document/event/results/results_06_baku_0.pdf. 15 April 2020. 15 April 2020.
  3. News: Pavitt. Michael. Azerbaijan celebrate Baku 2015 gold medal as women's wrestling events begin. 15 June 2015. InsideTheGames.biz. 14 February 2020.
  4. News: Etchells . Daniel . 25 April 2019 . Three gold medals for Japan as women's action begins at Asian Wrestling Championships . InsideTheGames.biz . 24 September 2022.
  5. 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.
  6. News: Rowbottom. Mike. Japan lead women's rankings but miss gold at World Wrestling Championships. 18 September 2019. InsideTheGames.biz. 14 February 2020.
  7. 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.
  8. News: Palmer. Dan. Hosts India celebrate three women's golds at Asian Wrestling Championships. 20 February 2020. InsideTheGames.biz. 7 April 2020.
  9. Web site: 2020 Asian Wrestling Championships. United World Wrestling. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20200522211016/https://unitedworldwrestling.org/sites/default/files/2020-02/final-book.pdf. 22 May 2020. 22 May 2020.
  10. News: Rowbottom. Mike. 15 April 2021. China follows Japan in withdrawing women from UWW Asian Championships over COVID concerns. InsideTheGames.biz. 15 April 2021.
  11. Web site: 2021 Asian Wrestling Championships Results. United World Wrestling. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20210419163153/https://uww.org/sites/default/files/2021-04/results_04_almaty_champ.pdf. 19 April 2021. 19 April 2021.
  12. News: Rowbottom. Mike. 10 June 2021. Stadnik unstoppable on day one of women's wrestling at Poland Open. InsideTheGames.biz. 4 July 2021.
  13. Web site: 2021 Poland Open Results Book. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20210704164819/https://uww.org/sites/default/files/2021-06/results_06_warsaw.pdf. 4 July 2021. 4 July 2021. United World Wrestling.
  14. Web site: Wrestling Results Book. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20210807164330/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/resOG2020-/pdf/OG2020-/WRE/OG2020-_WRE_B99_WRE-------------------------------.pdf. 7 August 2021. 8 August 2021. 2020 Summer Olympics.

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