Yuliya Tkach Explained

Yuliya Tkach
Native Name:Юлія Анатоліївна Ткач
Native Name Lang:uk
Fullname:Yuliya Anatoliyivna Tkach
Birth Date:26 September 1989
Birth Place:Kovel, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
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Yuliya Anatoliyivna Tkach, née Ostapchuk, (Юлія Анатоліївна Ткач (Остапчук); also transliterated Iulia, born 26 September 1989 in Kovel) is a Ukrainian freestyle wrestler. She is a member of Dynamo sports club.[1] World champion in 2014, she competed for Ukraine at the 2008, 2012 and 2016 Summer Olympics.[2] [3] [4] [5]

Career

At the 2008 Summer Olympics, she lost to Randi Miller in her first match.

Tkach competed in the freestyle 63 kg event at the 2012 Summer Olympics; she defeated Yelena Shalygina in the quarterfinals and Marianna Sastin in the 1/8 finals before being eliminated by Lubov Volosova in the quarterfinals.[6]

She returned from a break to start a family to win a bronze medal at the 2014 European Championships before winning the World title later that year.[7]

At the 2016 Olympics, she won her first match Danielle Lappage when Lappage retired injured before losing to Xu Rui in the second round.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Yuliya Ostapchuk . London2012.com . . 2012-09-06 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120906120224/http://www.london2012.com/athlete/ostapchuk-yuliya-1050994/ . 2012-09-06 . dead.
  2. Web site: The Olympic Team of Ukraine: Rio 2016: Official Handbook . PDF . noc-ukr.org . . 14 June 2020 . 26 . Ткач Юлія / Tkach Iulia . https://web.archive.org/web/20181201025526/http://noc-ukr.org/en/attachments/160802065026-0c84ed056c2e8f7ba94e5efd0a58fb16/ . 1 December 2018 . live.
  3. News: Women's freestyle World medalists . InterMat . 2018-09-12 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180913040042/http://intermatwrestle.com/articles/13441 . 2018-09-13 . live.
  4. Yuliya Ostapchuk . https://web.archive.org/web/20180913002605/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/os/yuliya-ostapchuk-1.html . dead . 2018-09-13 . 2018-09-12.
  5. Yuliya Ostapchuk-Tkach . https://web.archive.org/web/20200418001233/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/os/yuliya-ostapchuk-tkach-1.html . dead . 2020-04-18 . 2018-09-12.
  6. Web site: Yuliya Ostapchuk - Events and results . London2012.com . London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games . 2012-09-06 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120906013224/http://www.london2012.com/athlete/ostapchuk-yuliya-1050994/events/ . 2012-09-06 . dead.
  7. Web site: Stars of September Were Commemorated At the NOC Headquarters . noc-ukr.org . National Olympic Committee of Ukraine . 2018-09-12 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180913002438/http://noc-ukr.org/en/news/9711/ . 2018-09-13 . live.

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