Iryna Kurachkina

Iryna Kurachkina (born 17 June 1994) is a Belarusian freestyle wrestler.

Iryna Kurachkina
Personal information
Born (1994-06-17) 17 June 1994
Sport
CountryBelarus
SportAmateur wrestling
Event(s)Freestyle
Medal record
Women's freestyle wrestling
Representing  Belarus
World Championships
2017 Paris 55 kg
2019 Nur-Sultan 57 kg
European Championships
2018 Kaspiysk 55 kg
2016 Riga 53 kg
2020 Rome 57 kg
Individual World Cup
2020 Belgrade 55 kg
European Games
2019 Minsk 57 kg
World U23 Championships
2017 Bydgoszcz 55 kg

Career

She competed in the women's freestyle 51 kg event at the 2013 World Wrestling Championships held in Budapest, Hungary. In March 2016, she won the silver medal in the women's freestyle 53 kg event at the 2016 European Wrestling Championships held in Riga, Latvia.[1] The next month, she competed in the qualification tournament held in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia hoping to qualify for the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.[2] She did not advance far as she was eliminated in her first match.[2]

At the 2017 World U23 Wrestling Championship held in Bydgoszcz, Poland, she won the silver medal in the women's freestyle 55 kg event.[3] She also won one of the bronze medals in the women's freestyle 55 kg event at the 2017 World Wrestling Championships held in Paris, France.[4] In 2018, she competed in the women's freestyle event of the 2018 Wrestling World Cup. A few months later, she won the gold medal in the women's freestyle 55 kg event at the 2018 European Wrestling Championships held in Kaspiysk, Dagestan, Russia. Later that year, she competed in the women's freestyle 57 kg event at the 2018 World Wrestling Championships held in Budapest, Hungary where she was eliminated in her first match.

At the 2019 European Games held in Minsk, Belarus, she won the gold medal in the women's freestyle 57 kg event.[5][6] In the final, she defeated Mimi Hristova of Bulgaria.[5] At the 2019 World Wrestling Championships held in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan, she won one of the bronze medals in the women's freestyle 57 kg event.[7][8] She has qualified to represent Belarus at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.[9]

In 2020, she won the gold medal by defeating Annika Wendle of Germany in the final of the women's 55 kg event at the 2020 Individual Wrestling World Cup held in Belgrade, Serbia.[10][11]

Major results
Year Tournament Location Result Event
2016 European Championships Riga, Latvia 2nd Freestyle 53 kg
2017 World Championships Paris, France 3rd Freestyle 55 kg
2018 European Championships Kaspiysk, Russia 1st Freestyle 55 kg
2019 European Games Minsk, Belarus 1st Freestyle 57 kg
World Championships Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan 3rd Freestyle 57 kg
2020 European Championships Rome, Italy 3rd Freestyle 57 kg

References
  1. "2016 European Wrestling Championships Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived (PDF) from the original on 30 June 2016. Retrieved 23 December 2020.
  2. "2016 World Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament – Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived (PDF) from the original on 15 January 2018. Retrieved 18 December 2020.
  3. Giles, Thomas (23 November 2017). "Victories all round for Japanese wrestlers in women's event at Under-23 World Championships". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 13 January 2020.
  4. "2017 World Wrestling Championships" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived (PDF) from the original on 1 May 2019. Retrieved 13 January 2020.
  5. "2019 European Games Wrestling Results" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Retrieved 4 April 2020.
  6. Gillen, Nancy (28 June 2019). "Italian Olympic champions claim mixed team shotgun skeet silver and gold at Minsk 2019". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 4 April 2020.
  7. Rowbottom, Mike (19 September 2019). "Gray edges Minagawa to earn fifth women's title at World Wrestling Championships". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 13 January 2020.
  8. "2019 World Wrestling Championships Results" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived (PDF) from the original on 12 April 2020. Retrieved 12 April 2020.
  9. "Iryna Kurachkina wins bronze, Olympic berth at 2019 World Wrestling Championships". eng.belta.by. 19 September 2019. Retrieved 1 March 2020.
  10. Iveson, Ali (16 December 2020). "All-conquering Tynybekova wins 62kg gold at UWW Individual World Cup". InsideTheGames.biz. Archived from the original on 16 December 2020. Retrieved 17 December 2020.
  11. "2020 Individual Wrestling World Cup Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived (PDF) from the original on 18 December 2020. Retrieved 18 December 2020.
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