Valentina Islamova

Valentina Islamova (born 18 March 1992) is a Kazakhstani freestyle wrestler. She is scheduled to represent Kazakhstan at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.

Valentina Islamova
Valentina Islamova (2015, far right)
Personal information
Born (1992-03-18) 18 March 1992
Height159 cm (5.22 ft; 63 in)
Sport
CountryKazakhstan
SportAmateur wrestling
Event(s)Freestyle
Medal record
Women's freestyle wrestling
Representing  Russia
European Games
2015 Baku 48 kg
Golden Grand Prix Ivan Yarygin
2015 Krasnoyarsk 48 kg
Women's freestyle wrestling
Representing  Kazakhstan
World Championships
2019 Nur-Sultan 50 kg
Asian Championships
2019 Xi'an 50 kg
2020 New Delhi 50 kg

Career

In 2015, at the Golden Grand Prix Ivan Yarygin 2015 held in Krasnoyarsk, Russia, she won the gold medal in the women's 48 kg 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 48 kg event.[2][3]

In 2019, she won one of the bronze medals in the 50 kg event at the 2019 World Wrestling Championships held in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan.[4][5] Later that year, she also won one of the bronze medals in the 50 kg event at the 2019 Asian Wrestling Championships held in Xi'an, China.[6] She repeated this in 2020 at the 2020 Asian Wrestling Championships held in New Delhi, India.[7][8]

Major results
YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventNotes
Representing  Russia
2015 European Games Baku, Azerbaijan 3rd Freestyle 48 kg
Representing  Kazakhstan
2019 World Championships Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan 3rd Freestyle 50 kg
Asian Championships Xi'an, China 3rd Freestyle 50 kg
2020 Asian Championships New Delhi, India 3rd Freestyle 50 kg

References
  1. "Results Book" (PDF). Golden Grand Prix Ivan Yarygin 2015. Archived (PDF) from the original on 26 April 2015. Retrieved 9 August 2020.
  2. "2015 European Games Results" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived (PDF) from the original on 15 April 2020. Retrieved 15 April 2020.
  3. Pavitt, Michael (15 June 2015). "Azerbaijan celebrate Baku 2015 gold medal as women's wrestling events begin". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 14 February 2020.
  4. Rowbottom, Mike (18 September 2019). "Japan lead women's rankings but miss gold at World Wrestling Championships". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 14 February 2020.
  5. "2019 World Wrestling Championships Results" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived (PDF) from the original on 12 April 2020. Retrieved 12 April 2020.
  6. "2019 Asian Wrestling Championships Results" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived (PDF) from the original on 18 May 2020.
  7. Palmer, Dan (20 February 2020). "Hosts India celebrate three women's golds at Asian Wrestling Championships". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 7 April 2020.
  8. "2020 Asian Wrestling Championships" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived (PDF) from the original on 22 May 2020. Retrieved 22 May 2020.


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