Yelena Yevgenyevna Shalygina (born 15 December 1986 in Shymkent) is a Kazakh wrestler. She competed in the 63 kg weight class at the 2008 Summer Olympics, where she won a bronze medal.[1]
At the 2008 Summer Olympics, she lost to Alena Kartashova in the last 16, but because Kartashova reached the final, Shalygina was able to compete in the repechage where she beat Elina Vaseva and then Lise Golliot-Legrand to win her bronze medal.[2]
At the 2012 Summer Olympics she lost to Yuliya Ostapchuk in the first round.[1]
She won the gold medal in the 65 kg event at the 2021 Islamic Solidarity Games held in Konya, Turkey.[3] She competed in the 65 kg event at the 2022 World Wrestling Championships held in Belgrade, Serbia.[4]
In September 2023, she competed in the women's 68 kg event at the 2023 World Wrestling Championships held in Belgrade, Serbia.[5] In October 2023, she lost her bronze medal match in the women's 68 kg event at the 2022 Asian Games held in Hangzhou, China.[6]
References
- ^ a b sports-reference.com
- ^ "2008 Olympic Results" (PDF). FILA. p. 21. Retrieved 21 June 2016.
- ^ "2021 Islamic Solidarity Games Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 August 2022. Retrieved 20 August 2022.
- ^ "2022 World Wrestling Championships Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 September 2022. Retrieved 18 September 2022.
- ^ "2023 World Wrestling Championships Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 November 2023. Retrieved 4 November 2023.
- ^ "2022 Asian Games Wrestling Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 November 2023. Retrieved 10 March 2024.
External links
- Yelena Shalygina at the International Wrestling Database
- Yelena Shalygina at Olympedia
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