Iryna Kurachkina
Iryna Alyaksandrauna Kurachkina (Belarusian: Ірына Аляксандраўна Курачкіна; born 17 June 1994) is a Belarusian freestyle wrestler. She won the silver medal in the women's 57 kg event at the 2020 Summer Olympics held in Tokyo, Japan.[1] Kurachkina is also a two-time bronze medalist at the World Wrestling Championships and a four-time medalist, including two golds, at the European Wrestling Championships. She also won the gold medal in her event at the 2019 European Games held in Minsk, Belarus.
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Born | Kruhlaye, Belarus | 17 June 1994||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Country | Belarus | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | Amateur wrestling | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event(s) | Freestyle | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Career
Kurachkina competed in the women's 51 kg event at the 2013 World Wrestling Championships held in Budapest, Hungary.[2] In March 2016, she won the silver medal in the women's 53 kg event at the European Wrestling Championships held in Riga, Latvia.[3] The next month, Kurachkina competed in the qualification tournament held in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia hoping to qualify for the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.[4] She did not advance far as she was eliminated in her first match.[4]
At the 2017 World U23 Wrestling Championship held in Bydgoszcz, Poland, she won the silver medal in the women's 55 kg event.[5] Kurachkina also won one of the bronze medals in the women's 55 kg event at the 2017 World Wrestling Championships held in Paris, France.[6] 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 55 kg event at the 2018 European Wrestling Championships held in Kaspiysk, Dagestan, Russia.[7] Later that year, she competed in the women's 57 kg event at the 2018 World Wrestling Championships held in Budapest, Hungary where she was eliminated in her first match.[8]
At the 2019 European Games held in Minsk, Belarus, Kurachkina won the gold medal in the women's 57 kg event.[9][10] In the final, she defeated Mimi Hristova of Bulgaria.[9] At the 2019 World Wrestling Championships held in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan, she won one of the bronze medals in the women's 57 kg event.[11][12] She qualified at this competition to represent Belarus at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.[13]
In 2020, Kurachkina won the gold medal by defeating Annika Wendle of Germany in the final of the women's 55 kg event at the Individual Wrestling World Cup held in Belgrade, Serbia.[14][15] In 2021, she won the gold medal in the 57 kg event at the European Wrestling Championships held in Warsaw, Poland.[16][17] A few months later, she won the silver medal in her event at the 2021 Poland Open held in Warsaw, Poland.[18][19]
With a bronze medal and a third place win at the 2019 World Wrestling Championships, Kurachkina qualified for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics as the number #3 seed. In Kurachkina's Olympic debut, she defeated, reigning Asian Champion, India's Anshu Malik by the score 8-2 after going all six-minutes; Kurachkina then went on to win 6-3 over 2016 Olympic Silver medalist, Valeria Koblova, representing the ROC, which would give Kurachkina a place in the semi-final.[20] Opposing Kurachkina in the semi-final was unseeded Evelina Nikolova, who Kurachkina defeated by 11-0 technical superiority.
In 2022, she won one of the bronze medals in the 57 kg event at the Yasar Dogu Tournament held in Istanbul, Turkey.[21]
Achievements
Year | Tournament | Location | Result | Event |
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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 |
2021 | European Championships | Warsaw, Poland | 1st | Freestyle 57 kg |
Summer Olympics | Tokyo, Japan | 2nd | Freestyle 57 kg |
References
- "Wrestling Results Book" (PDF). 2020 Summer Olympics. Archived (PDF) from the original on 7 August 2021. Retrieved 8 August 2021.
- "2013 World Wrestling Championships Results" (PDF). fila-official.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 20 October 2021.
- "2016 European Wrestling Championships Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived (PDF) from the original on 30 June 2016. Retrieved 23 December 2020.
- "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.
- 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.
- "2017 World Wrestling Championships" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived (PDF) from the original on 1 May 2019. Retrieved 13 January 2020.
- "2018 European Wrestling Championships Results" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived (PDF) from the original on 12 April 2020. Retrieved 12 April 2020.
- "2018 World Wrestling Championships Results" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived (PDF) from the original on 14 April 2020. Retrieved 14 April 2020.
- "2019 European Games Wrestling Results" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Retrieved 4 April 2020.
- 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.
- Rowbottom, Mike (19 September 2019). "Gray edges Minagawa to earn fifth women's title at World Wrestling Championships". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 13 January 2020.
- "2019 World Wrestling Championships Results" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived (PDF) from the original on 12 April 2020. Retrieved 12 April 2020.
- "Iryna Kurachkina wins bronze, Olympic berth at 2019 World Wrestling Championships". eng.belta.by. 19 September 2019. Retrieved 1 March 2020.
- 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.
- "2020 Individual Wrestling World Cup Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived (PDF) from the original on 18 December 2020. Retrieved 18 December 2020.
- Berkeley, Geoff (23 April 2021). "Ukraine bag brace of women's wrestling golds at European Championships". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 23 April 2021.
- "2021 European Wrestling Championships Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived (PDF) from the original on 25 April 2021. Retrieved 25 April 2021.
- Rowbottom, Mike (11 June 2021). "Adekuoroye scatters Rio 2016 medallists en route to gold at UWW Poland Open". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 4 July 2021.
- "2021 Poland Open Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived (PDF) from the original on 4 July 2021. Retrieved 4 July 2021.
- Vinay. "Three Rio Champions Remain on Course to Do Olympic Double". United World Wrestling. Retrieved 4 August 2021.
- "2022 Yasar Dogu, Vehbi Emre & Hamit Kaplan Tournament Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2 March 2022. Retrieved 2 March 2022.
External links

- Iryna Kurachkina at the International Wrestling Database
- Iryna Kurachkina at Olympedia