Tetiana Omelchenko

Tetiana Sergeevna Omelchenko is a Ukrainian-Azerbaijani freestyle wrestler. She won the gold medal in the women's 60 kg event at the 2017 Islamic Solidarity Games in Baku, Azerbaijan. She also won a bronze medal at the European Wrestling Championships in four consecutive years: 2017, 2018, 2019 and 2020.

Tetiana Omelchenko
Татьяна Омельченко
Omelchenko in red.
Personal information
Full nameTetiana Sergeevna Omelchenko
NationalityUkrainian
Azerbaijani
BornKryvyi Rih, Ukraine
Sport
CountryUkraine (2007–2016)
Azerbaijan (since 2016)
SportAmateur wrestling
Event(s)Freestyle
Coached byGrigorii Schepelev
Medal record
Women's freestyle wrestling
Representing  Azerbaijan
European Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2017 Novi Sad 60 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Kaspiysk 59 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Bucharest 62 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2020 Rome 62 kg
Islamic Solidarity Games
Gold medal – first place 2017 Baku 60 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2021 Konya 62 kg
World U23 Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2017 Bydgoszcz 60 kg

Career

In 2016, Omelchenko competed in the women's freestyle 60 kg at the World Wrestling Championships where she was eliminated in her only match, against Emese Barka.[1] Barka went on to win one of the bronze medals.[1]

In May 2017, Omelchenko won one of the bronze medals in the women's freestyle 60 kg event at the European Wrestling Championships held in Novi Sad, Serbia.[2] Later that month, she won the gold medal in the 60 kg event at the 2017 Islamic Solidarity Games held in Baku, Azerbaijan.[3]

In 2020, Omelchenko won one of the bronze medals in the 62 kg event at the European Wrestling Championships held in Rome, Italy.[4] In the same year, she competed in the women's 62 kg event at the 2020 Individual Wrestling World Cup held in Belgrade, Serbia.[5] In March 2021, Omelchenko competed at the European Qualification Tournament in Budapest, Hungary hoping to qualify for the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.[6] She lost her first match against Anastasija Grigorjeva of Latvia which meant that she could no longer qualify for the Olympics at this tournament.[6] She also failed to qualify for the Olympics at the World Olympic Qualification Tournament held in Sofia, Bulgaria.[7]

Omelchenko won one of the bronze medals in the 62 kg event at the 2021 Islamic Solidarity Games held in Konya, Turkey.[8][9] She competed in the 62 kg event at the 2022 World Wrestling Championships held in Belgrade, Serbia.[10] She was eliminated in the repechage by eventual bronze medalist Luo Xiaojuan of China.[10]

Achievements
Year Tournament Location Result Event
2017 European Championships Novi Sad, Serbia 3rd Freestyle 60 kg
Islamic Solidarity Games Baku, Azerbaijan 1st Freestyle 60 kg
2018 European Championships Kaspiysk, Russia 3rd Freestyle 59 kg
2019 European Championships Bucharest, Romania 3rd Freestyle 62 kg
2020 European Championships Rome, Italy 3rd Freestyle 62 kg
2022 Islamic Solidarity Games Konya, Turkey 3rd Freestyle 62 kg

References
  1. "2016 World Wrestling Championships Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived (PDF) from the original on 18 November 2020. Retrieved 21 November 2020.
  2. "2017 European Wrestling Championships Results" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived (PDF) from the original on 15 December 2020. Retrieved 15 April 2020.
  3. Winters, Max (21 May 2017). "Turkey dominate tennis action on penultimate day of Islamic Solidarity Games". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 10 April 2020.
  4. Etchells, Daniel (14 February 2020). "Hristova beats last year's gold medallist Manolova at European Wrestling Championships". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 14 February 2020.
  5. "2020 Individual Wrestling World Cup Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived (PDF) from the original on 18 December 2020. Retrieved 18 December 2020.
  6. "2021 European Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived (PDF) from the original on 24 March 2021. Retrieved 24 March 2021.
  7. "2021 World Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived (PDF) from the original on 9 May 2021. Retrieved 9 May 2021.
  8. "Iran win hat-trick of wrestling golds at Islamic Solidarity Games in Konya". InsideTheGames.biz. 11 August 2022. Retrieved 12 August 2022.
  9. "2021 Islamic Solidarity Games Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 August 2022. Retrieved 20 August 2022.
  10. "2022 World Wrestling Championships Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 September 2022. Retrieved 18 September 2022.
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