Tetiana Omelchenko

Tetiana Omelchenko is an 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
Sport
CountryAzerbaijan
SportAmateur wrestling
Event(s)Freestyle
Medal record
Women's freestyle wrestling
Representing  Azerbaijan
European Championships
2017 Novi Sad 60 kg
2018 Kaspiysk 59 kg
2019 Bucharest 62 kg
2020 Rome 62 kg
Islamic Solidarity Games
2017 Baku 60 kg
World U23 Championships
2017 Bydgoszcz 60 kg

Career

In 2016, she 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, she 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, she 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, she 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]

Major results
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

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.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  4. Etchells, Daniel (14 February 2020). "Hristova beats last year's gold medallist Manolova at European Wrestling Championships". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 14 February 2020.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  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.
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