Alina Romanovna Kasabieva (russian: Алина Романовна Касабиева; born 6 March 2002
in Georgia) is a Russian freestyle wrestler of
Ossetian descent, 2021 U20 European and world champion. 2x Senior national champion.
Background
She was born in South Ossetia, Georgia, into an Ossetian family,
then she moved to
Vladikavkaz
Vladikavkaz (russian: Владикавка́з, , os, Дзæуджыхъæу, translit=Dzæwdžyqæw, ;), formerly known as Ordzhonikidze () and Dzaudzhikau (), is the capital city of the North Ossetia-Alania, Republic of North Ossetia-Alania, Ru ...
,
North Ossetia–Alania
The Republic of North Ossetia–Alania; os, Республикӕ Цӕгат Ирыстон — Алани, ''Respublikæ Cægat Iryston — Alani'', ) is a republic of Russia situated in the North Caucasus of Eastern Europe. Its population acco ...
, Russia, where she started wrestling at the age of 10.
Career
Her first achievement was at the 2019 Cadet world championships in Sofia, Bulgaria, where she took a bronze medal. In 2021, as a junior wrestler, she became Russian, European and world champion at 62 kilos.
Also, Alina made her debut in senior level at the
2021 world championships
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, where she came 7th. In 2022, Kasabieva competed at the
Ivan Yarygin Grand Prix and took one of the bronze medals and became senior national champion. During the 2023 part of the season, Kasabieva won Russian nationals again. In the post-season she beat
Elis Manolova of Bulgaria, senior world champion
Anastasia Nichita of Moldova and Olympic silver medalsit
Aisuluu Tynybekova
Aisuluu Tynybekova ( ky, Айсулуу Тыныбекова, born 4 May 1993 in Bishkek) is a Kyrgyz freestyle wrestler. She won the silver medal in the women's 62 kg event at the 2020 Summer Olympics held in Tokyo, Japan. She also competed in ...
of Kyrgyzstan at the
Ivan Poddubny wrestling league. In April 2024, she earned a quota place for the
2024 Summer Olympics
The 2024 Summer Olympics (french: Jeux olympiques d'été de 2024), officially the Games of the XXXIII Olympiad (french: Jeux de la XXXIIIe Olympiade, links=no) and also known as Paris 2024, is an upcoming international multi-sport event that is s ...
held in Paris, France as an independent neutral athlete. In May 2024, she came third at the U23 European Championships in Baku, Azerbaijan.
Honors
*2018 Cadet Russian Championships — 3rd.
*2019 Cadet World Championships — 3rd.
*2021, 2022 Junior Russian Championships — 1st.
*2021 Junior European Championships — 1st.
*2021 Junior World Championships — 1st.
*2022 Ivan Yarygin GP — 3rd.
*2022, 2023 Russian nationals — 1st.
*2023 Ivan Poddubny wrestling league 1,2,3,4 — 1st.
*
2023 Grand Prix Zagreb Open
The 2023 Grand Prix Zagreb Open, was a wrestling event held in Zagreb, Croatia between 1 and 5 February 2023. It was held as the first of the ranking series of United World Wrestling in 2023. With an aim to reward wrestlers participating in Rankin ...
— 3rd.
*2024 U23 European Championship — 3rd.
References
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2002 births
Living people
21st-century people from Georgia (country)
Ossetian freestyle wrestlers
Russian female sport wrestlers
Olympic wrestlers for Russia
European Wrestling Championships medalists
Sportspeople from North Ossetia–Alania
21st-century Russian sportswomen
Ossetian women