Alina Vyacheslavivna Berezhna (formerly Stadnyk, née Makhynia, uk, Аліна В'ячеславівна Бережна (Стадник, Махиня); born 3 January 1991) is a Ukrainian

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. She is the 2013 World champion in women's freestyle 67 kg.

Personal life

Makhynia was born on 3 January 1991 in

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, Russia. She moved to Ukraine in 1994.

Career

Competing in the freestyle 67 kg category, Stadnyk won gold at the 2009 World Junior Championships in

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and the 2013 European Championships in

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. In September 2013, she was awarded gold at the

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, after defeating Stacie Anaka of

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. In 2014, Stadnyk began appearing in 69 kg freestyle. She took bronze at the 2014 European Championships in

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and gold at the 2015 European Games in Baku, defeating Israeli Ilana Kratysh in the finals. She competed for Ukraine at the 2016 Summer Olympics in the women's freestyle 69 kg event. She represented Ukraine at the

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in Doha, Qatar and she won the silver medal in the women's 70kg beach wrestling event. In 2020, she won one of the bronze medals in the women's 68 kg event at the Individual Wrestling World Cup held in Belgrade, Serbia.

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* * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Berezhna, Alina 1991 births Living people Ukrainian female sport wrestlers Olympic wrestlers for Ukraine Wrestlers at the 2016 Summer Olympics World Wrestling Championships medalists Universiade medalists in wrestling FISU World University Games bronze medalists for Ukraine European Games gold medalists for Ukraine European Games medalists in wrestling Wrestlers at the 2015 European Games People from Chita, Zabaykalsky Krai European Wrestling Championships medalists Medalists at the 2013 Summer Universiade 21st-century Ukrainian women