Alyona Kolesnik (born 29 January 1995) is a

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freestyle wrestler Freestyle wrestling is a style of wrestling originated from Great Britain and the United States. Along with Greco-Roman, it is one of the two styles of wrestling contested in the Olympic Games. American high school and men's college wrestling i ...

. She is a three-time bronze medalist at the

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. She is also a two-time silver medalist at the

Islamic Solidarity Games The Islamic Solidarity Games ( ar, ألعاب التضامن الإسلامي) is a multinational, multi-sport event. The Games involve the elite athletes of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation who compete in a variety of sports. The Solidari ...

. She won bronze in her event at the

2019 European Games , translation: Time for bright victories! , nations participating = 50 , athletes participating = 4,082 , events = 200 in 15 sports , opening ceremony = 21 June , closing ceremony = 30 June , officially opened ...

Career

At the

2017 European Wrestling Championships The 2017 European Wrestling Championships was held in Novi Sad, Serbia, from 2 to 7 May 2017. Medal table Team ranking Medal summary Men's freestyle * The winner of the silver medal in the 97 kg category, Anzor Boltukayev from Russia, was ...

held in Novi Sad, Serbia, she won one of the bronze medals in the women's 55 kg event. In 2018, she also won one of the bronze medals in the women's 57 kg and she repeated this in 2019 with another bronze medal in the same event. At the

2017 Islamic Solidarity Games The 4th Islamic Solidarity Games was a multinational, multi-sport event that was held in Baku, Azerbaijan from 12 to 22 May 2017. Previously the event has been held in Saudi Arabia in 2005 and Indonesia in 2013. The second event, originally sch ...

held in Baku, Azerbaijan, she won the silver medal in the women's 58 kg event. In the final, she lost against

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. Kolesnik won one of the bronze medals in the women's 57 kg event at the

held in Minsk, Belarus. In her bronze medal match she defeated

Bediha Gün Bediha Gün (born 26 October 1994) is a Turkish freestyle wrestler competing in the 55 kg division. She is a member of Ankara Aski Sport Club. She is a student at Kırkpınar Physical Education and Sports College of Trakya University. Wre ...

of Turkey. In 2020, at the

held in Rome, Italy, she competed in the women's 57 kg event. She lost her bronze medal match against

Iryna Kurachkina Iryna Alyaksandrauna Kurachkina ( be, Ірына Аляксандраўна Курачкіна; born 17 June 1994) is a Belarusian freestyle wrestler. She won the silver medal in the women's 57kg event at the 2020 Summer Olympics held in Tokyo, ...

of Belarus. In 2020, she competed in the women's 57 kg event at the Individual Wrestling World Cup held in Belgrade, Serbia where she lost her bronze medal match against Veronika Chumikova of Russia. In March 2021, Kolesnik competed at the European Qualification Tournament in Budapest, Hungary hoping to qualify for the

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in Tokyo, Japan. She lost her first match against

Evelina Nikolova Evelina Georgieva Nikolova ( bg, Евелина Георгиева Николова; born 18 January 1993, Petrich) is a Bulgarian Freestyle wrestling, freestyle wrestler. She won one of the bronze medals in the Wrestling at the 2020 Summer Olymp ...

of Bulgaria and she was then eliminated in her next match in the

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. She also failed to qualify for the Olympics at the World Olympic Qualification Tournament held in Sofia, Bulgaria. In October 2021, Kolesnik was eliminated in her first match in the women's 59 kg event at the

World Wrestling Championships The World Wrestling Championships are the Amateur Wrestling World Championships organized by United World Wrestling. The Men's Greco-Roman Wrestling tournament began in 1904, and the Men's Freestyle Wrestling tournament began in 1951. The Women's ...

held in Oslo, Norway. In January 2022, she won the gold medal in the women's 59 kg event at the

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held in Krasnoyarsk, Russia. In February 2022, she won one of the bronze medals in the women's 59 kg event at the Yasar Dogu Tournament held in Istanbul, Turkey. She lost her bronze medal match in the 59 kg event at the

2022 European Wrestling Championships The 2022 European Wrestling Championships was held from 28 March to 3 April 2022 in Budapest, Hungary. Belarusian and Russian wrestlers did not compete at the event after a ban as a result of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Competition schedule ...

held in Budapest, Hungary. Kolesnik won the silver medal in the 59 kg event at the

2021 Islamic Solidarity Games ‌The 2021 Islamic Solidarity Games ( tr, 2021 İslami Dayanışma Oyunları) were the 5th edition of the event held from 9 to 18 August 2022 at Konya, Turkey under the aegis of Islamic Solidarity Sports Federation (ISSF). It was the first time ...

held in Konya, Turkey. She competed in the 59 kg event at the

2022 World Wrestling Championships The 2022 World Wrestling Championships was the 17th edition of the World Wrestling Championships of combined events and was held between 10 and 18 September 2022 in Belgrade, Serbia. The UWW Bureau approved the candidature of Belgrade, Serbia ...

held in Belgrade, Serbia. She won the bronze medal in the women's 59kg event at the

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 ...

held in Zagreb, Croatia.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Kolesnik, Alyona Living people 1995 births Place of birth missing (living people) Azerbaijani female sport wrestlers Wrestlers at the 2019 European Games European Games bronze medalists for Azerbaijan European Games medalists in wrestling European Wrestling Championships medalists Islamic Solidarity Games medalists in wrestling Islamic Solidarity Games competitors for Azerbaijan 21st-century Ukrainian women 21st-century Ukrainian people 21st-century Azerbaijani women 21st-century Azerbaijani people Medalists at the 2021 Islamic Solidarity Games