Anastasia Viktorovna Bratchikova (russian: Анастасия Викторовна Братчикова; born 21 February 1989) is a Russian female

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who currently competes in the 68 kg weight category. Bratchikova is a three-time National champion with her latest national title being captured in Smolensk in August 2018. Bratchikova is also a two-time European champion, having won gold in

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in 2017 and in Kaspiysk in 2018.

Sports career

Nationals

Bratchikova started her wrestling career in 2010, where she won gold at the Russian nationals for the first time. She then alternated medals through the years, winning two bronze medals, three silver medals and three gold medals, with the latest addition being in August 2018, where she defeated Yulia Maksimova in the finals to reclaim her national title.

European Championships

Bratchikova successfully gained admittance to the

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. In the qualification round, Bratchikova successfully defeated French wrestler Koumba Larroque by 3-1, thus advancing to the quarterfinals where she defeated Sofiya Georgieva of

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by fall. In the semifinals, Bratchikova met Elis Manolova of

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, defeating her 10-0 by technical superiority. In the final he met defending European champion and Olympic silver medalist

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. With the score being 1-1 in the first period, Bratchikova won a passivity-point from Mamashuk, and then successfully executed a crotch-lift, making the score 3-1; shortly after, Mamashuk scored a takedown to even the score at 4-3. In the last 30 seconds, Bratchikova scored with a double leg; thus winning the final 6-3 and winning the gold medal, securing her first European title. In 2018, Bratchikova entered the

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in Kaspiysk,

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. In Bratchkova's first match, in the round of 8, she faced rival Sofiya Georgieva and won the match by 7-0. In the quarterfinals she wrestled with Danutė Domikaitytė of

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, winning 3-2 by the end. In the semifinals, Bratchikova defeated Austrian Martina Kuenz by a score of 8-1. In a largely scoreless match against Koumba Larroque, Bratchikova scored a takedown in the remaining 20 seconds, winning the match for gold by 3-1.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Bratchikova, Anastasia 1989 births Living people Russian female sport wrestlers People from Yegoryevsk European Games silver medalists for Russia Wrestlers at the 2019 European Games European Games medalists in wrestling Sportspeople from Moscow Oblast 21st-century Russian sportswomen