Ilona Prokopevniuk ( uk, Ілона Прокопевнюк) 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 won one of the bronze medals in the 62kg event at the

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held in Belgrade, Serbia. She is a two-time bronze medalist at the

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Career

Prokopevniuk became silver medalist at the inaugural World U23 Championships in

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. Next year she achieved her first podium rank at the senior competition becoming third at the

2018 European Championships The 2018 European Championships were the first edition of the European Championships. It was a multi-sport event which took place in Berlin, Germany, and Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom (with Edinburgh hosting the diving events and Gleneagles ...

.European Wrestling Championships: Ilona Prokopevniuk brings first medal for Ukraine
/ref> In 2020, she won one of the bronze medals in the women's 62 kg event at the Individual Wrestling World Cup held in Belgrade, Serbia. In June 2021, she won one of the bronze medals in her event at the

2021 Poland Open The 2021 Poland Open was an amateur wrestling event held in Warsaw, Poland between 8 and 13 June 2021. It served as the last United World Wrestling Ranking Series event of the year and played a role with regard to the 2020 Summer Olympics ...

held in Warsaw, Poland. In October 2021, she lost her bronze medal match in the 62 kg event at the

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held in Oslo, Norway. In April 2022, she won one of the bronze medals in the 62 kg event at the

held in Budapest, Hungary. A few months later, she won the silver medal in her event at the

Matteo Pellicone Ranking Series 2022 The Matteo Pellicone Ranking Series 2022 was a wrestling event held in Ostia (Rome), Ostia, Rome, Italy between 22 and 25 of June 2022. The third United World Wrestling Ranking Series event of the year, it featured multiple List of World and Olympi ...

held in Rome, Italy.

Achievements

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Prokopevniuk, Ilona Living people Ukrainian female sport wrestlers European Wrestling Championships medalists World Wrestling Championships medalists 21st-century Ukrainian women 1997 births