Luisa Helga Gerda Niemesch (born 7 September 1995) is a German

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 ...

. At the

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, she competed in the women's freestyle 58 kg division. She finished in 20th place after losing to

Pürevdorjiin Orkhon Pürevdorjiin Orkhon (born December 25, 1993) is a Mongolian freestyle wrestler. She competed in the women's freestyle 58 kg event at the 2016 Summer Olympics, in which she was eliminated in the repechage by Sakshi Malik Sakshi Malik (bor ...

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in the repechage.

Career

In March 2021, Niemesch competed at the European Qualification Tournament in Budapest, Hungary hoping to qualify for the

2020 Summer Olympics The , officially the and also known as , was an international multi-sport event held from 23 July to 8 August 2021 in Tokyo, Japan, with some preliminary events that began on 21 July. Tokyo was selected as the host city during the ...

in Tokyo, Japan. She did not qualify at this tournament and she also failed to qualify for the Olympics at the World Olympic Qualification Tournament held in Sofia, Bulgaria. In October 2021, she competed in the 62 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 2022, Niemesch competed at the Yasar Dogu Tournament held in Istanbul, Turkey. She won the silver medal in the 62 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. A few months later, she competed 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. She won the gold medal in her event at the 2022 Tunis Ranking Series event held in Tunis, Tunisia. She competed in the 62 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. Niemesch won one of the bronze medals in her event at the 2023 Ibrahim Moustafa Tournament held in Alexandria, Egypt. She won one of the bronze medals in the 62kg event at the 2023 European Wrestling Championships held in Zagreb, Croatia. Niemesch won the silver medal in the 62kg event at the

2024 European Wrestling Championships The 2024 European Wrestling Championships was held from 12 to 18 February 2024 in Bucharest, Romania. At the 2024 European Championships, in accordance with sanctions imposed following by the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, wrestlers from Russi ...

held in Bucharest, Romania.

Achievements

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Niemesch, Luisa 1995 births Living people German female sport wrestlers Wrestlers at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic wrestlers for Germany European Wrestling Championships medalists 21st-century German women