Monika Ewa Michalik (Polish pronunciation: ; born 2 May 1980 in

Międzyrzecz Międzyrzecz (; la, Meserici, german: link=no, Meseritz) is a town in western Poland, on the Obra and Paklica river, with 17,667 inhabitants (2020). The capital of Gmina Międzyrzecz and Międzyrzecz County. Since the Local Government Reorganiz ...

) is a freestyle wrestler from

Poland Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It is divided into 16 administrative provinces called voivodeships, covering an area of . Poland has a population of over 38 million and is the fifth-most populous ...

. She participated in Women's freestyle 63 kg at

2008 Summer Olympics The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad () and also known as Beijing 2008 (), were an international multisport event held from 8 to 24 August 2008, in Beijing, China. A total of 10,942 athletes from 204 Na ...

. In the last 16, she beat Volha Khilko from

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. In the quarter-finals Michalik lost to the French wrestler Lise Golliot-Legrand. At the

2012 Summer Olympics The 2012 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012) was an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. The first event, the ...

, Michalik once again reached the quarter-finals, losing to eventual silver medallist Jing Ruixue of China. At the

2016 Summer Olympics The 2016 Summer Olympics ( pt, Jogos Olímpicos de Verão de 2016), officially the Games of the XXXI Olympiad ( pt, Jogos da XXXI Olimpíada) and also known as Rio 2016, was an international multi-sport event held from 5 to 21 August 20 ...

, she won the bronze medal defeating

Inna Trazhukova Inna Vyacheslavovna Trazhukova (russian: Инна Вячеславовна Тражукова; born 11 September 1990) is a Russian wrestler, World champion 2019. She represented her country at the 2016 Summer Olympics where she lost the bronze m ...

of Russia. Her brother Tadeusz is also a wrestler. He won a bronze medal at 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.

References

External links

Athlete bio on beijing2008.com

FILA

Profile at FILA Wrestling Database

Polish Wrestling Federation

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