Stalvira Stepanovna Orshush (russian: Стальвира Степановна Оршуш, born 22 April 1993 in

Ulan-Ude Ulan-Ude (; bua, Улаан-Үдэ, , ; russian: Улан-Удэ, p=ʊˈlan ʊˈdɛ; mn, Улаан-Үд, , ) is the capital city of the Republic of Buryatia, Russia, located about southeast of Lake Baikal on the Uda River at its confluence wi ...

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) is a Russian

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 ...

of Hungarian heritage. Orshush began competing in wrestling in 2011 and since then, she has won various medals at many tournaments. Orshush came in second place and won the silver medal at the 2016 National Championships. In 2017, Orshush obtained a better result winning the gold medal and taking the first place, making Orshush a part of the Russian national team. She won the silver medal at the Ivan Yarygin 2018 Golden Grand Prix, held in

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. In 2018, Orshush won the gold medal in the 55 kg category at the 2018 Klippan Lady Open. Her biggest achievement was winning the

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medal at the

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by defeating the two-world champion

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by fall in the final. Orshush became a two-time Russian national champion in 2018, by defeating Kuular of

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by 11-0 technical fall. In March 2021, Orshush competed at the European Qualification Tournament in Budapest, Hungary hoping to qualify for the

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in Tokyo, Japan. Orshush lost her bronze medal match in the women's 53kg event at the

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held in Bucharest, Romania. She competed at the

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in Baku, Azerbaijan hoping to qualify for the

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in Paris, France. She was eliminated in her first match and she did not qualify for the Olympics. She is of Magyar descent.

References

External links

Profile at wrestrus.ru
* 1993 births Living people Russian female sport wrestlers Hungarian female sport wrestlers Olympic wrestlers for Russia People from Ulan-Ude European Games bronze medalists for Russia Wrestlers at the 2019 European Games European Games medalists in wrestling Russian people of Hungarian descent Wrestlers at the 2020 Summer Olympics European Wrestling Champions Sportspeople from Buryatia 21st-century Russian sportswomen {{Russia-wrestling-bio-stub