Vanesa Kaladzinskaya ( be, Ванэса Валер'еўна Каладзінская; born 27 December 1992, in
Babruysk
Babruysk, Babrujsk or Bobruisk ( be, Бабруйск , Łacinka: , rus, Бобруйск, Bobrujsk, bɐˈbruɪ̯s̪k, yi, באָברויסק ) is a city in the Mogilev Region of eastern Belarus on the Berezina River. , its population was 209 ...
) is a
Belarus
Belarus,, , ; alternatively and formerly known as Byelorussia (from Russian ). officially the Republic of Belarus,; rus, Республика Беларусь, Respublika Belarus. is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe. It is bordered by ...
ian
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 competed in the
freestyle 48 kg event at the
2012 Summer Olympics; after defeating
Zhuldyz Eshimova in the 1/8 finals, she was eliminated by
Carol Huynh
Carol Huynh (; born 16 November 1980) is a retired Canadian freestyle wrestler. Huynh was the first gold medalist for Canada in women's wrestling and was the first gold medallist for Canada at the 2008 Beijing Olympics. She is also the 2010 Co ...
in the quarterfinals.
In March 2021, she qualified at the
European Qualification Tournament to compete 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 1 ...
in Tokyo, Japan.
She won one of the bronze medals in the
women's 53 kg event 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 1 ...
held in Tokyo, Japan.
Though she was allowed to compete as a neutral athlete, on 9 January 2024 she participated in a propaganda event where she received an award from
Alexander Lukashenko
Alexander Grigoryevich Lukashenko (as transliterated from Russian; also transliterated from Belarusian as Alyaksand(a)r Ryhoravich Lukashenka;, ; rus, Александр Григорьевич Лукашенко, Aleksandr Grigoryevich Luk ...
.
Церемония вручения премии "За духовное возрождение" и специальных премий Президента
Persident of Belarus official website, 9 January 2024 (in Russian).
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1992 births
Living people
Belarusian female sport wrestlers
Olympic wrestlers for Belarus
Wrestlers at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Wrestlers at the 2020 Summer Olympics
Olympic bronze medalists for Belarus
Olympic medalists in wrestling
Medalists at the 2020 Summer Olympics
Sportspeople from Babruysk
European Games competitors for Belarus
Wrestlers at the 2015 European Games
Wrestlers at the 2019 European Games
World Wrestling Championships medalists
European Wrestling Champions
21st-century Belarusian women
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