Veronika Gennadievna Chumikova (russian: Верони́ка Генна́дьевна Чу́микова, born 4 July 1994)
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
Chuvash heritage. She is a silver medalist at the
European Wrestling Championships
The European Wrestling Championships is the second oldest international wrestling competition of the modern world and the main wrestling championships in Europe. It predates World Wrestling Championships and other regional wrestling championships ...
.
She also won a medal at the Golden Grand Prix Ivan Yarygin held in Krasnoyarsk, Russia on six occasions (in 2014, 2017, 2018, 2020, 2022 and 2024).
Career
Chumikova won the gold medal in the women's 58 kg event at the
2016 World University Wrestling Championships
The 2016 World University Wrestling Championships were the 12th edition of World University Wrestling Championships of combined events and were held from 25 to 30 October in Çorum, Turkey.
Medal table
Team ranking
Medal summary
Men's ...
held in Çorum, Turkey.
In 2018, she competed at the
Klippan Lady Open in Klippan, Sweden without winning a medal.
Later that year, Chumikova won the gold medal in the women's 59 kg event at the
held in Smolensk, Russia.
In 2020, Chumikova won one of the bronze medals in the
women's 57 kg event at the
Individual Wrestling World Cup held in Belgrade, Serbia.
In March 2021, she competed at the
European Qualification Tournament in Budapest, Hungary hoping to earn a place for a competitor at the
2020 Summer Olympics
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Tokyo was selected as the host city during the ...
in Tokyo, Japan.
She lost her first match against
Evelina Nikolova
Evelina Georgieva Nikolova ( bg, Евелина Георгиева Николова; born 18 January 1993, Petrich) is a Bulgarian Freestyle wrestling, freestyle wrestler. She won one of the bronze medals in the Wrestling at the 2020 Summer Olymp ...
of Bulgaria which meant that she could no longer earn a spot for the Olympics in this tournament.
A month later, she won the silver medal in the
women's 59 kg event at the
2021 European Wrestling Championships
The 2021 European Wrestling Championships was held from 19 to 25 April 2021 in Warsaw, Poland. 428 athletes from 36 countries competed for continental gold at the European Championship. There were 168 Greco-Roman tournament entries, 155 freestyle ...
held in Warsaw, Poland.
In May 2021, Chumikova earned an Olympic spot in the women's 57 kg event for the
ROC at the
World Olympic Qualification Tournament.
Valeria Koblova
Valeria Sergeyevna Koblova, née Zholobova (russian: Валерия Сергеевна Коблова; born 9 October 1992) is a Russian freestyle wrestler. She competed in the freestyle 55 kg event at the 2012 Summer Olympics; she advanced to th ...
competed in the
women's 57 kg event at the 2020 Summer Olympics.
In October 2021, Chumikova lost her bronze medal match in the
women's 57 kg event at the
World Wrestling Championships in Oslo, Norway.
In January 2022, she won one of the bronze medals in the women's 57 kg event at the
Golden Grand Prix Ivan Yarygin held in Krasnoyarsk, Russia.
In February 2022, she also won one of the bronze medals in the 57 kg event at the
Yasar Dogu Tournament Yasar may refer to:
People
* Yaşar (name), a Turkish name, including a list of people with the name
* Mehmet Yasar, 19th century Macedonian politician
* Nedim Yasar (1987–2018), Danish former gangster and radio host of Turkish origin
* Yasar ...
held in Istanbul, Turkey.
Achievements
References
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1994 births
Living people
People from Kanashsky District
Chuvash people
Russian female sport wrestlers
European Wrestling Championships medalists
Sportspeople from Chuvashia
21st-century Russian sportswomen