Yelena Yevgenyevna Shalygina (born 15 December 1986 in

Shymkent Shymkent (; Шымкент, Şymkent), known until 1993 as Chimkent ( uz, Çımkent, چىمكېنت; Yañalif: Çimkent ()); russian: Чимкент, translit=Chimkent (), is a city in Kazakhstan. It is near the border with Uzbekistan. It is one ...

) is a Kazakh wrestler. She competed in the 63 kg

weight class Weight classes are divisions of competition used to match competitors against others of their own size. Weight classes are used in a variety of sports, especially combat sports (such as boxing, kickboxing, mixed martial arts and wrestling). Altern ...

at the

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 ...

, where she won a bronze medal.sports-reference.com
/ref> At the 2008 Summer Olympics, she lost to Alena Kartashova in the last 16, but because Kartashova reached the final, Shalygina was able to compete in the repechage where she beat Elina Vaseva and then Lise Golliot-Legrand to win her bronze medal. 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 ...

she lost to Yuliya Ostapchuk in the first round. She won the gold medal in the 65 kg event at the

2021 Islamic Solidarity Games ‌The 2021 Islamic Solidarity Games ( tr, 2021 İslami Dayanışma Oyunları) were the 5th edition of the event held from 9 to 18 August 2022 at Konya, Turkey under the aegis of Islamic Solidarity Sports Federation (ISSF). It was the first time ...

held in Konya, Turkey. She competed in the 65 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.

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* Kazakhstani female sport wrestlers Olympic bronze medalists for Kazakhstan Olympic wrestlers for Kazakhstan Wrestlers at the 2008 Summer Olympics Wrestlers at the 2012 Summer Olympics 1986 births Living people Olympic medalists in wrestling Kazakhstani people of Russian descent Asian Games medalists in wrestling Wrestlers at the 2006 Asian Games Wrestlers at the 2010 Asian Games Medalists at the 2008 Summer Olympics World Wrestling Championships medalists Medalists at the 2010 Asian Games Asian Games gold medalists for Kazakhstan Asian Wrestling Championships medalists Sportspeople from Shymkent Islamic Solidarity Games medalists in wrestling Islamic Solidarity Games competitors for Kazakhstan 21st-century Kazakhstani women Wrestlers at the 2022 Asian Games Medalists at the 2021 Islamic Solidarity Games {{Kazakhstan-wrestling-bio-stub