Yuliya Anatoliyivna Tkach,

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Ostapchuk, ( ua, Юлія Анатоліївна Ткач (Остапчук); also

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Iulia, born 26 September 1989 in

Kovel Kovel (, ; pl, Kowel; yi, קאוולע / קאוולי ) is a city in Volyn Oblast (province), in northwestern Ukraine. It serves as the administrative center of Kovel Raion (district). Population: Kovel gives its name to one of the oldest runi ...

) is a

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. She is a member of Dynamo sports club. World champion in 2014, she competed for Ukraine at the

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and

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Career

At the 2008 Summer Olympics, she lost to

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in her first match. Tkach competed in the freestyle 63 kg event at the 2012 Summer Olympics; she defeated

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in the quarterfinals and

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in the 1/8 finals before being eliminated by

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in the quarterfinals. She returned from a break to start a family to win a bronze medal at the 2014 European Championships before winning the World title later that year. At the 2016 Olympics, she won her first match Danielle Lappage when Lappage retired injured before losing to Xu Rui in the second round.

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