Volha Viktarauna Khilko ( be, Вольга Віктараўна Хілько;

Łacinka The Belarusian Latin alphabet or Łacinka (from be, лацінка or łacinka, BGN/PCGN: ''Latsinka'', ) for the Latin script in general is the common name for writing Belarusian using Latin script. It is similar to the Sorbian alphabet a ...

: Volha Viktaraŭna Chilko; born March 24, 1979, 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 an amateur Belarusian wrestler, who competed in the women's middleweight category. She is the 2005 World bronze medalist and European silver medalist.

Career

Khilko won the bronze medal at the

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, in addition to her silver at the European Championships in

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. Khilko made her official debut at the

2004 Summer Olympics The 2004 Summer Olympics ( el, Θερινοί Ολυμπιακοί Αγώνες 2004, ), officially the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad ( el, Αγώνες της 28ης Ολυμπιάδας, ) and also known as Athens 2004 ( el, Αθήνα 2004), ...

, where she placed second in the preliminary pool of the women's 63 kg class, against France's

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and Tajikistan's Natalia Ivanova. Khilko, however, lost to Canada's

Viola Yanik Viola Yanik (born July 9, 1982 in Bonn, West Germany) is a Canadian wrestler. She has wrestled since 1997 and is a graduate of the University of Saskatchewan. She won a bronze medal in the 63 kg freestyle event at the 2003 World Championship ...

in the fifth place match, with a technical score of 2–5. At the

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, Khilko lost the second preliminary match of the 63 kg class to Poland's

Monika Michalik Monika Ewa Michalik (Polish pronunciation: ; born 2 May 1980 in Międzyrzecz) is a freestyle wrestler from Poland. She participated in Women's freestyle 63 kg at 2008 Summer Olympics. In the last 16, she beat Volha Khilko from Belarus. In the qu ...

by a technical fall, finishing in 13th place.

References

External links

FILA Profile
Belarusian female sport wrestlers 1979 births Living people Olympic wrestlers for Belarus Wrestlers at the 2004 Summer Olympics Wrestlers at the 2008 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Babruysk World Wrestling Championships medalists Summer World University Games medalists in wrestling FISU World University Games silver medalists for Belarus Medalists at the 2005 Summer Universiade 20th-century Belarusian women 21st-century Belarusian women {{Belarus-wrestling-bio-stub