Yuliya Ratkevich ( be, Юлія Мікалаеўна Раткевіч;

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 ...

: Julija Mikałajeŭna Ratkievič; born 16 July 1985) 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 R ...

ian-born

Azerbaijan Azerbaijan (, ; az, Azərbaycan ), officially the Republic of Azerbaijan, , also sometimes officially called the Azerbaijan Republic is a transcontinental country located at the boundary of Eastern Europe and Western Asia. It is a part of th ...

i female wrestler. She is the 2012 Olympic bronze medalist in women's freestyle 55 kg. Early in her career, she competed for

Career

Representing Belarus, Ratkevich won bronze in the 59 kg category at the 2005 European Championships in

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. After switching to

, she won gold at the 2009 World Championships in Herning and at the 2011 European Championships in

Dortmund Dortmund (; Westphalian nds, Düörpm ; la, Tremonia) is the third-largest city in North Rhine-Westphalia after Cologne and Düsseldorf, and the eighth-largest city of Germany, with a population of 588,250 inhabitants as of 2021. It is the la ...

. Ratkevich competed in women's freestyle 55 kg 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 ...

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. She beat

Maria Prevolaraki Maria Prevolaraki ( el, Μαρία Πρεβολαράκη; born 21 December 1991 in Athens) is a Greek freestyle wrestler. She competed in the freestyle 55 kg event at the 2012 Summer Olympics and was eliminated by Yuliya Ratkevich in the 1/8 ...

of Greece in the round of 16, but lost to Saori Yoshida in the next round. Ratkevich thus qualified for the repechage round where she beat American wrestler

Kelsey Campbell Kelsey Campbell (born June 5, 1985 in Anchorage) of Colorado Springs, Colorado is an American Olympic Wrestler who won the 2012 at 55 kg FS and 2016 U.S. Olympic Trials at 57 kg FS and competed at the 2012 Olympics. She is an actress r ...

. In the bronze medal final, she beat Valeria Zholobova from Russia. Ratkevich also competed in women's freestyle 58 kg at the

2016 Summer Olympics The 2016 Summer Olympics ( pt, Jogos Olímpicos de Verão de 2016), officially the Games of the XXXI Olympiad ( pt, Jogos da XXXI Olimpíada) and also known as Rio 2016, was an international multi-sport event held from 5 to 21 August 20 ...

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, Brazil. She lost to Tunisia's

Marwa Amri Marwa Al-Amri ( ar, مروى العامري, born 8 January 1989) is a Tunisian freestyle wrestler. She was born in Tunis. She represented Tunisia in the women's lightweight freestyle competition at the 2008, 2012, 2016 and 2020 Summer Olympics. ...

in the bronze medal round.

References

External links

bio on fila-wrestling.com
{{DEFAULTSORT:Ratkevich, Yuliya Living people 1985 births Sportspeople from Minsk Belarusian emigrants to Azerbaijan Naturalized citizens of Azerbaijan Azerbaijani female sport wrestlers Belarusian female sport wrestlers Wrestlers at the 2012 Summer Olympics Wrestlers at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for Azerbaijan Olympic wrestlers for Azerbaijan Olympic medalists in wrestling Medalists at the 2012 Summer Olympics Wrestlers at the 2015 European Games European Games competitors for Azerbaijan World Wrestling Championships medalists Universiade medalists in wrestling FISU World University Games gold medalists for Azerbaijan European Wrestling Championships medalists Medalists at the 2013 Summer Universiade