Mathilde Rivière (born 18 December 1989) is a French

freestyle wrestler Freestyle wrestling is a style of wrestling. It is one of two styles of wrestling contested in the Olympic Games, along with Greco-Roman wrestling, Greco-Roman. scholastic wrestling, High school wrestling and men's collegiate wrestling in the U ...

. She is a bronze 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 ...

. Rivière represented France at the

2020 Summer Olympics The officially the and officially branded as were an international multi-sport event that was held from 23 July to 8 August 2021 in Tokyo, Japan, with some of the preliminary sporting events beginning on 21 July 2021. Tokyo ...

in Tokyo, Japan. She also represented France at the

European Games The European Games is a continental multi-sport event in the Olympic tradition contested by athletes from countries served by national Olympic committees within the European Olympic Committees (EOC), the regional association for such committ ...

in 2015 and in 2019.

Career

At the

2017 European Wrestling Championships The 2017 European Wrestling Championships was held in Novi Sad, Serbia, from 2 to 7 May 2017. The winner of the silver medal in the 97 kg category, Anzor Boltukayev from Russia, was disqualified and deprived of the medal due to doping.https://un ...

held in Novi Sad, Serbia, Rivière won one of the bronze medals in the women's 55kg event. In 2019, Rivière competed in the 57kg event at the

held in Minsk, Belarus where she lost her first match against

Iryna Chykhradze Iryna Chykhradze-Khariv (born 1989) is a freestyle wrestler from Ukraine. She won the bronze medal the 2014 World Wrestling Championships. She is of Georgian descent. In 2021, she won one of the bronze medals in her event at the 2021 Pol ...

of Ukraine. In May 2021, she qualified at the World Olympic Qualification Tournament to compete at the

in Tokyo, Japan. She competed in the women's 57kg event. Rivière competed at the

2024 European Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament The 2024 European Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament was the third regional qualifying tournament for the 2024 Summer Olympics. The event was held from 5 to 7 April 2024, in Baku, Azerbaijan. Qualification summary Men's freestyle 57 kg ...

in Baku, Azerbaijan hoping to qualify for the

2024 Summer Olympics The 2024 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXXIII Olympiad () and branded as Paris 2024, were an international multi-sport event held in France from 26 July to 11 August 2024, with several events started from 24 July. P ...

in Paris, France. She was eliminated in her first match and she did not qualify for the Olympics. Rivière also competed at the

2024 World Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament The 2024 World Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament was the last qualifying tournament for the 2024 Summer Olympics. The event was held from 9 to 12 May 2024, in Istanbul Istanbul is the List of largest cities and towns in Turkey, la ...

held in Istanbul, Turkey without qualifying for the Olympics.

Achievements

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* Living people 1989 births French female sport wrestlers European Wrestling Championships medalists Wrestlers at the 2015 European Games Wrestlers at the 2019 European Games European Games competitors for France Wrestlers at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic wrestlers for France 21st-century French sportswomen {{France-wrestling-bio-stub