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Alina Hrushyna

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Alina Hrushyna-Akobiia (sometimes: Alina Akobiya) is a Ukrainian freestyle wrestler. She won one of the bronze medals in the 57 kg event at the 2022 World Wrestling Championships held in Belgrade, Serbia. She is a four-time medalist, including two gold medals, at the European Wrestling Championships. Hrushyna represented Ukraine at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France.

Alina Hrushyna-Akobiia
Personal information
Native nameАліна Давидівна Акобія
Born (1999-08-05) August 5, 1999 (age 25)[1]
Sport
CountryUkraine
SportAmateur wrestling
Weight class57 kg
EventFreestyle
Medal record
Women's freestyle wrestling
Representing  Ukraine
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Belgrade 57 kg
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2022 Budapest 57 kg
Gold medal – first place 2023 Zagreb 57 kg
Silver medal – second place 2020 Rome 57 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2021 Warsaw 57 kg
World U23 Championships
Gold medal – first place 2021 Belgrade 57 kg
Silver medal – second place 2019 Budapest 57 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2017 Bydgoszcz 55 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Pontevedra 57 kg
European U23 Championship
Gold medal – first place 2021 Skopje 57 kg
Silver medal – second place 2018 Istanbul 57 kg
Silver medal – second place 2019 Novi Sad 57 kg

Career

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In 2019, at the World U23 Wrestling Championship in Budapest, Hungary, she won the silver medal in the 57 kg event.[2][3] Two years earlier, at the 2017 World U23 Wrestling Championship held in Bydgoszcz, Poland, she won one of the bronze medals in the 55 kg event.

At the 2020 European Wrestling Championships held in Rome, Italy, she won the silver medal in the women's 57 kg event.[4][5] In the final, she lost against Grace Bullen of Norway.[5]

In March 2021, Hrushyna earned a spot in the women's 57 kg event at the European Qualification Tournament for a Ukrainian wrestler to compete at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.[6][7] Tetyana Kit competed in the women's 57 kg event.[8]

In May 2021, Hrushyna won the gold medal in her event at the European U23 Wrestling Championship held in Skopje, North Macedonia.[9] In November 2021, she also won the gold medal in the 57 kg event at the 2021 U23 World Wrestling Championships held in Belgrade, Serbia.[10][11]

In 2022, Hrushyna won the gold medal in the 57 kg event at the 2022 European Wrestling Championships held in Budapest, Hungary.[12][13] She also won the gold medal in her event at the Matteo Pellicone Ranking Series 2022 held in Rome, Italy.[14] She won one of the bronze medals in the 57 kg event at the 2022 World Wrestling Championships held in Belgrade, Serbia.[15][16] A month later, she also won one of the bronze medals in her event at the 2022 U23 World Wrestling Championships held in Pontevedra, Spain.[17]

Hrushyna won the silver medal in her event at the 2023 Ibrahim Moustafa Tournament held in Alexandria, Egypt.[18] She won the gold medal in the 57 kg event at the 2023 European Wrestling Championships held in Zagreb, Croatia.[19][20] She defeated Zhala Aliyeva of Azerbaijan in her gold medal match.[19][20]

Hrushyna competed at the 2024 European Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament in Baku, Azerbaijan hoping to qualify for the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France.[21] She was eliminated in her third match and she did not qualify for the Olympics.[21] She also competed at the 2024 World Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament in Istanbul, Turkey without qualifying for the Olympics.[22] Hrushyna was able to compete at the Olympics as Iryna Kurachkina of Belarus was not invited to compete. Hrushyna competed in the women's 57 kg event where she was eliminated in her second match by Helen Maroulis of the United States.[23] Maroulis went on to win one of the bronze medals in the event.[23]

Personal life

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Hrushyna-Akobiia is married to Greco-Roman wrestler Oleksandr Hrushyn.[24]

Achievements

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Year Tournament Location Result Event
2020 European Championships Rome, Italy 2nd Freestyle 57 kg
2021 European Championships Warsaw, Poland 3rd Freestyle 57 kg
2022 European Championships Budapest, Hungary 1st Freestyle 57 kg
World Championships Belgrade, Serbia 3rd Freestyle 57 kg
2023 European Championships Zagreb, Croatia 1st Freestyle 57 kg

References

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  1. ^ https://olympics.com/en/paris-2024/athlete/alina-hrushyna-akobiia_1897019 [bare URL]
  2. ^ Etchells, Daniel (1 November 2019). "Cuban strikes gold as women's action concludes at UWW Under-23 World Championships". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 4 April 2020.
  3. ^ "2019 World U23 Wrestling Championship" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived (PDF) from the original on 28 December 2019. Retrieved 8 August 2020.
  4. ^ Etchells, Daniel (14 February 2020). "Hristova beats last year's gold medallist Manolova at European Wrestling Championships". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 14 February 2020.
  5. ^ a b "2020 European Wrestling Championships Results" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived (PDF) from the original on 12 April 2020. Retrieved 12 April 2020.
  6. ^ Shefferd, Neil (19 March 2021). "Twelve more wrestlers secure Tokyo 2020 places as women's action takes centre stage at European Olympic qualifier". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 20 March 2021.
  7. ^ "2021 European Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived (PDF) from the original on 24 March 2021. Retrieved 24 March 2021.
  8. ^ "Wrestling Results Book" (PDF). Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 August 2021. Retrieved 8 August 2021.
  9. ^ "2021 European U23 Wrestling Championships Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived (PDF) from the original on 23 May 2021. Retrieved 20 August 2021.
  10. ^ Dowdeswell, Andrew (5 November 2021). "Yepez Guzman makes history for Ecuador at UWW Under-23 World Championships". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 5 November 2021.
  11. ^ "2021 U23 World Wrestling Championships Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived (PDF) from the original on 10 November 2021. Retrieved 10 November 2021.
  12. ^ Lloyd, Owen (1 April 2022). "Ukraine record golden double at European Wrestling Championships". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 2 April 2022.
  13. ^ "2022 European Wrestling Championships Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 April 2022. Retrieved 3 April 2022.
  14. ^ "Matteo Pellicone Ranking Series 2022 Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 June 2022. Retrieved 25 June 2022.
  15. ^ Brennan, Eliott (15 September 2022). "Olympic champion Stock-Mensah resumes title success at World Wrestling Championships". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 17 September 2022.
  16. ^ "2022 World Wrestling Championships Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 September 2022. Retrieved 18 September 2022.
  17. ^ "2022 U23 World Wrestling Championships Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 October 2022. Retrieved 25 October 2022.
  18. ^ "2023 Ibrahim Moustafa Tournament Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 February 2023. Retrieved 26 February 2023.
  19. ^ a b Lloyd, Owen (21 April 2023). "Ukraine take golden double at European Wrestling Championships after day four disappointment". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 22 April 2023.
  20. ^ a b "2023 European Wrestling Championships Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 April 2023. Retrieved 23 April 2023.
  21. ^ a b "2024 European Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 April 2024. Retrieved 8 April 2024.
  22. ^ "2024 World Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 May 2024. Retrieved 14 May 2024.
  23. ^ a b "Wrestling Results Book" (PDF). 2024 Summer Olympics. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 August 2024. Retrieved 12 August 2024.
  24. ^ "Еще одна медаль в семью. Грушин стал бронзовым призером чемпионата Европы". sport.ua. Retrieved 3 April 2022.
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