Alina Berezhna

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Alina Vyacheslavivna Berezhna (formerly Stadnyk, née Makhynia, Ukrainian: Аліна В'ячеславівна Бережна (Стадник, Махиня); born 3 January 1991) is a Ukrainian freestyle wrestler. She is the 2013 World champion in women's freestyle 67 kg.

Alina Berezhna
Personal information
Native nameАліна В'ячеславівна Бережна
Full nameAlina Vyacheslavivna Berezhna
Born (1991-01-03) 3 January 1991 (age 33)
Chita, Zabaykalsky Krai, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Medal record
Women's freestyle wrestling
Representing  Ukraine
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2013 Budapest 67 kg
Silver medal – second place 2019 Nur-Sultan 72 kg
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2013 Tbilisi 67 kg
Gold medal – first place 2019 Bucharest 72 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2020 Rome 72 kg
Silver medal – second place 2011 Dortmund 67 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Vantaa 69 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2016 Riga 69 kg
Individual World Cup
Bronze medal – third place 2020 Belgrade 68 kg
European Games
Gold medal – first place 2015 Baku 69 kg
Summer Universiade
Bronze medal – third place Kazan 2013 67 kg
Junior World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2009 Ankara 67 kg
Women's beach wrestling
World Beach Games
Silver medal – second place 2019 Doha 70 kg

Personal life

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Makhynia was born on 3 January 1991 in Chita, Zabaykalsky Krai, Russia. She moved to Ukraine in 1994.

Career

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Competing in the freestyle 67 kg category, Stadnyk won gold at the 2009 World Junior Championships in Ankara and the 2013 European Championships in Tbilisi.[1] In September 2013, she was awarded gold at the World Championships in Budapest, after defeating Stacie Anaka of Canada.

In 2014, Stadnyk began appearing in 69 kg freestyle. She took bronze at the 2014 European Championships in Vantaa and gold at the 2015 European Games in Baku, defeating Israeli Ilana Kratysh in the finals.[2][3]

She competed for Ukraine at the 2016 Summer Olympics in the women's freestyle 69 kg event.[4]

She represented Ukraine at the 2019 World Beach Games in Doha, Qatar and she won the silver medal in the women's 70 kg beach wrestling event.[5][6]

In 2020, she won one of the bronze medals in the women's 68 kg event at the Individual Wrestling World Cup held in Belgrade, Serbia.[7][8]

References

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  1. ^ "HERACLES Ultimate". fila-official.com. Archived from the original on 22 September 2013. Retrieved 21 September 2013.
  2. ^ "Baku 2015 European Games – Home Glory For Stadnyk On Day Of Wrestling Upsets". Baku 2015. 15 June 2015. Archived from the original on 25 June 2015. Retrieved 23 June 2015.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  3. ^ "Russian women suffer day of Wrestling shocks". Azer Tag. 15 June 2015.
  4. ^ "The Olympic Team of Ukraine: Rio 2016: Official Handbook" (PDF). noc-ukr.org. National Olympic Committee of Ukraine. p. 25. Retrieved 14 June 2020. Махиня Аліна / Makhynia Alina
  5. ^ Pavitt, Michael (14 October 2019). "Inam succeeds in solo mission for Pakistan in ANOC World Beach Games wrestling event". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 14 February 2020.
  6. ^ "Beach Wrestling Medalists" (PDF). 2019 World Beach Games. Archived (PDF) from the original on 18 October 2019. Retrieved 19 December 2020.
  7. ^ Shefferd, Neil (16 December 2020). "Russia claim team title on final day of women's action at UWW Individual World Cup". InsideTheGames.biz. Archived from the original on 17 December 2020. Retrieved 17 December 2020.
  8. ^ "2020 Individual Wrestling World Cup Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived (PDF) from the original on 18 December 2020. Retrieved 18 December 2020.
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