Alina Berezhna

Alina Vyacheslavivna Berezhna (formerly Stadnyk, née Makhynia, Ukrainian: Аліна В'ячеславівна Бережна (Стадник, Махиня); born 3 January 1991) is a Ukrainian female 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
Chita, Zabaykalsky Krai, Russia
Medal record
Women's wrestling
Representing  Ukraine
World Championships
2013 Budapest67 kg
2019 Nur-Sultan72 kg
European Championships
2013 Tbilisi 67 kg
2019 Bucharest 72 kg
2020 Rome 72 kg
2011 Dortmund67 kg
2014 Vantaa69 kg
2016 Riga69 kg
European Games
2015 Baku69 kg
Summer Universiade
Kazan 2013 67 kg
Junior World Championships
2009 Ankara67 kg

Personal life

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

Career

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]

References
  1. "HERACLES Ultimate". fila-official.com. Archived from the original on 2013-09-22. Retrieved 2013-09-21.
  2. "Baku 2015 European Games – Home Glory For Stadnyk On Day Of Wrestling Upsets". Baku 2015. June 15, 2015. Archived from the original on June 25, 2015. Retrieved June 23, 2015.
  3. "Russian women suffer day of Wrestling shocks". Azer Tag. June 15, 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
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