Lyudmyla Holovchenko

Lyudmyla Holovchenko (Ukrainian: Людмила Головченко; born August 31, 1978, in Khmelnytskyi, Ukrainian SSR) is a retired amateur Ukrainian freestyle wrestler, who competed in the women's middleweight category.[1] She boasted a fourth-place finish in the 63-kg division at the 2003 World Wrestling Championships in New York City, New York, United States, and later seized an opportunity to compete for Ukraine at the 2004 Summer Olympics. Holovchenko also trained throughout her sporting career as a member of the women's freestyle wrestling team for CSK Belaya Zerkov in Kiev, under her personal coach Serhiy Basitsi.

Lyudmyla Holovchenko
Personal information
Full nameLyudmyla Holovchenko
Nationality Ukraine
Born (1978-08-31) 31 August 1978
Khmelnytskyi, Ukrainian SSR,
Soviet Union
Height1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Weight63 kg (139 lb)
Sport
SportWrestling
StyleFreestyle
ClubCSK Belaya Zerkov
CoachSerhiy Basitsi

When women's wrestling made its debut at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Holovchenko qualified for the Ukrainian squad in the 63 kg class. Earlier in the process, she earned an Olympic spot by finishing fourth from the World Championships.[2][3] Holovchenko lost two straight matches each to eventual Olympic champion Saori Yoshida of Japan on technical superiority and neighboring Russia's Alena Kartashova with a comfortable 7–0 verdict, leaving her on the bottom of the pool and placing last out of twelve wrestlers in the final standings.[4]

References
  1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Lyudmyla Holovchenko". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 30 July 2014.
  2. Abbott, Gary (20 July 2004). "Olympic Games preview at 63 kg/138.75 lbs. in women's freestyle". USA Wrestling. The Mat. Retrieved 29 September 2013.
  3. Наші борці здобули шість путівок в Афіни [Our wrestlers won six tickets to Athens] (in Ukrainian). Khreshchatyk. 23 September 2003. Retrieved 30 July 2014.
  4. "Wrestling: Women's Freestyle 63kg". Athens 2004. BBC Sport. 15 August 2004. Retrieved 30 September 2013.


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