Iryna Kurachkina

Iryna Kurachkina (born 17 June 1994) is a Belarusian freestyle wrestler.

Iryna Kurachkina
Personal information
Born (1994-06-17) 17 June 1994
Sport
CountryBelarus
SportAmateur wrestling
Event(s)Freestyle
Medal record
Women's freestyle wrestling
Representing  Belarus
World Championships
2017 Paris 55 kg
2019 Nur-Sultan 57 kg
European Championships
2018 Kaspiysk 55 kg
2016 Riga 53 kg
2020 Rome 57 kg
European Games
2019 Minsk 57 kg
World U23 Championships
2017 Bydgoszcz 55 kg

Career

At the 2017 World U23 Wrestling Championship she won the silver medal in the women's freestyle 55 kg event.[1] She also won one of the bronze medals in the women's freestyle 55 kg event at the 2017 World Wrestling Championships held in Paris, France.

In 2018, she won the gold medal in the women's freestyle 55 kg event at the 2018 European Wrestling Championships held in Kaspiysk, Dagestan, Russia.

At the 2019 World Wrestling Championships held in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan she won one of the bronze medals in the women's freestyle 57 kg event.[2][3]

At the 2019 European Games held in Minsk, Belarus she won the gold medal in the women's freestyle 57 kg event.[4][5] In the final she defeated Mimi Hristova of Bulgaria.[4]

She has qualified to represent Belarus at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.[6]

References
  1. Giles, Thomas (23 November 2017). "Victories all round for Japanese wrestlers in women's event at Under-23 World Championships". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 13 January 2020.
  2. Rowbottom, Mike (19 September 2019). "Gray edges Minagawa to earn fifth women's title at World Wrestling Championships". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 13 January 2020.
  3. "2019 World Wrestling Championships Results" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived (PDF) from the original on 12 April 2020. Retrieved 12 April 2020.
  4. "2019 European Games Wrestling Results" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Retrieved 4 April 2020.
  5. Gillen, Nancy (28 June 2019). "Italian Olympic champions claim mixed team shotgun skeet silver and gold at Minsk 2019". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 4 April 2020.
  6. "Iryna Kurachkina wins bronze, Olympic berth at 2019 World Wrestling Championships". eng.belta.by. 2019-09-19. Retrieved 2020-03-01.


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