Miglena Selishka

Miglena Georgieva Selishka (born 13 February 1996) is a Bulgarian freestyle wrestler. At the 2020 European Wrestling Championships held in Rome, Italy, she won the gold medal in the women's 50 kg event.[1][2] A year earlier, she won the silver medal in that event at the 2019 European Wrestling Championships held in Bucharest, Romania.[3]

Miglena Selishka
Personal information
Full nameMiglena Georgieva Selishka
Born (1996-02-13) 13 February 1996
Height155 cm (5.09 ft; 61 in)
Sport
CountryBulgaria
SportAmateur wrestling
Event(s)Freestyle
Medal record
Representing  Bulgaria
Women's freestyle wrestling
European Championships
2020 Rome 50 kg
2019 Bucharest 50 kg
European Games
2019 Minsk 50 kg
Individual World Cup
2020 Belgrade 50 kg
Golden Grand Prix Ivan Yarygin
2017 Krasnoyarsk 48 kg
Women's beach wrestling
World Beach Games
2019 Doha 50 kg

Career

In 2017, she won one of the bronze medals in the 48 kg event at the Golden Grand Prix Ivan Yarygin 2017 held in Krasnoyarsk, Russia. In that same year, she also competed in the 48 kg event at the 2017 European Wrestling Championships in Novi Sad, Serbia where she was eliminated in her first match by Milana Dadasheva.[4] Later that year, she competed in the 48 kg event at the 2017 World Wrestling Championships without winning a medal.[5] She was eliminated in her second match by Jasmine Mian of Canada.[5]

In 2019, she represented Bulgaria at the 2019 World Beach Games in Doha, Qatar and she won the bronze medal in the women's 50 kg event.[6][7] In 2020, she won one of the bronze medals in the women's 50 kg event at the 2020 Individual Wrestling World Cup held in Belgrade, Serbia.[8]

Major results
Year Tournament Location Result Event
2019 European Championships Bucharest, Romania 2nd Freestyle 50 kg
European Games Minsk, Belarus 3rd Freestyle 50 kg
World Beach Games Doha, Qatar 3rd Beach wrestling 50 kg
2020 European Championships Rome, Italy 1st Freestyle 50 kg

References
  1. "2020 European Wrestling Championships Results" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived (PDF) from the original on 12 April 2020. Retrieved 12 April 2020.
  2. Etchells, Daniel (13 February 2020). "Bukina ends Adar's reign as Russia shine in women's events at European Wrestling Championships". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 13 February 2020.
  3. "2019 European Wrestling Championships Results" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived (PDF) from the original on 12 April 2020. Retrieved 12 April 2020.
  4. "2017 European Wrestling Championships Results" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived (PDF) from the original on 15 December 2020. Retrieved 15 April 2020.
  5. "2017 World Wrestling Championships" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived (PDF) from the original on 1 May 2019. Retrieved 13 January 2020.
  6. 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.
  7. "Beach Wrestling Medalists" (PDF). 2019 World Beach Games. Archived (PDF) from the original on 18 October 2019. Retrieved 19 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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