Yelena Shalygina

Yelena Yevgenyevna Shalygina (born 15 December 1986 in Shymkent) is a Kazakh wrestler. She competed in the 63 kg weight class at the 2008 Summer Olympics, where she won a bronze medal.[1]

Yelena Shalygina
Medal record
Women's wrestling
Representing  Kazakhstan
Summer Olympics
2008 Beijing 63 kg
World Championships
2010 Moscow67 kg
2007 Baku63 kg
2009 Herning63 kg
Asian Championships
2012 Gumi67 kg
2009 Pattaya67 kg
2006 Almaty63 kg
2007 Bishkek63 kg
2008 Jeju City63 kg

At the 2008 Summer Olympics, she lost to Alena Kartashova in the last 16, but because Kartashova reached the final, Shalygina was able to compete in the repechage where she beat Elina Vaseva and then Lise Golliot-Legrand to win her bronze medal.[2]

At the 2012 Summer Olympics she lost to Yuliya Ostapchuk in the first round.[1]

References

  1. sports-reference.com
  2. "2008 Olympic Results" (PDF). FILA. p. 21. Retrieved 21 June 2016.


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