Iryna Koliadenko

Iryna Volodymyrivna Koliadenko (, born 28 August 1998) is a Ukrainian freestyle wrestler. She is a two-time Olympic medallist and won the silver medal in the women's freestyle 62 kg event at the 2024 Summer Olympics and one of the bronze medals in the women's freestyle 62kg event at the 2020 Summer Olympics. Koliadenko is also a World Championships silver and bronze medallist, and a four-time European champion.

Career

In 2018 and 2019, Koliadenko won the bronze medal in the women's freestyle 65kg event both at the 2018 World U23 Wrestling Championship and 2019 World U23 Wrestling Championship, held in Bucharest, Romania and Budapest, Hungary, respectively. She won the silver medal in the women's freestyle 65 kg event at the 2019 World Championships.

In 2020, Koliadenko won one of the bronze medals in the 65kg event at the European Wrestling Championships held in Rome, Italy. In her bronze medal match she defeated Kriszta Incze of Romania. In March 2021, she qualified at the European Qualification Tournament to compete at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. A month later, Koliadenko won the gold medal in the 62kg event at the 2021 European Wrestling Championships held in Warsaw, Poland. She defeated Marianna Sastin of Hungary in the final. She won one of the bronze medals in her event at the 2023 Ibrahim Moustafa Tournament held in Alexandria, Egypt.

Koliadenko won the gold medal in the 62kg event at the 2023 European Wrestling Championships held in Zagreb, Croatia. She defeated Grace Bullen of Norway in her gold medal match. As a result, she earned a quota place for Ukraine for the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France.

Koliadenko won the gold medal in the 65kg event at the 2024 European Wrestling Championships held in Bucharest, Romania. She defeated Kateryna Zelenykh of Romania in her gold medal match. She lost against Sakura Motoki of Japan in the final.

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