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.
Koliadenko won one of the bronze medals in the women's freestyle 62kg event at the 2020 Summer Olympics held in Tokyo, Japan. She defeated Anastasija Grigorjeva of Latvia in her bronze medal match.
In 2022, Koliadenko won the gold medal in her event at the Matteo Pellicone Ranking Series 2022 held in Rome, Italy. 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. Koliadenko won one of the bronze medals in the 62kg event at the 2023 World Wrestling Championships held in Belgrade, Serbia. 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.
Koliadenko won the silver medal in the women's 62kg event at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France. She lost against Sakura Motoki of Japan in the final.
Achievements
YearTournamentLocationResultEvent2019World ChampionshipsNur-Sultan, Kazakhstan 2ndFreestyle 65kg2020European ChampionshipsRome, Italy 3rdFreestyle 65kg 2021European ChampionshipsWarsaw, Poland 1stFreestyle 62kgSummer OlympicsTokyo, Japan 3rdFreestyle 62kg 2023European ChampionshipsZagreb, Croatia 1stFreestyle 62kgWorld ChampionshipsBelgrade, Serbia 3rd Freestyle 62kg 2024European ChampionshipsBucharest, Romania 1stFreestyle 65kgSummer OlympicsParis, France 2ndFreestyle 62kg2025European ChampionshipsBratislava, Slovakia 3rdFreestyle 65kg
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