Alena Filipava

Alena Filipava
Personal information
Full name Alena Piatrouna Filipava
Nationality  Belarus
Born (1987-10-10) 10 October 1987
Minsk, Belarus
Height 1.58 m (5 ft 2 in)
Weight 55 kg (121 lb)
Sport
Sport Wrestling
Event(s) Freestyle
Club SK VS Minsk
Coached by Aleh Yakaulevich Raikhlin

Alena Piatrouna Filipava (Belarusian: Алена Пятроўна Філіпава; born October 10, 1987, in Minsk) is an amateur Belarusian freestyle wrestler, who played for the women's featherweight category.[1] She won the bronze medal at the 2009 World Wrestling Championships in Herning, Denmark, against Tatiana Padilla of the United States, in addition to her silver at the European Championships in Vilnius, Lithuania.[2]

Filipava made her official debut at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, where she competed for the 55 kg class in freestyle wrestling, an event which was imminently dominated by world champion Saori Yoshida from Japan. She lost the second preliminary match to Kazakhstan's Olga Smirnova, with a two-set technical score (3–2, 0–3, 2–4), and a classification score of 1–3, finishing only in thirteenth place.[3]

References

  1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill. "Alena Filipava". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 9 December 2012.
  2. "Alena Filipava wins bronze at World Wrestling Championships in Denmark". Belarusian Telegraph Agency. 25 September 2009. Archived from the original on 15 January 2013. Retrieved 9 December 2012.
  3. "Women's Freestyle 55kg (121 lbs) Round of 16 Final". NBC Olympics. Retrieved 9 December 2012.


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