Yuliya Tkach

Yuliya Tkach
Personal information
Native name Юлія Анатоліївна Ткач
Full name Yuliya Anatoliyivna Tkach
Born (1989-09-26) 26 September 1989
Kovel

Yuliya Anatoliyivna Tkach, née Ostapchuk, (Ukrainian: Юлія Анатоліївна Ткач (Остапчук); born 26 September 1989 in Kovel) is a Ukrainian freestyle wrestler. She is a member of Dynamo sports club.[1] World champion in 2014, she competed for the Ukraine at the 2008, 2012 and 2016 Summer Olympics.[2][3][4]

Career

At the 2008 Summer Olympics, she lost to Randi Miller in her first match.[3]

Tkach competed in the freestyle 63 kg event at the 2012 Summer Olympics; she defeated Yelena Shalygina in the quarterfinals and Marianna Sastin in the 1/8 finals before being eliminated by Lubov Volosova in the quarterfinals.[5]

She returned from a break to start a family to win a bronze medal at the 2014 European Championships before winning the World title later that year.[6]

At the 2016 Olympics, she won her first match Danielle Lappage when Lappage retired injured before losing to Xu Rui in the second round.[4]

References

  1. "Yuliya Ostapchuk". London 2012. Retrieved 2012-09-06.
  2. "Women's freestyle World medalists". InterMat. Retrieved 2018-09-12.
  3. 1 2 "Yuliya Ostapchuk Bio, Stats, and Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved 2018-09-12.
  4. 1 2 "Yuliya Ostapchuk-Tkach Bio, Stats, and Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved 2018-09-12.
  5. "Yuliya Ostapchuk - Events and results". London 2012. Retrieved 2012-09-06.
  6. "Stars of September Were Commemorated At the NOC Headquarters". noc-ukr.org. Retrieved 2018-09-12.


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