Rong Ningning

Rong Ningning (born 5 October 1997) is a female Chinese freestyle wrestler. She won the gold medal in the women's 57 kg event at the 2018 World Wrestling Championships held in Budapest, Hungary.[1]

This is a Chinese name; the family name is Rong.
Rong Ningning
Personal information
Born (1997-10-05) 5 October 1997
Height158 cm (5.18 ft; 62 in)
Sport
CountryChina
SportAmateur wrestling
Event(s)Freestyle
Medal record
Women's freestyle wrestling
Representing  China
World Championships
2018 Budapest57 kg
2019 Nur-Sultan57 kg
Asian Wrestling Championships
2018 Bishkek59 kg
2019 Xi'an57 kg
Golden Grand Prix Ivan Yarygin
2018 Krasnoyarsk 59 kg
World U23 Championships
2018 Bucharest 59 kg

Career

In 2017, she competed in the 58 kg event at the 2017 World Wrestling Championships in Paris, France where she reached the quarterfinals after defeating Jowita Wrzesień and Pooja Dhanda in earlier rounds. In the quarterfinals she was defeated by Marwa Amri who went on to win the silver medal in that event. Rong then entered the repechage where she won her match against Iryna Chykhradze of Ukraine but lost her bronze medal match against Aisuluu Tynybekova of Kyrgyzstan.

In 2018, at the Golden Grand Prix Ivan Yarygin 2018 held in Krasnoyarsk, Russia she won the gold medal in the women's 59 kg event.

In 2019, at the 2019 World Wrestling Championships held in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan she won the silver medal in the women's 57 kg event.[2] In 2019 she also won the gold medal in the women's 57 kg event at the 2019 Asian Wrestling Championships held in Xi'an, China.[3]

Major results
Year Tournament Location Result Event
2018 Asian Championships Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan 1st Freestyle 59 kg
World Championships Budapest, Hungary 1st Freestyle 57 kg
2019 Asian Championships Xi'an, China 1st Freestyle 57 kg
World Championships Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan 2nd Freestyle 57 kg

References
  1. "2018 World Wrestling Championships Results" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived (PDF) from the original on 14 April 2020. Retrieved 14 April 2020.
  2. "2019 World Wrestling Championships Results" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived (PDF) from the original on 12 April 2020. Retrieved 12 April 2020.
  3. "2019 Asian Wrestling Championships Results" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived (PDF) from the original on 18 May 2020.


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