Tetiana Omelchenko
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Azerbaijani
Azerbaijan (since 2016)
 Omelchenko (in red) in 2024 | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Tetiana Sergeevna Omelchenko |
| Nationality | Ukrainian Azerbaijani |
| Born | |
| Sport | |
| Country | Ukraine (2007–2016) Azerbaijan (since 2016) |
| Sport | Amateur wrestling |
Event | Freestyle |
| Coached by | Grigorii Schepelev |
Medal record | |
Tetiana Sergeevna Omelchenko is a Ukrainian-Azerbaijani freestyle wrestler. She won the gold medal in the women's 60 kg event at the 2017 Islamic Solidarity Games in Baku, Azerbaijan. She also won a bronze medal at the European Wrestling Championships in four consecutive years: 2017, 2018, 2019 and 2020.
In 2016, Omelchenko competed in the women's freestyle 60 kg at the World Wrestling Championships where she was eliminated in her only match, against Emese Barka.[1] Barka went on to win one of the bronze medals.[1]
In May 2017, Omelchenko won one of the bronze medals in the women's freestyle 60 kg event at the European Wrestling Championships held in Novi Sad, Serbia.[2] Later that month, she won the gold medal in the 60 kg event at the 2017 Islamic Solidarity Games held in Baku, Azerbaijan.[3]
In 2020, Omelchenko won one of the bronze medals in the 62 kg event at the European Wrestling Championships held in Rome, Italy.[4] In the same year, she competed in the women's 62 kg event at the 2020 Individual Wrestling World Cup held in Belgrade, Serbia.[5] In March 2021, Omelchenko competed at the European Qualification Tournament in Budapest, Hungary hoping to qualify for the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.[6] She lost her first match against Anastasija Grigorjeva of Latvia which meant that she could no longer qualify for the Olympics at this tournament.[6] She also failed to qualify for the Olympics at the World Olympic Qualification Tournament held in Sofia, Bulgaria.[7]
Omelchenko won one of the bronze medals in the 62 kg event at the 2021 Islamic Solidarity Games held in Konya, Turkey.[8][9] She competed in the 62 kg event at the 2022 World Wrestling Championships held in Belgrade, Serbia.[10] She was eliminated in the repechage by eventual bronze medalist Luo Xiaojuan of China.[10]
