Valentina Islamova
Kazakhstani freestyle wrestler
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Valentina Islamova (born 18 March 1992) is an ethnic Russian freestyle wrestler representing Kazakhstan. She is a bronze medalist at the World Wrestling Championships and a three-time medalist, including the gold medal in 2021, at the Asian Wrestling Championships. She represented Kazakhstan at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.
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Valentina Islamova (2015) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Nationality | Russian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 18 March 1992 Novosibirsk Oblast, Russia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 159 cm (5 ft 3 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Kazakhstan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Amateur wrestling | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight class | 50 kg | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event | Freestyle | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Career
In 2015, at the Golden Grand Prix Ivan Yarygin held in Krasnoyarsk, Russia, she won the gold medal in the women's 48 kg event.[1] In the same year, she represented Russia at the 2015 European Games held in Baku, Azerbaijan and she won one of the bronze medals in the 48 kg event.[2][3]
In 2019, Islamova won one of the bronze medals in the 50 kg event at the 2019 Asian Wrestling Championships held in Xi'an, China.[4][5] She also won one of the bronze medals in the 50 kg event at the World Wrestling Championships held in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan.[6][7] In 2020, she repeated this result at the Asian Wrestling Championships held in New Delhi, India.[8][9] In 2021, Islamova secured the gold medal in her event at the Asian Wrestling Championships held in Almaty, Kazakhstan.[10][11] A few months later, she won one of the bronze medals in her event at the 2021 Poland Open held in Warsaw, Poland.[12][13]
Islamova competed in the women's 50 kg event at the 2020 Summer Olympics held in Tokyo, Japan where she was eliminated in her first match by Lucía Yépez of Ecuador.[14]
Achievements
| Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
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Representing  Russia | |||||
| 2015 | European Games | Baku, Azerbaijan | 3rd | Freestyle 48 kg | |
Representing  Kazakhstan | |||||
| 2019 | World Championships | Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan | 3rd | Freestyle 50 kg | |
| Asian Championships | Xi'an, China | 3rd | Freestyle 50 kg | ||
| 2020 | Asian Championships | New Delhi, India | 3rd | Freestyle 50 kg | |
| 2021 | Asian Championships | Almaty, Kazakhstan | 1st | Freestyle 50 kg | |
