Veranika Ivanova

Ivanova represented Belarus at the 2015 European Games held in Baku, Azerbaijan and she won one of the bronze medals in the women's freestyle 60 kg event.^[1] Ivanova also competed in the women's freestyle 62 kg event at the 2019 European Games in Minsk, Belarus without winning a medal.^[2] She was eliminated in her first match by Johanna Mattsson of Sweden.^[2]

In 2016, Ivanova won one of the bronze medals in the women's 63 kg event at the World University Wrestling Championships held in Çorum, Turkey.^[3]

In 2017, Ivanova competed in the women's freestyle 63 kg event at the European Wrestling Championships held in Novi Sad, Serbia.^[4] She was eliminated in her first match by Yuliya Tkach of Ukraine.^[4] In 2018, at the European Wrestling Championships held in Kaspiysk, Dagestan, Russia, she won one of the bronze medals in the women's freestyle 62 kg event.^[5][6] Ivanova also won one of the bronze medals in the same event at the 2021 European Wrestling Championships in Warsaw, Poland.^[7][8] Two weeks later, she failed to qualify for the 2020 Summer Olympics at the World Olympic Qualification Tournament held in Sofia, Bulgaria.^[9] In October 2021, Ivanova competed in the 62 kg event at the World Wrestling Championships held in Oslo, Norway.^[10]

In 2022, Ivanova lost her bronze medal match in her event at the Yasar Dogu Tournament held in Istanbul, Turkey.^[11] She won one of the bronze medals in the women's 62 kg event at the 2024 European Wrestling Championships held in Bucharest, Romania.^[12] Ivanova competed at the 2024 European Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament in Baku, Azerbaijan hoping to qualify for the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France.^[13] She was eliminated in her second match and she did not qualify for the Olympics at this event.^[13] A month later, Ivanova earned an Olympic quota place at the 2024 World Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament held in Istanbul, Turkey.^[14]