Alla Cherkassova

Alla Cherkassova medal table
Wrestler
Ukraine
World Championship
bronze	2010 Moscow	up to 67 kg
gold	2018 Budapest	up to 68 kg
European Championship
silver	2012 Belgrade	up to 67 kg
bronze	2016 Riga	up to 75 kg
bronze	2017 Novi Sad	up to 69 kg
gold	2019 Bucharest	up to 68 kg
Junior World Championships
bronze	2008 Istanbul	up to 59 kg

Alla Kostjantyniwna Cherkassova ( Ukrainian Алла Костянтинівна Черкасова ; born May 5, 1989 ) is a Ukrainian wrestler . She is a medalist at world and European championships.

Career

Alla Cherkassova started wrestling as a teenager in 2003. She is a member of the Kolos Lvov sports club and has been coached by Andrei Pistun since 2004. The 1.78 meter tall athlete is a sports teacher.

Its international Ringer career began in 2008. This year, took her by the World Youth Championship in Istanbul in the weight category to 59 kg body weight after a defeat in the semi-final against Anastasia Brattschikowa from Russia and a win over Aishan Ismagulowsa from Azerbaijan to 3rd place . In the same year it was used at the World Championships for women in Tokyo , where it only finished 10th in the weight class up to 59 kg after a victory over Ludmilla Christea from Romania and a defeat against Elvira Mursalowa from Azerbaijan.

In 2010 Alla Cherkassova won a strong World Cup tournament in the weight class up to 67 kg in Nanjing / People's Republic of China, ahead of Badrachyn Odontschimeg from Mongolia , Qui Xiaoqing , People's Republic of China and Mami Shinkai , Japan . She was then used in this weight class at the World Championships in Moscow , where she won a World Cup with victories over Kristie Marano (Davis), USA , Chen Ying, China and Natalja Semenzowa from Azerbaijan in a defeat in the semifinals against Jelena Schalygina , Kazakhstan . Won bronze medal.

After a year break at international championships, she returned to the European championship in Belgrade in March 2012 , where she reached the final with victories over Juli Bartnowskaja , Russia and Natalja Semnzowa. In this she was defeated by the Swede Henna Johansson and became vice- European champion . She could not start at the 2012 Olympic Games in London because her weight class took part in Strathcoona County, Canada, in September 2012, where she was only able to score in the weight class up to 63 kg after defeating Sakshi Malik from India and losing to Jelena Schalygine from Kazakhstan 7th place.

After that, Alla Cherkassova took a two-year break from competition and did not start again until 2015 in some international tournaments.

In March 2016, she started again for the first time at an international championship, the European championship in Riga. She won a bronze medal there, now starting in the weight class up to 75 kg after a victory over Zsanett Nemeth, Hungary, a defeat against Yasemin Adar, Turkey and victories over Epp Mae, Estonia and Daria Osocka, Poland. In April 2016 she qualified with a 2nd place behind Yasemin Adar at the Olympic qualification tournament in Zrenjanin in the weight class up to 75 kg for participation in the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. At the Olympic Games, she met Yasemin Adar again in the first round, to whom she lost again. Since Yasemin Adar did not reach the final, Alla Cherkassova was eliminated and only came in 11th place.

At the 2017 European Championships in Novi Sad, she started in the weight class up to 69 kg. She defeated A Focken from Germany and Ilana Kratysch from Israel, then lost to Maria Mamaschuk from Belarus and then secured another bronze medal by winning the consolation round over Buse Tosun, Turkey.

In 2018 Alla Cherkassova already achieved excellent placings in the preliminary tournaments for the international championships and even won the China Open in June 208 and the Poland Open in August 2018. However, she did not start at the European Championship 2018. At the 2018 World Championships in Budapest in October 2018 she was in excellent shape in the weight class up to 68 kg and became the new world champion with victories over Maria Mamaschuk, Wiktoria Bobewa, Bulgaria, Zhou Feng, China and Koumba Larroque, France.

In April 2019 she became European champion in Bucharest in the same weight class with victories over Agnieszka Wieszczek-Kordus, Poland, Jenny Fransson, Sweden, Irina Netreba, Azerbaijan and Adela Hanzlickowa, Czech Republic.

International success

year	space	competition	Weight class	Results
2008	2.	Golden Grand Prix in Baku	up to 59 kg	behind Ludmilla Christea, Romania , in front of Elvira Mursalowa, Azerbaijan
2008	3.	Junior World Championships (Juniors) in Istanbul	up to 59 kg	after victories over Agata Pietrzyk, Poland , Sona Ahmadli, Azerbaijan and Heidi Erdle, Canada , a defeat against Anastassija Bratchikowa , Russia and a victory over Aishan Ismagulowa, Kazakhstan
2008	10.	World Cup in Tokyo	up to 59 kg	after a win over Ludmilla Christea and a loss to Elvira Mursalowa
2009	2.	World Cup in Taiyuan / People's Republic of China	up to 63 kg	behind Justine Bouchard , Canada, in front of Meng Lili , China and Mio Nishimaki, Japan
2010	1.	World Cup in Nanjing / China	up to 67 kg	in front of Badrachyn Odontschimeg , Mongolia , Qui Xiaoqing, China and Mami Shinkai , Japan
2010	3.	World Cup in Moscow	up to 67 kg	after victories over Kristie Marano (Davis), USA and Chen Ying, China, a defeat against Jelena Schalygina , Kazakhstan and a victory over Natalja Semenzowa , Azerbaijan
2012	8th.	Intern. Ukr. Tournament in Kiev	up to 63 kg	Winner: Lyubov Michailowna Wolossowa , Russia ahead of Julija Ostaptschuk , Ukraine
2012	2.	EM in Belgrade	up to 67 kg	after victories over Julia Bartnowskaja and Natalja Semenzowa and a defeat against Henna Johansson , Sweden
2012	7th	Poland Open in Raciborz	up to 63 kg	Winner: Anastasia Grigorjewa, Latvia ahead of Anastasia Huchok, Belarus
2012	7th	World Cup in Strathcoona County	up to 63 kg	after a victory over Sakshi Malik, India and a defeat against Jelena Schalygina, Kazakhstan
2015	3.	Klippan Lady Open	up to 69 kg	behind Zhou Feng, China and Luz Clara Vazquez, Argentina
2015	6th	World Cup in St. Petersburg	up to 69 kg	Winner: Kayoko Kudo, Japan ahead of Natalja Vorobjowa , Russia
2015	7th	Poland Open in Warsaw	up to 75 kg	Winner: Yasemin Adar , Turkey ahead of Epp Mae, Estonia
2016	2.	"Dan Kolow" & "Nikola Petrow" tournament in Sofia	up to 69 kg	behind Alina Stadnyk-Machynja , Ukraine in front of Wiktoria Bobewa, Bulgaria and Gabriela Peichewa, Bulgaria
2016	1.	Intern. Tournament in Kiev	up to 75 kg	before Alina da Silva Ferreira, Brazil, Oksana Waschtschuk, Ukraine and Lyudmila Tichina, Ukraine
2016	3.	EM in Riga	up to 75 kg	after a victory over Zsanett Nemeth, Hungary, a defeat against Yasemin Adar and victories over Epp Mae and Daria Osocka, Poland
2016	2.	Olympic qualification tournament in Zrenjanin	up to 75 kg	behind Yasemin Adar, in front of Cynthia Vanessa Vescan, France and Maria Selmaier, Germany
2016	11.	OS in Rio de Janeiro	up to 75 kg	after a loss to Yasemin Adar
2016	10.	Golden Grand Prix in Baku	up to 75 kg	Winner: Qiandegenchagan, ahead of Zhang Fenglin, both China
2017	1.	Intern. Tournament in Kiev	up to 69 kg	before Alla Belinskaya, Ukraine, Ilana Kratysch, Israel and Aline Focken , Germany
2017	2.	"Dan-Kolow" & "Nikola-Petrow" Memorial in Russe	up to 69 kg	behind Aline Focken, in front of Elmira Sidzikowa, Kazakhstan and Diwja Kakran, India
2017	3.	EM in Novi Sad	up to 69 kg	after victories over Aline Focken and Ilana Kratysch, a defeat against Maria Mamaschuk, Belarus and a victory over Buse Tosun, Turkey
2017	1.	"Alexander Medved" Prize in Minsk	up to 69 kg	before Hanna Sadchanka, Belarus, Kristina Jeremina, Russia and Danta Domikaityte, Lithuania
2018	2.	Klippan Lady Open	up to 68 kg	behind Danielle Lappage, Canada, in front of Tamyra Mariama Mensah-Stock, USA and Olivia Grace Di Bacco, Canada
2018	3.	Intern. Tournament in Kiev	up to 68 kg	behind Danielle Lappage and Olivia Grqace Di Bacco
2018	1.	China Open	up to 68 kg	before Wang Xiaoqian, Qin Sunning and Wang Jiao, all China
2018	1.	Poland Open	up to 68 kg	in front of Dalma Caneva, Italy, Tamyra Mariama Mensah-Stock and Wang Jiao
2018	1.	World Cup in Budapest	up to 68 kg	after victories over Maria Mamaschuk , Wiktoria Bobewa, Zhen Feng and Koumba Larroque , France
2019	3.	"Dan-Kolow" & "Nikola-Petrow" Memorial in Russe	up to 68 kg	behind Tamyra Mariama Mensah-Stock and Bachigul Balanijasowa, Uzbekistan
2019	1.	EM in Bucharest	up to 68 kg	after victories over Agnieszka Wieszczek-Kordus, Poland, Jenny Fransson , Sweden, irina Netrebo, Azerbaijan and Adela Hanzlickowa, Czech Republic

Explanations

• all free style competitions
• OS = Olympic Games, WM = World Championship, EM = European Championship

literature

• Trade journal Der Ringer

Web links

• Profile of Alla Cherkassova at the Institute of Applied Training Science
• Alla Cherkassova in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )