Anastasija Grigoryeva

Anastasija Grigorjeva (born May 12, 1990 in Daugavpils ) is a Russian-born Latvian wrestler . In 2010 she became European champion in the weight class up to 55 kg body weight.

Career

Anastasija Grigorjeva started wrestling in 2004. She is a member of the sports club SB BJSS Daugavpils . From 2004 she was or is trained by Lyubow Kopilowa and since 2007 by Sergejs Kursitis. She is a student. At a height of 1.70 meters, she initially started in the weight class up to 59 kg, but trained in the weight class up to 55 kg in many competitions. Since 2012 it has started in the weight class up to 63 kg.

Since 2006, Anastasija Grigorjeva started very successfully in the junior division at many international championships, although she only finished 15th and last place in her weight class when she first participated in such a championship, the European Junior Championship (Cadets) in 2006. As early as 2007 it was in Warsaw Vice-European Junior Champion (Cadets) kg in weight class to 56 behind Maria Gurowa from Russia . In 2008 she even became Junior European Champion in the weight class up to 55 kg in Košice . In 2009 she took second place in the weight class up to 55 kg both at the European Junior Championships in Tbilisi and at the World Junior Championships in Ankara . In Tbilisi she stayed behind Maria Gurowa and in Ankara behind Julia Blahinja from Ukraine . In 2010 she came in 3rd place at the Junior European Championships in Samokow / Bulgaria behind Julia Blahinja and Hafize Sahin from Turkey . She ended her junior years as badly as she began, namely with a 15th place at the Junior World Championships 2010 in Budapest , because there she lost her first fight against Katarzyna Krawczyk from Poland.

Even during her junior years, Anastasija Grigorjeva started in the women's competition at international championships. In 2010 she achieved a great success, because she won the European Championships in Baku in the weight class up to 55 kg with victories over Agata Pietrzyk , Poland , Katerina Dombrowska, Azerbaijan , Delek Atakol, Turkey and over the former world and European champion Natalja Golz from Russia, who she defeated with 2: 1 rounds and 8: 6 points after a hard fight, the title.

She achieved another great success at the 2012 European Championships in Belgrade , where she finished second in the weight class up to 59 kg behind Hanna Wassylenko from the Ukraine, but ahead of Sona Ahmadli from Azerbaijan and Ludmila Cristea from Moldova .

In April 2012 Anastasija Grigorjeva tried to qualify for the Olympic Games in London in the weight class up to 55 kg in Helsinki . Weakened by the training she did not succeed with a 5th place. Then she made another attempt in Helsinki in May 2012 to qualify in the weight class up to 63 kg. She succeeded with a 2nd place behind Monika Ewa Michalik from Poland , in front of Agoro Papavasiliou , Greece and Aline Focken from Germany . It was therefore at the start of the Olympic Games in London. In London she won her first fight against Elena Piroschkowa, United States, but then lost her next fight against Sorondsonboldyn Battsetseg from Mongolia. Since this did not reach the final, she was eliminated and came in 9th place.

In 2013 and 2014 she was voted Latvian Sportswoman of the Year .

International success

year	space	competition	Weight class	Results
2006	1.	Nordic Junior Championship	up to 56 kg	ahead of Aili Kjoelas Saeverud and Linn Svebakken, both Norway
2006	15th	Junior European Championship (Cadets)	up to 56 kg	Winner: Maria Gurowa , Russia ahead of Irina Chariw, Ukraine
2007	2.	Junior European Championship (Cadets) in Warsaw	up to 56 kg	behind Henna Johansson , Sweden , in front of Julia Balhinja , Ukraine and Lisa Blikeng, Norway
2008	11.	Grand Prix of Germany in Dormagen	up to 59 kg	Winner: Johanna Mattsson , Sweden, ahead of Alena Filipawa , Belarus
2008	1.	Junior European Championship in Košice	up to 55 kg	before Emese Barka, Hungary , Olga Narepecka, Ukraine and Katarzyna Krawczyk, Poland
2008	5.	Junior World Championships in Istanbul	up to 55 kg	behind Emriye Musta, Turkey, Irina Kisel, Russia, Akiko Schimizu, Japan and Enchbajaryn Tsewegmid , Mongolia
2009	8th.	EM in Vilnius	up to 59 kg	after a win over Sona Ahmadli , Azerbaijan and a loss to Ludmila Cristea , Moldova
2009	2.	Junior European Championship in Tbilisi	up to 55 kg	behind Maria Gurowa, in front of Katarzyna Krawczyk and Julia Blahinja
2009	2.	Junior World Championships in Ankara	up to 55 kg	behind Julia Blahinja, in front of Renata Omilusik, Poland and Marwa Amri, Tunisia
2009	21st	World Cup in Herning / Denmark	up to 59 kg	after losing to Marianna Sastin , Hungary
2010	7th	Klippan Lady Open	up to 59 kg	Winner: Marianna Sastin ahead of Takako Saito, Japan
2010	1.	EM in Baku	up to 55 kg	after victories over Agata Pietrzyk , Poland, Katerina Dombrowska, Azerbaijan, Dilek Atakol, Turkey and Natalja Golz , Russia
2010	3.	Junior European Championship in Samokow / Bulgaria	up to 55 kg	behind Julia Blahinja and Hafize Sahin, Turkey
2010	7th	Golden Grand Prix in Baku	up to 55 kg	Winner: Natalja Sinischin , Ukraine ahead of Aiym Abdildina, Kazakhstan
2010	15th	Junior World Championships in Budapest	up to 55 kg	after losing to Katarzyna Krawczyk
2011	1.	"Yasar Dogu" Memorial in Istanbul	up to 59 kg	before Hatun Muhcu, Turkey and Julia Ratkewitsch , Azerbaijan
2011	3.	Klippan Lady Open	up to 59 kg	behind Julia Ratkewitsch and Gabrielle Sleisz, Hungary
2011	7th	EM in Dortmund	up to 59 kg	after defeating Salina Sidkowa, Belarus and losing to Hanna Wassylenko , Ukraine
2011	1.	Torneo Citta a Sassari	up to 59 kg	before Berta Rodriguez Toledano, Spain and Tracy Connell, Scotland
2011	3.	Austrian Lady Open in Götzis	up to 59 kg	behind Olga Butkewitsch, Great Britain and Michelle Fazzari, Canada
2011	1.	German Grand Prix in Dormagen	up to 59 kg	before Fabienne Wittenwiler, Switzerland and Marzena Michalik, Poland
2011	15th	World Cup in Istanbul	up to 55 kg	after a win over Ana Maria Pavăl , Romania and a loss to Julia Ratkewitsch
2011	1.	Helsinki -Open	up to 59 kg	before Johanna Kikkas, Estonia and Milja-Maria Syväterä, Finland
2012	2.	Golden Grand Prix in Krasnoyarsk	up to 59 kg	behind Anna Polownewa , Russia, in front of Hanna Wassylenko and Tungalagiin Mönchtujaa , Mongolia
2012	3.	Golden Grand Prix in Klippan	up to 59 kg	behind Yui Sakano, Japan and Ida-Theres Nerell , Sweden
2012	2.	EM in Belgrade	up to 59 kg	behind Hanna Wassylenko, in front of Sona Ahmadli and Ludmila Cristea
2012	5.	Olympic qualification tournament in Sofia	up to 55 kg	behind Julia Ratkewitsch, Maria Prevolaraki , Greece, Ludmila Cristea and Anna Gomis , France
2012	2.	Olympic qualification tournament in Helsinki	up to 63 kg	behind Monika Ewa Michalik , Poland, in front of Agoro Papavasiliou , Greece and Aline Focken , Germany
2012	1.	Poland Open in Ratiborz	up to 63 kg	before Anastasija Huchok, Belarus , Paulina Grabowska, Poland and Marianna Sastin
2012	9.	OS in London	up to 63 kg	after a victory over Elena Piroschkowa, USA and a defeat against Sorondsonboldyn Battsetseg , Mongolia
2012	1.	Golden Grand Prix in Baku	up to 63 kg	in front of Julia Ostaptschuk , Ukraine, Yurika Ito, Japan and Inna Traschukowa, Russia
2013	1.	"Ivan Yarigin" Golden Grand Prix in Krasnoyarsk	up to 63 kg	in front of Rio Watari , Japan, Inna Traschukowa and Sorondsonboldyn Battsetseg
2013	1.	"Alexander Medved" Prize in Minsk	up to 63 kg	before Maria Mamaschuk, Belarus, Hanna Beljajewa, Azerbaijan and Anastasija Huchok, Belarus

Explanations

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

swell

• Trade journal Der Ringer
• Foeldeak Wrestling Database website

Web links

• Anastasija Grigorjeva in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )