Diana Weicker
| Diana Weicker medal table |
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|---|---|---|
| Canada | ||
| World Championship | ||
| bronze | 2018 Budapest | up to 53 kg |
| Commonwealth Games | ||
| gold | 2018 Gold Coast | up to 53 kg |
| Pan American Championships | ||
| bronze | 2019 Buenos Aires | up to 53 kg |
Diana Weicker , b. Ford (born May 26, 1989 in Neils Harbor , Canada) is a Canadian wrestler . She won a bronze medal in the weight class up to 53 kg body weight at the 2018 World Cup.
Career
Diana Weicker lives in Kentville , New Scotland, works as a medical professional at St. Catherins Ontario Hospital and is a member of the Brock Wrestling Club .
Inspired by her father, she began wrestling in 2002 under her maiden name Diana Mary Helen Ford . She then attended the Chelmsford Valley District Composite School and started for the Wrestling Club (wrestling club) of this school. She later began studying at Brock University and has been working for the university's wrestling club ever since. She was trained by Cory Robinson, Marty Calder and Tonya Verbeek .
She celebrated her first international success in 2006 when she won the Commonwealth Youth Championships in Glasgow in the weight class up to 52 kg. In 2007 she was Canadian Junior Champion in the same weight class. In 2009 she was also Canadian junior champion in the weight class up to 51 kg. In the same year it was also used at the Junior World Championships in Ankara, but came there in this weight class only on the 9th place.
Due to the strong competition in Canada, Diana Ford could not qualify for a start in the international championships (Olympic Games, World Championships, Pan American Championships) until 2014. In 2013, however, she started at the Universiade in Kazan and took 9th place in the weight class up to 51 kg.
After her marriage to her fellow wrestler Ryan Weicker, she took a break in 2014 and 2015 and became the mother of two sons (twins).
In 2017 she returned to the wrestling mat stronger than ever under the name Diana Weicker . In 2017 she was the first Canadian champion for women in the weight class up to 55 kg. In August 2017 she competed in this weight class at the World Championships in Paris, but had to be content with 12th place after a win over Sandra Paruszewski, Germany and a defeat against Irina Kuratschkina, Belarus.
In 2018 she won the Commonwealth Games in Hold Coast, Australia, in the weight class up to 53 kg, ahead of the strong Indian Babita Kumari. At the 2018 World Cup in Budapest, she achieved the greatest success of her career, because she won there after victories over Estera Tamaduiana Dobre, Romania and Nina Hemmer , Germany, a defeat against Sarah Hildebrandt from the United States and a victory over Schuldis Eschimowa, Kazakhstan a bronze medal.
International success
| year | space | competition | Weight class | Results |
| 2006 | 1. | Commonwealth Youth Championships in Glasgow | up to 52 kg | in front of Blaise Brown, Canada and Vicky Kirk, Scotland |
| 2007 | 3. | Panamer. Junior Championship in Maracaibo | up to 51 kg | behind Katherine Allen, USA and Jennifer Gonzalez, Venezuela |
| 2008 | 2. | Brock Open | up to 55 kg | behind Jessica MacDonald, in front of Leslie MacCallum, both Canada |
| 2008 | 3. | Panamer. Junior championship in Cuenca | up to 51 kg | behind Whitney Conder, USA and Luisa Valverde Melendres, Ecuador |
| 2009 | 24. | German Grand Prix in Dormagen | up to 51 kg | Winner: Jessicqa MacDonald in front of Valerija Tschepsarakowa , Russia |
| 2009 | 9. | Junior World Championship (Juniors) in Ankara | up to 51 kg | after victories over Ai Shimizu, Japan and Mihaela Munteanu, Romania and a defeat against Otgontsetseg Davaasukh, Mongolia |
| 2010 | 3. | Austrian Ladies Open in Götzis | up to 51 kg | behind Sofia Mattsson , Sweden and Vanessa Brown, Canada |
| 2010 | 1. | Sunkist-Kids-Intern.-Open in Tempe | up to 51 kg | before Whitney Conder, Shauna Isbell and Michaela Hutchinson, all USA |
| 2011 | 5. | "Dave Schultz" Memorial in Colorado Springs | up to 51 kg | behind Jessica MacDonald, Whitney Conder, Alexandra Engelhardt , Germany and Vanessa Brown |
| 2012 | 1. | Brock Open | up to 55 kg | before Erica D'Angelo, Lydia Congdon and Emma Horner, all Canada |
| 2012 | 1. | Ion Corneanu Memorial in Targoviste | up to 51 kg | before Simona Pricob and Nicoletta Bogasieru, both Romania |
| 2013 | 9. | Universiade in Kazan | up to 51 kg | after losing to Hikari Sugawara, Japan and Angela Dorogan, Azerbaijan |
| 2014 | 9. | "Dave Schultz" Memorial in Colorado Springs | up to 53 kg | after a win over Akziya Dautbajewa, Kazakhstan and a loss against Haley Augello, USA |
| 2014 | 1. | Brock Open | up to 55 kg | before Carla Sluberski, Alyssa Medeiros and Tina MacLaren, all Canada |
| 2017 | 3. | Guelph Open | up to 58 kg | behind Linda Morais and Emily Schaefer, both Canada |
| 2017 | 1. | Canada Cup in Guelph | up to 55 kg | before Hannah Taylor and Amy Bellaria, both Canada |
| 2017 | 12. | World Cup in Paris | up to 55 kg | after a victory over Sandra Paruszewski, Germany and a defeat against Irina Kuratschkina, Belarus |
| 2018 | 2. | Guelph Open | up to 53 kg | behind Tina Mac Laren, in front of Hannah Little and Jade Parsons, all of them Kannada |
| 2018 | 8th. | Intern. Tournament in Kiev | up to 53 kg | Winner: Sarah Hildebrandt , USA ahead of Mercedesz Denes, Hungary |
| 2018 | 2. | Canada Cup in Guelph | up to 53 kg | behind Stalwira Orschuch, Russia, in front of Jie Ni, China and Tina MacLaren |
| 2018 | 5. | Poland Open in Warsaw | up to 53 kg | behind Nanami Irie , Japan, Katarzyna Krawczyk , Poland, Maria Prevoloraki , Greece and Nina Hemmer , Germany |
| 2018 | 1. | Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast, Australia | up to 53 kg | before Babita Kumari, India, Bose Samuel, Nigeria and Depika Dilhani Weerabahu Mudiyanselage, Sri Lanka |
| 2018 | 3. | World Cup in Budapest | up to 53 kg | after victories over Estera Tamaduianu Dobre, Romania and Nina Hemmer, Germany, a defeat against Sarah Hildebrandt, USA and a win over Schuldis Eschimowa Kazakhstan |
| 2019 | 3. | Klippan Lady Open | up to 55 kg | behind Sena Nagamoto, Japan and Wanessa Kaladschinskaja , Belarus |
| 2019 | 1. | German Grand Prix in Dormagen | up to 53 kg | before Sofia Mattsson, Sweden, Jessica Blaszka, Netherlands and Marina Rueda Flores, Spain |
| 2019 | 3. | Pan American Championships in Buenos Aires | up to 53 kg | after victories over Karla Abigail Acosta Martinez, Mexico and Gracyenne Helena Leite Alves, Brazil, a defeat against Sarah Hildebrandt , USA and a win over Carolina Castillo Hidalgo, Colombia |
National competitions (if known)
| year | space | competition | Weight class | Results |
| 2007 | 1. | Canadian Junior Championship | up to 52 kg | |
| 2009 | 1. | Canadian Junior Championship | up to 51 kg | before Samantha Stewart |
| 2013 | 4th | Canadian Championship | up to 51 kg | behind Jessica MacDonald, Vanessa Brown and Genevieve Haley |
| 2017 | 1. | Canadian Championship | up to 55 kg | before Julie Stefer and Hannah Taylor |
| 2017 | 1. | Can. World Cup qualification | up to 55 kg | before Samantha Stewart and Hannah Franson |
| 2018 | 1. | Can. World Cup qualification | up to 53 kg | before Tina MacLaren and Abby Lloyd |
- Explanations
- all free style competitions
- WM = world championship
literature
- Trade journal Der Ringer
Web links
- Profile of Diana Weicker at the Institute for Applied Training Science
- Profile of Diana Weicker at the Institute for Applied Training Science
- Brief portrait of Diana Weicker on the website of the Canadian Wrestling Association
- Portrait of Diana Weicker
- Diana Weicker winner of the Commonwealth Games 2018
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Weicker, Diana |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Ford, Diana |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Canadian wrestler |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 26, 1989 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Neils Harbor |