Hanna Wassylenko

Hanna Wiktoriwna Wassylenko ( Ukrainian Ганна Вікторівна Василенко , also Anna Wasilenko ; born February 21, 1986 ) is a Ukrainian wrestler . She became world champion in 2011 and European champion in 2012 in the weight class up to 59 kg.

Career

Hanna Wassylenko started wrestling as a teenager in 2001. She is a student and belongs to the Dynamo Kiev sports club . Your most important trainers were or are Ignat Georgievich and Andrei Panaitow. The 1.63 meter tall athlete first competed in the weight class up to 63 kg and has been wrestling in the weight class up to 59 kg, which is not Olympic, since 2009. If she wants to compete in the 2012 Olympic Games in London, she must either train in the weight class up to 55 kg or start again in the weight class up to 63 kg. In both weight classes, however, she has very big competitors in the Ukraine in Natalja Sinischin and in Julija Ostaptschuk .

Hanna Wassylenko began her international career at the 2005 European Junior Championships in Wrocław , where she immediately won the title in the weight class up to 63 kg. At the Junior World Championships in Guatemala City in 2006 , she came third in the weight class up to 59 kg behind Larissa Kanajewa, Russia and Jaqueline Renteria from Colombia .

In 2007 she started for the first time in an international championship for women. She came in 3rd place at the European Championships in Sofia . She lost there after three fights in the semifinals against Stefanie Stüber from Germany and won a bronze medal in the consolation round with a victory over Agoro Papavasiliou from Greece .

Her next start at an international championship took place again at the 2009 World Championships in Herning / Denmark in the weight class up to 59 kg. Here, too, she initially won three fights, only to be defeated in the semifinals against Agata Pietrzyk from Poland . She then won the bronze medal by defeating Katie Patroch from Canada .

At the 2010 European Championships in Baku , Hanna Wassylenko was not in good shape and lost to Tajbe Jusein from Bulgaria and Natalja Smirnowa from Russia and therefore only came in 8th place. At this year's World Cup, it was not used at all. In 2011, however, she returned to the road to success. She first won a bronze medal at the European Championships in Dortmund . However, her defeat against Georgiana Narcisa Paic from Romania in the semifinals came as a surprise. She secured the bronze medal by defeating Adelina Vescan from France.

The 2011 World Championships in Istanbul became the highlight of her career so far . There she won over Amanda Gerhart from Canada, Chen Yang from the People's Republic of China and Sona Ahmadli from Azerbaijan and was thus in the final battle against Sofia Mattsson from Sweden . In this fight she managed a narrow point victory over the Swedes (2: 0 rounds at 2: 2 and 2: 1 points), with which she became world champion in the weight class up to 59 kg body weight.

In 2012 she won her next title at the European Championships in Belgrade . On the way there she defeated Sona Ahmadli, Mirjana Martinovic, Montenegro , Nadezhda Michalkowa, Belarus and Anastasija Grigorjeva , Latvia . Since the weight class in which she was ranked was not Olympic in 2012, she had to try to qualify for the games in the weight class up to 63 kg, but she did not succeed.

Hanna Wassylenko remained active until 2016. During these years she won bronze medals twice at international championships. 2013 in Tbilisi in the weight class up to 63 kg and 2016 in Riga in the weight class up to 60 kg body weight. For participation in the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, however, she was again unable to qualify.

International success

year	space	competition	Weight class	Results
2005	1.	Junior European Championship in Wrocław	up to 63 kg	in front of Galina Legenkina, Russia and Maria Müller , Germany
2006	3.	Junior World Championships in Guatemala City	up to 59 kg	behind Larissa Kanajewa, Russia and Jackeline Rentería , Colombia
2007	3.	EM in Sofia	up to 63 kg	after victories over Laura Skujina, Latvia , Teodora Dimitrova, Bulgaria and Olga Chilko, Belarus , a defeat against Stefanie Stüber , Germany and a victory over Agoro Papavasiliou , Greece
2008	3.	Golden Grand Prix in Baku	up to 63 kg	behind Lyubov Michailowna Wolossowa , Russia and Badrachyn Odontschimeg , Mongolia
2009	4th	World Cup in Taiyuan / People's Republic of China	up to 59 kg	behind Lan Zhan, China, Katrie Patroch , Canada and Deanna Rix, USA
2009	3.	World Cup in Herning / Denmark	up to 59 kg	after victories over Sorondsonboldyn Battsetseg , Mongolia, Natascha Ballas, Germany and Olga Kalinina, Kazakhstan , a defeat against Agata Pietrzyk , Poland and a victory over Katie Patroch
2010	3.	Golden Grand Prix in Krasnoyarsk	up to 59 kg	behind Kelsey Campbell , USA and Natalja Smirnowa , Russia
2010	8th.	EM in Baku	up to 59 kg	after defeats against Tajbe Jusein , Bulgaria and Natalja Smirnowa
2010	3.	Golden Grand Prix in Baku	up to 59 kg	behind Marianna Sastin , Hungary and Johanna Mattsson , Sweden
2010	1.	Universities World Cup in Turin	up to 59 kg	before Yurika Ito, Japan, Jasmine Barker, Canada and Katarzyna Krawczyk, Poland
2011	3.	EM in Dortmund	up to 59 kg	after victories over Laura Raffler, Austria and Anastasija Grigorjeva , Latvia, a defeat against Georgiana Narcisa Paic , Romania and a win over Adeline Vescan, France
2011	7th	Golden Grand Prix in Baku	up to 59 kg	Winner: Sona Ahmadli , Azerbaijan ahead of Olga Butkevich, Great Britain
2011	2.	Intern. Ukr. Tournament in Kiev	up to 59 kg	behind Ludmilla Christea, Romania, in front of Eriko Nakata, Japan and Olga Butkevich
2011	1.	World Cup in Istanbul	up to 59 kg	after victories over Amanda Gerhart, Canada, Chen Yang, China, Sona Ahmadli and Sofia Mattsson , Sweden
2012	3.	Golden Grand Prix in Krasnoyarsk	up to 59 kg	behind Anna Polownewa , Russia and Anastasija Grigorjeva
2012	1.	EM in Belgrade	up to 59 kg	after victories over Sona Ahmadli, Mirjana Martinovic, Montenegro , Nadeschda Michalkowa, Belarus and Anastasija Grigorjeva
2013	3.	EM in Tbilisi	up to 63 kg	after victories over Fruzsina Forgo, Hungary and Inna Traschukowa, Russia, a defeat against Monika Ewa Michalik, Poland and a win over Elina Wasewa, Bulgaria
2013	10.	World Cup in Budapest	up to 63 kg	after defeating Justine Bouchard, Canada and losing to Maria Mamaschuk , Belarus
2014	8th.	EM in Vantaa / Finland	up to 58 kg	after a loss to Anastassia Huchok , Belarus
2014	1.	Golden Grand Prix in Baku	up to 58 kg	before Allison Mackenzie Ragan, USA, Ayaka Ito, Japan and Emese Barka, Hungary
2014	16.	World Cup in Tashkent	up to 58 kg	after losing to Zhou Zhangting, China
2015	1.	"Alexander Medved" Prize in Minsk	up to 60 kg	before Natalja Fedosejewa, Russia, Anastasia Wanowa, Belarus and G. Blekaitite, Lithuania
2016	3.	EM in Riga	up to 58 kg	behind Natalja Sinischin, Azerbaijan and Grace Jacob Bullen , Norway
2016	7th	Golden Grand Prix in Baku	up to 58 kg	Winner: Grace Jacob Bullen ahead of Jaquelin Estornell Elizastique, Cuba

Explanations

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

literature

• Trade journal Der Ringer

Web links

• Final fight at the 2011 World Cup between Hanna Wassylenko (blue) and Sofia Mattsson, Sweden
• Profile of Hanna Wassylenko at the Institute for Applied Training Science