Ekaterina Sergeevna Krasnova

Jekaterina Sergejewna Krasnowa ( Russian Екатерина Сергеевна Краснова ; born January 31, 1988 in Moscow , Soviet Union ) is a Russian wrestler . So far she has won a total of ten medals at world and European championships in the women's and junior division (as of March 2012).

Career

Ekaterina Krasnova started wrestling as a teenager in 1999. She is a student and lives in Moscow . She belongs to the Vitez Moscow sports club and her most important coaches were or are M. Skajew, N. Naniev and Valeri Tschupakow. The 1.62 meter tall athlete usually starts in the weight class up to 51 kg.

Yekaterina Krasnowa was already extremely successful as a junior. Right at the beginning of her international career, she was in Seville in 2003 in the weight class up to 46 kg and in 2004 in Albena in the weight class up to 49 kg Junior European Champion in the age group "Cadets" (up to the age of 16). In 2006 she came in both the Junior European Championships (age group up to 20 years of age) in Szombathely and the Junior World Championships in Guatemala City in the weight class up to 51 kg in 2nd place. In Szombathely she was beaten in the final by Oleksandra Kohut from Ukraine and in Guatemala City by Meguni Machara from Japan . In 2007 and 2008 she only started at the Junior World Championships. In 2007 she came in Beijing in the weight class up to 55 kg behind Qiu Hongmei from China and in 2008 in Istanbul in the weight class up to 51 kg behind the Japanese Yu Horiuchi .

In 2009, Ekaterina Krasnowa was the first Russian champion in the weight class up to 51 kg. She relegated Marina Wilmowa and Lyubow Massenkowa to their places. In the same year it was used at the European Championships in Vilnius , where it won the European Championship in the weight class up to 51 kg with victories over Renata Omilusik, Poland , Mihaela Munteanu, Romania , Julija Blahynja , Ukraine and Emese Szabo , Hungary . At the 2009 World Championships, Marina Wilmowa was preferred to her, but she only finished 16th.

In 2010 and 2011, Yekaterina Krasnowa was the Russian runner-up in the weight class up to 51 kg. In 2010 behind Samira Rachmanova and in 2011 behind Marina Wilmowa. In these two years it was only used at the 2011 European Championships in Dortmund . There she came in 3rd place with victories over Francesca Mori, Italy and Roksana Zasina, Poland, a defeat against Estera Dobre from Romania and a win over Karolina Tjapko from Latvia .

In 2012 she started again at the European Championships , which took place in Belgrade . There she won a bronze medal again behind Iwona Matkowska from Poland and Oleksandra Kohut from Ukraine , together with Alexandra Engelhardt from Germany .

In September 2011, Ekaterina Krasnowa went on a trip to so-called combat grappling , a style of wrestling that is similar to sambo , but also contains other elements from other martial arts. She started it in Belgrade at the world championship of this sport and took 2nd place in the weight class up to 65 kg behind Ludmila Pasikowa from Ukraine and ahead of Katrina Maki from the United States. How valuable this success is is difficult to judge in this young, non-Olympic sport.

International success

year	space	competition	Weight class	Results
2003	1.	Junior European Championship (Cadets) in Seville	up to 46 kg	before Alexandra Baudik, Ukraine and Alena Filipowa, Belarus
2004	1.	German Grand Prix in Dormagen (Juniors)	up to 49 kg	before Jamie Chase, Canada and Priscilla Defrancheschi, France
2004	1.	Junior European Championship (Cadets) in Albena	up to 49 kg	before Karolin Bettge, Germany and Alena Filipowa
2005	3.	Junior European Championship in Tirana	up to 52 kg	behind Katherina Peter, Germany and Andrea Molnar, Hungary
2006	6th	World Cup in Nagoya	up to 51 kg	Winner: Ren Xuecheng , China ahead of Hitomi Sakamoto , Japan
2006	2.	Junior European Championship in Szombathely	up to 51 kg	behind Oleksandra Kohut , Ukraine , in front of Tatjana Grigorjewa , Belarus and Elcin Demirtas, Turkey
2006	2.	Junior World Championships in Guatemala City	up to 51 kg	after victories over Nanna Pedersen, Denmark and Jessica Medina, USA and a defeat against Megani Machara, Japan
2007	3.	Grand Prix of Germany in Dormagen	up to 51 kg	behind Erica Sharp , Canada and Tatjana Markowitsch , Belarus, together with Anna Trusowa , Russia
2007	2.	Junior World Championships in Beijing	up to 55 kg	after victories over Hong Hyang-Rae, South Korea , Nadeschda Michalkowa, Belarus and Emriye Musta, Turkey and a defeat against Qiu Hongmei , China
2007	1.	Alexander Medved Prize in Minsk	up to 51 kg	before Irina Kissel, Olga Gilgowa and Alena Adaschinskaja, all Russia
2008	2.	Junior World Championships in Istanbul	up to 51 kg	after victories over Sabrina Magnusson, Sweden , Maria Prevolaraki , Greece and Nadja Gradschuk, Azerbaijan and a defeat against Yu Horiuchi , Japan
2009	1.	"Ivan Yarigin" Memorial in Krasnoyarsk	up to 51 kg	in front of Tatjana Bakatschuk , Kazakhstan and Marina Wilmowa , Russia
2009	1.	Intern. Tournament in Kiev	up to 51 kg	before Alena Adaschinskaja, Vanessa Brown , USA and Julija Blahynja , Ukraine
2009	1.	EM in Vilnius	up to 51 kg	after victories over Renata Omilusik, Poland, Mihaela Munteanu, Romania, Julija Blahynja and Emese Szabo , Hungary
2009	3.	German Grand Prix in Dormagen	up to 51 kg	behind Jessica MacDonald , Canada and Valeria Tschepsarekowa, Russia, together with Sofia Mattsson , Sweden
2009	5.	Golden Grand Prix in Baku	up to 51 kg	behind Tatjana Bakatschuk, Yuri Kai, Japan, Julia Blahinja and Sofia Mattsson
2009	8th.	Poland Open in Radom	up to 51 kg	Winner: Sofia Mattsson ahead of Oleksandra Kohut
2010	5.	Golden Grand Prix in Krasnoyarsk	up to 51 kg	behind Yuri Kai, Oleksandra Kohut, Kang Kum-Ok, North Korea and Tatjana Bakatschuk
2010	3.	Klippan Lady Open	up to 51 kg	behind Anna Trusowa and Natalja Budu , Romania
2010	3.	German Grand Prix in Dormagen	up to 51 kg	behind Natalja Budu and Estera Dobre
2010	3.	Golden Grand Prix in Baku	up to 55 kg	behind Natalja Sinischin , Ukraine and Aiym Abdulina, Kazakhstan
2010	7th	Universities World Cup in Turin	up to 55 kg	Winner: Brittanee Lavadure, Canada ahead of Irina Chariw, Ukraine
2011	3.	EM in Dortmund	up to 51 kg	after victories over Francesca Mori, Italy and Roksana Zasina, Poland, a defeat against Estera Dobre and a win over Karolina Tjapko , Latvia
2011	3.	Golden Grand Prix in Baku	up to 51 kg	after a loss to Samira Rachmanowa and victories over Marina Wilmowa and Gulmira Isakowa, Kazakhstan
2011	3.	Poland Open in Tarnowo Podgorne	up to 51 kg	behind Genevieve Hayley, Canada and Samira Rachmanowa
2011	1.	Trofeo Milone in Ostia	up to 51 kg	before Nicoleta Bogasieru, Romania and Stalvira Orschusch, Russia
2012	3.	Golden Grand Prix in Krasnoyarsk	up to 51 kg	behind Risako Kawai, Japan and Alena Adaschinskaja
2012	3.	EM in Belgrade	up to 51 kg	behind Iwona Matkowska , Poland and Oleksandra Kohut, together with Alexandra Engelhardt , Germany
2013	2.	Klippan Golden Grand Prix	up to 51 kg	behind Yu Miyahara , Japan, in front of Jessica Medina and Hayley Aguello, both USA

Combat grappling

year	space	competition	Weight class	Results
2011	2.	World Cup in Belgrade	up to 65 kg	behind Ludmila Pasikowa, Ukraine, in front of Katrina Maki, USA

Russian championships

(only senior area)

year	space	Weight class	Results
2009	1.	up to 51 kg	in front of Marina Wilmowa , Lyubow Massenkowa and Samira Rachmanowa
2010	2.	up to 51 kg	behind Samira Rachmanowa, in front of Lyubow Salnikowa and Marina Wilmowa
2011	2.	up to 51 kg	behind Marina Wilmowa, in front of Samira Rachmanowa and Stalwina Oorschusch

Explanations

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

swell

• Trade journal Der Ringer
• Foeldeak Wrestling Database website
• Website "www.wrestrus.ru"

Web links

• Краснова Екатерина Сергеевна (Palmarès and picture, Russian, accessed April 21, 2012)