Lilja Horischna

Lilja Horischna
Nationality:	Ukraine
Society:	Spartak Lviv
Date of birth:	December 28, 1994
Size:	163
Style:	Freestyle
Weight class:	up to 53 kg

Lilja Horisna ( Ukrainian Ліля Горішна , scientific transliteration Lilja Horišna ; born December 28, 1994 ) is a Ukrainian wrestler . In 2019 she became vice European champion in the weight class up to 53 kg.

Career

Lilja Horischna started wrestling as a teenager in 2003. She belongs to the sports club "Spartak" Lviv . She was or is mainly trained by Wladimir Rakowski and Anatoli Milechin. She is 1.63 meters tall.

Lilja Horischna took part in an international championship for the first time at the age of fourteen and a half, the Junior European Championship for the age group “Cadets” in Zrenjanin. She took 5th place in the weight class up to 46 kg. In August 2011 she won the bronze medal at the Junior European Championships (Cadets) in Warsaw in the weight class up to 52 kg for the first time at an international championship.

In the following years she won medals again and again at the international championships in the junior division ("Juniors" and "U 23"). In 2015 in Walbrzych and 2017 in Szombathely she was even U23 European champion in the weight class up to 53 kg.

In 2014 she started in Vantaa for the first time at a European championship for women. In the weight class up to 53 kg, however, she lost in the qualification against Ewelina Nikolova from Bulgaria, dropped out and only came in 15th place. In 2015 she was used in the same weight class at the European Games in Baku. There she came to a victory over Vania Gomes Guerreiro from Portugal, lost to Roksana Zasina from Poland, defeated Nadine Tokar from Switzerland and suffered a narrow defeat against Nadeschad Schuschko from Belarus in the battle for one of the bronze medals. It took 5th place. In September 2015, Lilija Horischna was also used at the World Championships in Las Vegas. She won there over Giulia Rodriguez Penealber de Oliveira from Brazil, but retired after a defeat in her next fight against Odunayo Adekuoroye from Nigeria and came in 13th place.

In April 2016, Lilja Horischna tried to qualify for the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro in Ulaan Baatar. In the weight class up to 53 kg she came in 5th place, which was not enough for the qualification.

In April 2019, Lilja Horischna managed to become Vice European Champion in the weight class up to 53 kg in Bucharest. On the way, she defeated Tatjana Debien from France, Silje Knutsen Kippernes from Norway and Jessica Blaszka from the Netherlands. In the final she lost to Stalwira Orschusch from Russia.

International success

year	space	competition	Weight class	Results
2009	5.	Junior European Championship (Cadets) in Zrenjanin	up to 46 kg	Winner: Jessica Blaszka, Netherlands, ahead of Nina Hemmer , Germany
2011	3.	Junior European Championship (Cadets) in Warsaw	up to 52 kg	behind Jekaterina Poleschtschuk, Russia and Petra Olli , Finland
2012	11.	Junior European Championship (Juniors) in Zagreb	up to 51 kg	Winner: Nina Hemmer in front of Patimat Bagomedowa, Azerbaijan
2013	2.	Intern. Tournament in Kiev	up to 51 kg	behind Tatjana Lasarewa, Ukraine, in front of Rodksana Zasina, Poland and Alena Adaschinskaja, Russia
2013	3.	Junior European Championship (Juniors) in Skopje	up to 51 kg	behind Patimat Bagomedow and Stalwira Orschusch , Russia, together with Nina Hemmer
2013	3.	Junior World Championships (Juniors) in Sofia	up to 51 kg	behind Yu Miyahara , Japan and Stalwira Orschusch, together with Davaanchimeg Erchembayar, Mongolia
2014	2.	"Alexander Medved" Prize in Minsk	up to 53 kg	behind Nadezhda Shushko, Belarus, in front of Julia Leorda, Moldova and Angela Dorogan, Azerbaijan
2014	15th	EM in Vantaa	up to 53 kg	after losing to Ewelina Nikolova, Bulgaria
2014	3.	Junior European Championship (Juniors) in Katowice	up to 51 kg	behind Natalja Malyschewa , Russia and Simona Pricob, Romania, together with Mercedesz Denes, Hungary
2014	3.	Junior World Championships (Juniors) in Zagreb	up to 51 kg	behind Natalja Malyschewa and Mercedesz Denes, together with Qin Yingfeng, China
2015	8th.	"Alexander Medved" Prize in Minsk	up to 53 kg	Winner: Irina Kurastschkina, Belarus ahead of Sayury Yormany Canon Carvajal, Colombia
2015	1.	U 23-EM in Walbrzych	up to 53 kg	after victories over Pepa Dimitrova, Bulgaria, Sotmaz Haschimzada, Azerbaijan and Irina Kuratschkina
2015	5.	European Games in Baku	up to 53 kg	after a win over Vania Gomes Guerreiro, Portugal, a loss to Roksana Zasina, a win over Nadine Tokar, Switzerland and a loss to Nadezhda Shushko
2015	13.	World Cup in Las Vegas	up to 53 kg	after defeating Giulia Rodriguez Penalber de Oliveira, Brazil and losing to Odunaye Folasade Adekuoroye, Nigeria
2016	2.	Intern. Tournament in Kiev	up to 53 kg	behind Julija Blahinja Chawaldschy, Ukraine ö and in front of Mercedesz Denes and Irina Tschichradse Chariw, Ukraine
2016	2.	U 23-EM in Russian	up to 53 kg	after victories over Sandra Sarkkinen, Sweden and Leila Gurbanowa, Azerbaijan and a defeat against Natalja Malysheva Russlen
2016	5.	Olympic qualification tournament in Ulaan Baatar	up to 53 kg	behind Helen Maroulis , USA, Maria Prevolaraki, Greece, Natalja Malysheva and Aline Jane Valencia Escoto, Mexico
2017	2.	Intern. Tournament in Kiev	up to 53 kg	behind Irina Husjak, Ukraine, in front of Angela Dorogan and Haley Ruth Augello, USA
2017	1.	U 23-EM in Szombathely	up to 53 kg	after victories over Janika Vakkila, Finland, Katarina Pichkouskaja, Belarus and Leila Gurbanowa
2017	7th	"Dan-Kolow" & "Nikola-Petrow" Memorial in Russe	up to 53 kg	Winner: Pang Qianyu, China ahead of Vinesh Vinesh, India
2019	2.	EM in Bucharest	up to 53 kg	after victories over Tatjana Debien, France, Silje Knutsen Kippernes, Norway and Jessica Blaszka and a defeat against Stalwira Orschusch
2019	5.	"Yasar Dogu" Memorial in Istanbul	up to 53 kg	after victories over Ellen Riesterer, Germany and Diana Weicker , Canada (injured) and defeats against Jekaterina Poleschtschuk, Russia and Annika Wendle , Germany

Explanations

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

literature

• Trade journal Der Ringer

Web links

• Profile of Lilja Horischna at the Institute for Applied Training Science
• Results of the European Championship 2019 women, up to 53 kg body weight