Monika Ewa Michalik

Monika Michalik 2012

Monika Ewa Michalik (born May 2, 1980 in Międzyrzecz ) is a Polish wrestler . She has been European champion three times and has won ten medals at world and European championships so far.

Career

Michalik started wrestling in 1995 at the age of 15. She belongs to the Orleta Trzciel sports club . Since 2004 she has been trained by Mieczysław Kurys. She studied sports and has been a member of the military for several years. In the early years of her career, the 1.67 meter tall athlete started in the weight class up to 63 kg and even trained in the weight class up to 55 kg for some championships. But since this meant too much loss of substance, she has only been wrestling in the weight class up to 63 kg since 1963. At times it started under the name Rogien or Michalik-Rogien. She is also a multiple Polish champion and a tireless high starter. In addition, she is the horror of all German wrestlers, against whom she has hardly lost a fight.

Her international career began in 1999. She finished 11th in the European Junior Championships in Budapest in the weight class up to 63 kg. A year later she won a silver medal at the Junior European Championships in Sofia in the same weight class and a bronze medal at the Junior World Championships in Nantes . In 2002 she started for the first time with the women at an international championship and became vice European champion in Seinäjoki / Finland in the weight class up to 59 kg. She defeated u. a. Christina Oertli from Germany and only lost in the final against Sara Eriksson from Sweden . At the world championship of the same year in Chalkida / Greece , where she had trained in the weight class up to 55 kg, she lost after three wins against Tina George from the United States and came in 7th place.

At the 2003 European Championships in Riga , she then won her first European title in the weight class up to 59 kg. In the final, she defeated Stefanie Stüber from Germany. Things did not go as well for her at the 2003 World Cup in New York , because there she won over the strong wrestlers Ida-Theres Nerell from Sweden and Sofia Poumpouridou from Greece, but then lost to Saori Yoshida from Japan and finished in 9th place. In 2004 she did not manage to qualify for the Olympic Games in Athens . In the only qualifying tournament that she played, she only finished 10th in the weight class up to 55 kg in Madrid.

For this she won her second European title at the European Championships in Varna in 2005 , this time in the weight class up to 63 kg. On the way to this success she defeated Maria Müller from Germany, Aljona Kartaschowa from Russia , the former world champion Nikola Hartmann-Dünser from Austria and Olga Chilko from Ukraine . As in previous years, she played no role at the World Cup this year in Budapest , because she lost there after winning a fight in revenge against Olga Chilko. Since this did not reach the final, she was eliminated and only reached the 13th place.

In 2006 Monika Ewa Michalik became Vice European Champion in Moscow . She lost it in the final battle against Aljona Kartaschowa. At the world championships in Guangzhou she finally managed to win a medal. There she beat the strong American Sara McMann in her second fight , but then lost to Kaori Icho from Japan. With a victory over Yoselin Rojas Urbira from Venezuela , she won a bronze medal at the World Championships. In 2007 it was almost as successful. She won a bronze medal in the weight class up to 63 kg at the European championships in Sofia and at the world championships in Baku . In Sofia she lost to Aljona Kartaschowa and won this medal with a victory over Lise Legrand from France and in Baku she lost to Jelena Schalygina from Kazakhstan and defeated Helena Allandi from Sweden and Julija Ostaptschuk from Ukraine in the consolation round .

In 2008 she won another medal at the European Championships in Tampere , the bronze one. She lost again to Aljona Kartaschowa and won the battle for this bronze medal over Oxana Schalikowa from Ukraine. The Olympic Games in Beijing turned out to be a disappointment for them . First she won over her old competitor Olga Chilko with 2: 1 rounds with 4: 4 points and then lost against Lise Legrand with 1: 2 rounds with 4: 4 points. Since Golliot-Legrand then did not reach the final, Monika Ewa Michalik was eliminated and only came in 8th place.

Just like four years ago, she became European champion again the year after the Olympic Games in 2009 in Vilnius . There she defeated Elina Wasewa from Bulgaria , Stefanie Stüber from Germany, Audrey Prieto from France and Aljona Kartaschowa, to whom she had lost in the last three years. At the 2009 World Championships in Herning / Denmark she missed a medal after losing to Lyubov Michailowna Wolossowa from Russia because she lost in the battle for one of the bronze medals against Justine Bouchard from Canada.

At the following World and European Championships, Monika Ewa Michalik was no longer very successful, with one exception. Most of the time she lost her first fight and ended up in a very low position because the wrestlers against whom she lost never reached the final. At the 2010 World Championships in Moscow, she only finished 26th, and only 16th at the European Championships in Dortmund . At the 2011 World Cup in Istanbul , she won two fights, but then lost to Jing Ruixue from the People's Republic of China and ended up in 11th place. The positive exception was the European Championship 2012 in Belgrade , where it won a bronze medal again behind Julija Ostaptschuk and Natalja Smirnowa from Russia. With a win at the last qualifying tournament in Helsinki , she managed to qualify for the Olympic Games in London in May 2012 . In London she came to a win over Blessing Oborududu, Nigeria a loss to Jing Ruixue, China, a win over Choo Zb-Gyong, North Korea and a loss to Lyubov Michailowna Wolossowa. With 5th place she just missed the medal ranks. After the Olympic Games in London, she also took part in the World Championships in Strathcoona County, Canada. There she lost to Taybe Yusein from Bulgaria and Justine Bouchard from Canada and only came in 10th place.

Monika Ewa Michalik continued her career in 2013 and became Vice European Champion in March of this year in Tbilisi with victories over Nadine Weinauge, Germany, Elina Wasewa, Bulgaria and Hanna Wassylenko and a defeat against Anastasija Grigorjeva.

International success

year	space	competition	Weight class	Results
1999	11.	Junior European Championship in Budapest	up to 63 kg	Winner: Anita Schätzle , Germany, ahead of Lotta Andersson , Sweden
2000	2.	Junior European Championship in Sofia	up to 63 kg	behind Lotta Andersson, in front of Lyubov Michailowna Wolossowa , Russia and Raic Valeriana Raitschewa, Bulgaria
2000	3.	Junior World Championships in Nantes	up to 63 kg	behind Ayako Shōda , Japan and Darija Nasarowa , Russia, in front of Raic Valeria Raitschewa and Sara McMann , USA
2002	2.	EM in Seinäjoki / Finland	up to 59 kg	after victories over Dilek Erdogan, Turkey , Ludmila Souchina, Belarus and Christina Oertli , Germany and a defeat against Sara Eriksson , Sweden
2002	7th	World Cup in Chalkida / Greece	up to 55 kg	after victories over Birgit Maria Stern, Austria and Marcia Yuleisi Andrades Mendoza, Venezuela and a defeat against Tina George , USA
2003	1.	EM in Riga	up to 59 kg	after victories over Ildiko Josza, Hungary , Olga Krygina, Ukraine, Sebastiana Jiminez Valderrama, Spain , Kristina Odrina Orlowa, Latvia and Stefanie Stüber , Germany
2003	9.	World Cup in New York	up to 55 kg	after victories over Ida-Theres Nerell , Sweden and Sofia Poumpouridou , Greece and a defeat against Saori Yoshida , Japan
2004	10.	Olympic qualification tournament in Madrid	up to 55 kg	Winner: Anna Gomis , France ahead of Ida-Theres Nerell and Tonya Verbeek , Canada
2005	1.	EM in Varna	up to 63 kg	after victories over Maria Müller , Germany, Aljona Kartaschowa , Russia, Nikola Hartmann-Dünser , Austria and Olga Chilko , Ukraine
2005	13.	World Cup in Budapest	up to 63 kg	after defeating Juliana Vieira Borges, Brazil and losing to Olga Chilko
2006	1.	Klippan Lady Open	up to 63 kg	before Olga Chilko and Aljona Kartaschowa
2006	2.	EM in Moscow	up to 63 kg	after victories over Meryem Selloum, France, Nikola Hartmann-Dünser and Monika Szerencse, Hungary and a defeat against Aljona Kartaschowa
2006	2.	Golden Grand Prix in Baku	up to 63 kg	behind Mio Nishimaki , Japan, in front of Olga Chilko and Nikola Hartmann-Dünser
2006	3.	World Cup in Guangzhou	up to 63 kg	after victories over Hon Min-Wen, Taiwan and Sara McMann , USA, a defeat against Kaori Icho , Japan and a win over Yoselin Rojas Urbira, Venezuela
2007	3.	Klippan Lady Open	up to 63 kg	behind Sara McMann un Agoro Papavasileiou, Greece, together with Helena Allandi, Sweden
2007	3.	EM in Sofia	up to 63 kg	after victories over Maite Piva, Italy and Michala Krizkova-Spoutsova, Czech Republic , a defeat against Aljona Kartaschowa and a victory over Lise Legrand , France
2007	3.	World Cup in Baku	up to 63 kg	after victories over Haiat Farag, Egypt and Hang Jin-young, South Korea, a defeat against Jelena Schalygina, Kazakhstan and victories over Helena Allandi and Julija Ostaptschuk, Ukraine
2008	1.	"Dave Schultz" Memorial International in Colorado Springs	up to 67 kg	before Maria Müller and Amberlee Ebert, USA
2008	1.	Klippan Lady Open	up to 63 kg	before Elena Piroschkowa , USA, Lyubow Michailowna Wolossowa and Helena Allandi
2008	3.	EM in Tampere	up to 63 kg	after victories over Michala Krizkova-Spoutsova and Agoro Papavasileiou, a defeat against Aljona Kartaschowa and his victory over Oxana Schalikowa, Ukraine
2008	2.	Austrian Lady Open in Götzis	up to 67 kg	behind Lise Legrand, in front of Stefanie Maierhofer, Austria
2008	8th.	OS in Beijing	up to 63 kg	after a win over Olga Chilko and a loss to Lise Legrand
2008	12.	World Cup in Tokyo	up to 67 kg	after losing to Elena Piroschkowa
2009	4th	"Dave Schultz" Memorial International in Colorado Springs	up to 63 kg	behind Elena Piroschkowa, Veronica Carlson, USA and Stefanie Stüber
2009	2.	Klippan Lady Open	up to 63 kg	behind Stefanie Stüber, in front of Henna Johansson and Helena Allandi, both Swedes
2009	1.	EM in Vilnius	up to 63 kg	after victories over Elina Wasewa, Bulgaria, Stefanie Stüber, Audrey Prieto , France and Aljona Kartaschowa
2009	3.	Austrian Lady Open in Götzis	up to 63 kg	behind Mio Nishimaki , Japan and Justine Bouchard , Canada
2009	3.	Golden Grand Prix in Baku	up to 63 kg	behind Mio Nishimaki and Lyubov Michailovna Wolossowa
2009	5.	World Cup in Herning / Denmark	up to 63 kg	after victories over Haiat Farag, Martina Zyklowa, Czech Republic and Elina Wasewa and defeats against Lyubow Michailowna Wolossowa and Justine Bouchard
2010	1.	Golden Grand Prix in Klippan	up to 63 kg	before Aljona Kartaschowa, Henna Johansson and Audrey Prieto
2010	7th	EM in Baku	up to 63 kg	after defeating Ilana Kratysh , Israel and losing to Olesja Samula , Azerbaijan
2010	1.	Golden Grand Prix in Baku	up to 63 kg	before Otschirbatyn Nasanburmaa , Mongolia , Elena Piroschkowa and Henna Johansson
2010	2.	Military World Cup in Lahti	up to 63 kg	behind Xu Haiyan, China, in front of Stefanie Stüber
2010	26th	World Cup in Moscow	up to 63 kg	after a loss to Justine Bouchard
2011	1.	"Dave Schultz" Memorial International in Colorado Springs	up to 63 kg	before Sorondsonboldyn Battsetseg , Mongolia, Elena Piroschkowa and Justine Bouchard
2011	5.	Tourcoing Grand Prix	up to 63 kg	behind Jing Ruixue , China, Scharchüügiin Tümentsetseg , Mongolia, Aline Focken , Germany and Elena Piroschkowa
2011	1.	Golden Grand Prix in Klippan	up to 63 kg	before Henna Johansson, Luz Clara Vazquez, Argentina and Marianna Sastin , Hungary
2011	16.	EM in Dortmund	up to 63 kg	after a loss to Marianna Sastin
2011	2.	German Grand Prix in Dormagen	up to 63 kg	behind Audrey Prieto, in front of Yvonne Englich-Hees , Germany and Justine Bouchard
2011	11.	World Cup in Istanbul	up to 63 kg	after victories over Ilana Kratysch and Luong Thi Nguyen, Vietnam and a loss to Jing Ruixue
2011	3.	FILA test tournament in London	up to 63 kg	behind Johanna Mattsson , Sweden and Xilou Zhouma, China
2012	3.	"Dan Kolow - Nikola Petrow" memorial in Sofia	up to 63 kg	behind Johanna Mattsson and Henna Johansson, together with Maria Mamatschuk, Belarus
2012	2.	Golden Grand Prix in Klippan	up to 63 kg	behind Henna Johansson, in front of Erin Clodgo, USA and Natalja Smirnowa , Russia
2012	3.	EM in Belgrade	up to 63 kg	behind Julija Ostaptschuk and Natalja Smirnowa, together with Elif Jale Yesilirmak , Turkey
2012	3.	Olympic qualification tournament in Sofia	up to 63 kg	behind Julija Ostaptschuk and Lyubow Michailowna Wolossowa
2012	1.	Olympic qualification tournament in Helsinki	up to 63 kg	before Anastasija Grigorjeva , Latvia, Agoro Papavasileiou, Greece and Aline Focken
2012	8th.	Poland Open in Racibórz	up to 63 kg	Winner: Anastasija Grigorjeva ahead of Anastassia Huchok , Belarus
2012	5.	OS in London	up to 63 kg	after defeating Blessing Oborududu, Nigeria, defeating Jing Ruixue, China, defeating Choo Un-Gyong, North Korea and defeating Lyubov Michailovna Wolossowa
2012	10.	World Cup in Strathcoona County	up to 63 kg	after losing to Tajbe Jusein , Bulgaria and Justine Bouchard, Canada
2012	4th	"Moscow Lights"	up to 63 kg	behind Hanna Wassylenko , Ukraine, Hanna Beljajewa, Azerbaijan and Inna Traschukowa, Russia
2013	2.	Flatz-Open in Wolfurth / Austria	up to 63 kg	behind Ilana Kratysch, in front of Nadine Weinauge, Germany and Therese Persson, Sweden
2013	3.	Intern. Tournament in Kiev	up to 63 kg	behind Ilana Kratysch, Paulina Grabowska, Poland and Angele Fomenko, Russia
2013	2.	EM in Tbilisi	up to 63 kg	after victories over Nadine Weinauge, Elina Wasewa and, Hanna Wassylenko and a defeat against Anastasija Grigorjeva

Explanations

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

swell

• Trade journal Der Ringer
• "Foeldeak Wrestling Database" website
• Website "www.almanach-sportu.pl"

Web links

Commons : Monika Michalik  - album with pictures, videos and audio files

• Monika Ewa Michalik in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )