Natalja Jurjewna Golz

Natalja Jurjewna Golz ( Russian Наталья Юрьевна Гольц ; born August 22, 1985 in Montschegorsk , Murmansk Rayon , Soviet Union ) is a Russian wrestler . She was European champion five times between 2003 and 2008 and won six medals at the world championships.

Career

Natalja Golz started wrestling as a teenager in 1996. The sportswoman, who was born in the Arctic Ocean, now lives in Moscow and belongs to the Dynamo Moscow sports club . So far she has been trained mainly by N. Nanajew and Omar Murtasalijew. She is a student. At a height of 1.63 meters, with a few exceptions, it has always started in the weight class up to 55 kg body weight.

In 1998, at the age of thirteen, she was already at the so-called World Youth Championship (later renamed Junior World Championship for Cadets) in Manchester , where she won the title in the weight category up to 38 kg. In the years 2000 to 2002 she won the Junior European Championship three times in a row for the Cadets age group (up to the age of 16). These championships took place in Bratislava , Izmir and Albena / Bulgaria . Natalja Golz won in the weight classes up to 46 kg, 49 kg and 52 kg body weight. She then did not win any further championship titles among the juniors, although she could have started in this age group until 2005. There was a reason for the fact that the Russian Wrestling Association had been using them regularly at the international championships for women since 2002.

Natalja Golz made her debut among women at the 2002 World Cup in Chalkida / Greece . She started in the weight class up to 51 kg and won there in the preliminary round fights a. a. about Jessica Bechtel from Germany . In the semifinals she was defeated by the Japanese Chiharu Icho , but then won a bronze medal in the World Cup with a victory over Lyndsay Belisle from Canada .

In 2003 she won the first European title in the weight class up to 55 kg in Riga . In the decisive fights she won against Christina Oertli from Germany and Sofia Poumpouridou from Greece . This title was followed by four more European championship titles by 2008. Natalja Golz won all of these in the weight class up to 55 kg in Varna (2005), Moscow (2006), Sofia (2008) and Tampere (2009). The toughest opponents she defeated were Anna Gomis , France , Ana Maria Pavăl , Romania , Maria Iwanowa , Belarus , Ludmila Cristea , Moldova , Emese Szabo , Hungary , Natalja Sinischin and Tetjana Lasarewa , both Ukraine and Johanna Mattsson , Sweden .

She was not so successful at the World Championships. At least she won a bronze medal at the 2003 World Cup in New York . She lost there against Saori Yoshida from Japan and won this bronze medal by defeating the Chinese Sun Dongmei . At the 2005 World Championships in Budapest , she again won a bronze medal. Here it was the Chinese woman, Su Lihui , who blocked her way into the final battle. Natalja Golz celebrated victories at this world championship over Anna Gomis, Gudrun Annette Høie from Norway and Minerva Monteiro Perez from Spain . At the 2006 World Cup in Guangzhou , she failed again on Saori Yoshida. After victories in the consolation round over Marcia Yuleisi Andrades Mendoza from Venezuela and Anna Gomis, she then lost the fight for a bronze medal against Ida-Theres Nerell from Sweden and had to be satisfied with 5th place. Against the same wrestler she lost at the 2007 World Cup in Baku. But there she fought for a bronze medal at the World Championships with victories over Sofia Poumpouridou and Tetjana Lasarewa.

The 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing turned out to be a great disappointment for Natalja Golz . She lost there after a victory over Jelena Komarowa from Azerbaijan against Saori Yoshida and Ida-Theres Nerell and only came in 8th place. In 2008, in addition to the wrestling tournament at the Olympic Games, there was also a separate world championship. It took place in Tokyo . Natalja Golz started in the weight class up to 59 kg and won the runner-up world title there. She lost the final battle against Ayako Shōda from Japan.

In 2009 she was only part of the World Championships in Herning / Denmark . She lost there, having returned to the weight class up to 55 kg, against Anna Gomis, whom she had previously defeated in countless encounters, was eliminated and only came in 19th place. Her last start at an international championship in which she participated was at the 2010 European Championship in Baku . She almost managed to become the sixth European champion there. But she lost there in the final fight against Anastasija Grigorjeva from Latvia just by points (1: 2 rounds, 6: 8) points and was "only" vice-European champion.

After this championship, Natalja Golz devoted herself more to her diploma thesis and therefore did not take part in any international championships. In 2012, however, she made a comeback and took 2nd place in the Russian championship in the non-Olympic weight class up to 59. In the final she was defeated by Jekaterina Melnikow . Her start at the Golden Grand Prix in Klippan was less successful , where she only finished 8th. In 2013 and 2014 she is not to be found in the list of winners at the Russian championships. In June 2014, however, she was used by the Russian Wrestling Association at the German Grand Prix in Dormagen in the weight class up to 58 kg, in which she took 3rd place behind Emese Barka from Hungary and Ausuluut A Tinibekowa from Kyrgyzstan.

International success

year	space	competition	Weight class	Results
1998	1.	Youth World Cup (Junior Cadets) in Manchester	up to 38 kg	before Mary Kelly, USA and Joanna Murawska, Poland
2000	1.	Junior European Championship (Cadets) in Bratislava	up to 46 kg	before Violeta Grabowska, Poland and Anne-Kathrin Rietschel, Germany
2001	1.	Junior European Championship (Cadets) in Izmir	up to 49 kg	before Julia Bressem, Germany and Julietta Willocq, France
2002	1.	Junior European Championship (Cadets) in Albena / Bulgaria	up to 52 kg	in front of Paulina Rojek, Poland and Larissa Djata, Romania
2002	1.	World Cup in Cairo	up to 51 kg	before Cui Jing, China and Inessa Rebar, Ukraine
2002	3.	World Cup in Chalkida / Greece	up to 51 kg	after victories over Jessica Bechtel , Germany , Wen Juling, China and Wiktorija Brandusch, Ukraine, a defeat against Chiharu Icho , Japan and a win over Lyndsay Belisle , Canada
2002	2.	Klippan Lady Open	up to 55 kg	behind Seiko Yamamoto Nagashima, Japan, ahead of Erica Sharp and Tonya Verbeek , both Canada
2003	1.	EM in Riga	up to 55 kg	after victories over Nadine Tokar, Switzerland , Sandrine Seve, France, Christina Oertli , Germany and Sofia Poumpouridou , Greece
2003	3.	World Cup in New York	up to 55 kg	after victories over Alka Tomar, India , Sabrina Lotz, Germany and Marcia Yuleisi Andrades Mendoza, Venezuela , a defeat against Saori Yoshida , Japan and a win over Sun Dongmei , China
2003	3.	World Cup in Tokyo	up to 55 kg	behind Saori Yoshida and Tonya Verbeek, in front of Tina George , USA
2004	1.	Klippan Lady Open	up to 55 kg	before Natalja Karamtschakowa , Russia and Sabrina Lotz
2005	1.	"Ivan Yarigin" Memorial in Krasnoyarsk	up to 55 kg	before Natalja Iwaschko, Russia, Jessica Bechtel and Ninako Hattori, Japan
2005	1.	Warsaw Cup	up to 55 kg	before Marjana Baudich, Ukraine and Gudrun Annette Hoie
2005	1.	EM in Varna	up to 55 kg	after victories over Anna Gomis , France, Maria Iwanowa , Belarus and Kitti Godo , Hungary
2005	2.	World Cup in Clermont-Ferrand	up to 55 kg	behind Saori Yoshida, in front of Anna Gomis and Marcia Yuleisi Andreades Mendoza
2005	3.	World Cup in Budapest	up to 55 kg	after victories against Gudrun Annette Høie , Norway and Anna Gomis, a defeat against Su Lihai , China and a win over Minerva Monteiro Perez, Spain
2006	1.	Klippan Lady Open	up to 55 kg	before Anna Gomis and Johanna Mattsson , Sweden
2006	1.	EM in Moscow	up to 55 kg	after victories over Ana Maria Pavăl , Romania , Maria Iwanowa, Anna Gomis and Ludmila Cristea , Moldova
2006	5.	World Cup in Guangzhou	up to 55 kg	after a victory over Zeynep Yildirim, Turkey , a defeat against Saori Yoshida, victories over Marcia Yuleisi Andrades Mendoza and Anna Gomis and a defeat against Ida-Theres Nerell , Sweden
2007	1.	"Ivan Yarigin" Memorial in Krasnoyarsk	up to 55 kg
2007	1.	EM in Sofia	up to 55 kg	after victories over Nadine Tokar, Sofia Poumpouridou, Emese Szabo , Hungary and Natalja Sinischin , Ukraine
2007	3.	World Cup in Baku	up to 55 kg	after victories over Xu Li , China and Rochayatou Sonko, Senegal , a defeat against Ida-Theres Nerell and victories over Sofia Poumpouridou and Tetjana Lasarewa , Ukraine
2008	1.	EM in Tampere	up to 55 kg	after victories over Gudrun Annette Høie, Tetjana Lasarewa, Johanna Mattsson and Ludmila Cristea
2008	8th.	OS in Beijing	up to 55 kg	after a victory over Jelena Komarowa, Azerbaijan and defeats against Saori Yoshida and Ida-Theres Nerell
2008	2.	World Cup in Tokyo	up to 59 kg	after victories over Salamat Kuchimowa, Uzbekistan , Agata Pietrzyk, Poland, Layla Metin, Turkey and Sabrina Esposoito, Spain and a defeat against Ayako Shōda , Japan
2009	2.	"Ivan Yarigin" Memorial in Krasnoyarsk	up to 55 kg	behind Natalja Smirnowa, Russia, in front of Aishan Ismagulowa and Aiym Abildina, both Kazakhstan
2009	2.	Grand Prix of Germany in Dormagen	up to 55 kg	behind Tonya Verbeek, in front of Malgorzata Kruza, Poland and Maria Gurowa , Russia
2009	19th	World Cup in Herning / Denmark	up to 55 kg	after a loss to Anna Gomis
2010	1.	Golden Grand Prix in Krasnoyarsk	up to 55 kg	before Irina Kissel and Irina Ologonowa, both Russia and Aatantuyaa Namsray, Mongolia
2010	2.	EM in Baku	up to 55 kg	after victories over Minerva Monteiro Perez, Valentina Minguzzi, Italy and Ana Maria Pavăl and a defeat against Anastasija Grigorjeva , Latvia
2012	8th.	Golden Grand Prix in Klippan	up to 59 kg	Winner: Yui Sakano, Japan ahead of Ida-Theres Nerell and Anastasija Grigorjeva
2012	2.	Poland Open in Racibórz	up to 59 kg	behind Jackeline Renteria Castillo, Colombia and in front of Isabella Strzalka, Poland and Olga Butkewitsch, Great Britain
2012	3.	Spanish Grand Prix in Madrid	up to 59 kg	behind Jackeline Renteria Castillo and Joice Souza da Silva, Brazil
2014	3.	German Grand Prix in Dormagen	up to 58 kg	behind Emese Barka, Hungary and Aisuluun A Tinibekowa, Kyrgyzstan

Russian championships

(as far as known)

year	space	Weight class	Results
2007	1.	up to 55 kg
2008	3.	up to 55 kg	behind Natalja Smirnowa and Anna Maksimowa, together with Christina Sat
2009	1.	up to 55 kg
2012	2.	up to 59 kg	behind Jekaterina Melnikow , in front of Anna Polownewa and Tschargalma Zyrenowa

Explanations

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

literature

• Trade journal Der Ringer

Web links

• Profile of Natalja Jurjewna Golz at the Institute for Applied Training Science
• Natalja Golz in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )
• Website "www.wrestrus.ru"