Natalia Vladimirovna Smirnova

Natalja Wladimirowna Smirnowa ( Russian: Наталья Владимировна Смирнова ; born May 11, 1979 in Novocheboksarsk ) is a Russian wrestler . In 2005 and 2012 she was vice-European champion in the weight classes up to 55 kg and 63 kg body weight, respectively.

Career

Natalia Smirnova started wrestling in her hometown of Almetyevsk in 1995. Your first trainer was Nikolai Petrovich Bjelow. She joined the army and is now a member of the Ver Stavropol sports club . Since 2008 she has been trained by Fersillah Islamow. At a height of 1.64 meters, it initially ranged in the weight classes up to 51 kg and 55 kg for a long time, but since 2010 has grown from the weight class up to 59 kg into the weight class up to 63 kg.

She was already very successful in the junior division and won four medals at international championships in 1998 and 1999. She was most successful at the European Junior Championships in Budapest in 1999, where she won the title in the weight class up to 50 kg body weight.

The breakthrough among senior citizens took a while. It was only in 2002 that it was used at an international championship in this age group. She came 4th at the European Championships in Seinäjoki / Finland in the weight class up to 55 kg after victories over Sabrina Lotz, Germany and Petya Penkowa, Bulgaria and defeats against Tatjana Lasarewa , Ukraine and Gudrun Annette Høie , Norway. In 2005 she was runner-up in the weight class up to 51 kg in Varna. She defeated Nadine Tokar, Switzerland, Sarka Andrlova, Czech Republic and Ana Maria Pavăl , Romania, but lost in the final to Irina Melnik-Merleni from Ukraine. At the 2005 World Cup she came in 9th place after defeating Rani Poonam from India and losing to Tsogtbadsaryn Enchjargal from Mongolia.

She then won another medal, the bronze, at the 2006 European Championships in Moscow. In the weight class up to 51 kg. She lost there in her first fight against Alexandra Engelhardt from Germany, but then secured this medal with victories over Marta Podeworna, Poland and Maria del Mar Serrano Barcelo from Spain. It was not used at the 2007 World Cup.

In 2008 Natalja Smirnowa was Russian champion in the weight class up to 55 kg ahead of Anna Maksimow and Natalja Golz , but she was not used at the European Championships or the Olympic Games in Beijing. Only at the 2008 World Championships in Tokyo, which took place in addition to the Olympic Games, she was at the start, where after a victory over Miruyet Dinbajewa, Kazakhstan, a defeat against Tatiana Lasarewa, a victory over Nursat Shailobajewa, Kyrgyzstan and a defeat against Ana Maria Pavăl den 6th place. In 2009 she took 3rd place at the European Championships in Vilnius in the weight class up to 59 kg behind Natalja Sinischin , Ukraine and Alena Filipowa, Belarus and thus won a bronze medal again.

In 2010 Natalya Smirnova failed at the European Championship in Baku with a 5th place in the weight category up to 59 kg less than a medal when she, after a defeat in the first fight against Taybe Yusein from Bulgaria in the repechage initially to a victory over Hanna Wassylenko from Ukraine came, but then lost to Marianna Sastin from Hungary and was eliminated. Natalia Smirnova made her last start at an international championship in 2012 at the European Championships in Belgrade. She was there with victories over Maria Teresa Mendez Mayo, Spain, Elina Wasewa, Bulgaria and Monika Ewa Michalik , Poland and a defeat in the final against Julia Ostaptschuk , Ukraine, Vice European Champion. At the Russian championship in 2012 she finished 3rd in the weight class up to 63 kg behind Anastassija Bratchikova and Angela Fomenko and thus had no chance of a starting place in the Russian Olympic team for London.

International success

year	space	competition	Weight class	Results
1998	3.	Junior European Championship in Patras	up to 50 kg	behind Tanja Sauter, Germany and Konstanina Katerina Tsibanakou, Greece
1998	2.	Junior World Championships in Fredrikstad / Norway	up to 50 kg	behind Atsuko Shinemura, Japan, in front of Tanja Sauter
1999	1.	Junior European Championship in Budapest	up to 50 kg	before Francine de Paolo-Martinez, France and B. Krzywda, Poland
1999	2.	Junior World Championships in Bucharest	up to 50 kg	behind Atsuko Shinemura, in front of Tanja Sauter and Agoro Papavasileiou, Greece
2002	4th	EM in Seinäjoki / Finland	up to 55 kg	after victories over Sabrina Lotz, Germany and Petya Penkowa, Bulgaria and defeats against Tatjana Lasarewa, Ukraine and Gudrun Annette Høie, Norway
2005	2.	EM in Varna	up to 51 kg	after victories over Nadine Tokar, Switzerland, Sarka Andrlova, Czech Republic and Ana Maria Pavăl, Romania and a defeat against Irina Melnik-Merleni, Ukraine
2005	2.	World Cup in Clermont-Ferrand	up to 51 kg	behind Chiharu Ichō , Japan, in front of Vanessa Boubryemm , France
2005	9.	World Cup in Budapest	up to 51 kg	after defeating Rani Poonam, India and losing to Tsogtbadsaryn Enchjargal , Mongolia
2006	3.	EM in Moscow	up to 51 kg	after a loss to Alexandra Engelhardt, Germany and victories against Marta Podeworna, Poland and Maria del Mar Serrano Barcelo, Spain
2007	2.	German Grand Prix in Dormagen	up to 55 kg	behind Johanna Mattsson , Sweden, in front of Brittanee Laverdure, Canada
2008	6th	World Cup in Tokyo	up to 55 kg	after a victory over Miruyet Dinbajewa, Kazakhstan, a defeat against Tatiana Lasarewa, a victory over Nursat Shailobajewa, Kyrgyzstan and a defeat against Ana Maria Pavăl
2009	1.	"Ivan Yarigin" Grand Prix in Krasnoyarsk	up to 55 kg	before Natalja Golz , Russia
2009	1.	Klippan Lady Open	up to 55 kg	before Sylwia Bilenska, Poland and Nicole Hauptmann, Germany
2009	3.	EM in Vilnius	up to 55 kg	behind Natalja Sinischin, Ukraine and Alena Filipowa, Belarus
2010	2.	"Ivan Yarigin" Golden Grand Prix in Krasnoyarsk	up to 59 kg	behind Kelsey Campbell, USA, in front of Hanna Wassylenko , Ukraine and Kei Yamana, Japan
2010	3.	Klippan Lady Open	up to 59 kg	behind Marianna Sastin, Hungary and Takako Saito, Japan
2010	5.	EM in Baku	up to 59 kg	after a loss to Taybe Yusein, Bulgaria, a win over Hanna Wassylenko and a loss to Marianna Sastin
2011	3.	Golden Grand Prix in Baku	up to 63 kg	behind Rio Watari, Japan and Gosal Sutowa, Azerbaijan
2011	3.	Poland Open in Tarnowo Podgorna	up to 63 kg	behind Anastassija Bratchikova , Russia and Audrey Prieto , France
2012	2.	"Ivan Yarigin" Golden Grand Prix in Krasnoyarsk	up to 63 kg	behind Kaori Icho, in front of Erin Clodgo, USA and Lyubow Michailowna Wolossowa , Russia
2012	3.	Golden Grand Prix in Klippan	up to 63 kg	behind Henna Johansson , Sweden and Monika Ewa Michalik
2012	2.	EM in Belgrade	up to 63 kg	after victories over Maria Teresa Mendez Mayo, Spain, Elina Wasewa, Bulgaria and Monika Ewa Nichalik and a defeat against Julia Ostaptschuk, Ukraine
2012	10.	Poland Open in Racibórz	up to 63 kg	Winner: Anastasija Grigorjeva , Latvia ahead of Anastasija Huchok, Belarus

Russian championships

(as far as known)

year	space	Weight class	Results
2007	2.	up to 55 kg
2008	1.	up to 55 kg	before Anna Maksimowa, Christina Sat and Natalja Golz
2009	2.	up to 55 kg	behind Natalja Golz, in front of Svetlana Schirjajewa and Lyudmila Perwuschowa
2011	3.	up to 63 kg	behind Lyubov Michailowna Wolossowa and Anastassija Bratchikova
2012	3.	up to 63 kg	behind Anastassija Bratchikova and Angela Fomenko

Explanations

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

swell

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

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Article on Smirnova in the Chuvash encyclopedia (Russian)