Oksana Herhel

Oksana Herhel medal table
Wrestler
Ukraine
World Championship
gold	2015 Las Vegas	up to 60 kg
European Championship
silver	2016 Riga	up to 60 kg
U23 European Championship
bronze	2015 Walbrzych	up to 60 kg
bronze	2017 Szombathely	up to 60 kg
Junior World Championship
bronze	2012 Pattaya	up to 59 kg Juniors
Junior European Championship
silver	2010 Sarajevo	up to 49 kg cadets
gold	2011 Warsaw	up to 60 kg cadets
bronze	2013 Skopje	up to 59 kg

Oksana Wassyliwna Herhel ( Ukrainian Оксана Василівна Гергель , scientific. Transliteration Oksana Vasylivna Herhel' * 20th June 1994 in ivanychi , Oblast Volyn , Ukraine ) is a Ukrainian wrestler . In 2015 she became world champion in the weight class up to 60 kg.

Career

Oksana Herhel's talent for wrestling was discovered at her school when she was a young girl. She has been wrestling since 2005 and weighed just 30 kg at the time. She belongs to the Dynamo Lviv sports club and has so far been coached by Iwan Paliy, Juri Kopotko and Andre Pistun. The athlete, who is now 1.65 meters tall and weighs around 63 kg, is a student and currently earns her living by wrestling.

In 2010 Oksana Herhel took part in an international championship for the first time. At the Junior European Championship (Cadets) in Sarajevo she won a silver medal in the weight class up to 49 kg behind Kamala Aliyeva from Azerbaijan. In August 2011 she became Junior European Champion (Cadets) in Warsaw in the weight class up to 60 kg, ahead of Luzie Manzke from Germany.

In 2012 she won a bronze medal at the Junior World Championships (Juniors) in Pattaya in the weight class up to 59 kg behind Chiho Hamada from Japan and Hafize Sahin from Turkey. She won another bronze medal at the European Junior Championships (Juniors) in Skopje in the weight class up to 59 kg.

In 2014 Oksana Herhel started at the international championships for senior women. But she stayed both at the European Championships in Vantaa, where she lost her first fight against Tajbe Jusein from Bulgaria in the weight class up to 60 kg , and at the World Championships in Tashkent, where she was back in the same weight class after defeating Salamat Kuchimowa from Uzbekistan against Tajbe Jusein lost without medals.

In March 2015 she started at the U23 European Championships in Wałbrzych, Poland. In the weight class up to 60 kg she won her first fight against Jowita Wrzesien from Poland, then lost to Petra Olli from Finland, but then secured a bronze medal with a victory over Wiktoria Bobewa from Bulgaria. At the 1st European Games in Baku in 2015, she started again in the weight class up to 60 kg and defeated Johanna Mattsson from Sweden there. But then she lost against the ex-world champion Marianna Sastin from Hungary and against her feared opponent Tajbe Jusein and took 5th place.

The 2015 World Cup in Las Vegas became the highlight of her career so far. Oksana Herhel defeated Breanne Leigh Graham from Canada in the weight class up to 60 kg, her Ukrainian compatriot Irina Netreba , who started for Azerbaijan , Leigh Jaynes provisional from the United States and in the final Tserenchimed Sukhee from Mongolia and thus surprisingly won the world title for many.

In March 2016, she took second place behind Petra Olli from Finland at the European Championships in Riga in the weight class up to 60 kg . Since the weight class up to 60 kg body weight was not Olympic at the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro in 2016, she first had to qualify for participation in these games in the Olympic weight class up to 58 kg. She succeeded in doing this in April 2016 at a qualifying tournament in Zrenjanin, where she finished 2nd in this weight class behind Mimi Christowa from Bulgaria.

In April 2016, the World Wrestling Federation UWW was informed by WADA (World Anti-Doping Agency) that Oksana Herhel's doping test at this qualification tournament for the heart drug meldonium, which is on the doping list, was positive. It was recommended that Oksana Herhel's starting right be revoked at the 2016 Olympic Games. Oksana Herhel was then "temporarily" banned by UWW. Strangely enough, this ban was lifted by UWW in July 2016, so that Oksana Herhel was able to compete in the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro in the weight class up to 58 kg. She met Julija Ratkewitsch from Azerbaijan in the round of 16 , against whom she lost on points (5-7). Since Julija Ratkewitsch did not reach the final, Oksana Herhel was eliminated and only came in 13th place.

In March 2017 she started in Szombathely at the U23 European Championships and won a bronze medal there in the weight class up to 60 kg.

Since then, Oksana Herhel has not competed in any international championships.

International success

year	space	competition	Weight class	Results
2010	2.	Junior European Championship (Cadets) in Sarajevo	up to 49 kg	behind Kamala Alijewa, Azerbaijan, in front of Signe Marie Store, Norway and Alina Emilia Vuc, Romania
2011	1.	Junior European Championship (Cadets) in Warsaw	up to 60 kg	before Luzie Manzke, Germany, Agnieszka Sylvie Krol, Poland and Eliana Szabo, Hungary
2012	5.	Junior European Championship (Juniors) in Zagreb	up to 59 kg	Winner: Mimi Christowa, Bulgaria ahead of Hafize Sahin, Turkey
2012	3.	Junior World Championships (Juniors) in Pattaya	up to 59 kg	behind Chiho Hamada , Japan and Hafize Sahin , Turkey
2013	14th	Intern. Tournament in Kiev	up to 59 kg	Winner: Anna Polownewa , Russia ahead of Swetlana Lipatowa, Russia
2013	3.	Junior European Championship (Juniors) in Skopje	up to 59 kg	behind Petra Olli , Finland and Katarzyna Madrowska, Poland
2014	3.	Alexander Medved Prize in Minsk	up to 60 kg	behind Anastassija Hutschok , Belarus and Irina Netreba, Azerbaijan
2014	9.	EM in Vantaa / Finland	up to 60 kg	after a loss to Tajbe Jusein from Bulgaria
2014	8th.	Golden Grand Prix in Baku	up to 60 kg	Winner: Julija Ratkewitsch , Azerbaijan ahead of Katsuki Sakagami, Japan
2014	7th	World Cup in Tashkent	up to 60 kg	after a victory over Salamat Kuchimowa, Uzbekistan and a defeat against Tajbe Jusein
2015	3.	U 23-EM in Walbrzych / Poland	up to 60 kg	after defeating Jowita Wrzesien, Poland, defeating Petra Olli and defeating Wiktoria Bobewa, Bulgaria
2015	5.	European Games in Baku	up to 60 kg	after a win over Johanna Mattsson, Sweden and defeats against Marianna Sastin , Hungary and Tajbe Jusein
2015	2.	Poland Open in Warsaw	up to 60 kg	behind Anastassija Hutschok, Belarus and in front of Dschanan Manolova, Bulgaria and Irina Netreba , Azerbaijan
2015	1.	World Cup in Las Vegas	up to 60 kg	after victories over Breanne Leigh Graham, Canada, Irina Netreba , Leigh Jaynes-Provisor, USA and Tserenchimed Sukhee, Mongolia
2016	2.	Intern. Tournament in Kiev	up to 58 kg	behind Natalja Sinishin , in front of Julija Ratkewitsch, both Azerbaijan and Anna Wasilenko , Ukraine
2016	2.	EM in Riga	up to 60 kg	after victories over Charlotte Skauen, Norway and Julija Ratkewitsch and a defeat against Petra Olli, Finland
2016	2.	Olympic qualification tournament in Zrenjanin	up to 58 kg	behind Mimi Christowa, Bulgaria, in front of Grace Bullen, Norway and Mariana Cherdiwara-Esanu, Romania
2016	13.	OS in Rio de Janeiro	up to 58 kg	after a defeat by Julija Ratkewitsch
2016	1.	Golden Grand Prix in Baku	up to 60 kg	before Tatiana Omelchenko, Azerbaijan, Ayaka Ito, Japan and Han Yingyan, China
2017	10.	Intern. Tournament in Kiev	up to 60 kg	Winner: Julija Tkatsch , Ukraine ahead of Elmira Gambarowa, Azerbaijan
2017	3.	U 23-EM in Szombathely	up to 60 kg	after a victory over Tatiana Omelchenko, a defeat against Lyubov Ovcharowa , Russia and a victory (without a fight) over Viktoria Felho, Hungary

Explanations

• all free style competitions
• OS = Olympic Games, WM = World Championship, EM = European Championship
• Age group "Cadets" up to 17, age group "Juniors" up to 20 years of age

literature

• Trade journal Der Ringer

Web links

• Profile of Oksana Herhel at the Institute for Applied Training Science
• Oksana Herhel "temporarily" banned from doping
• Right to start for Oksana Herhel at the 2016 Olympic Games