Sara Eriksson (wrestler)

Sara Eriksson (born January 23, 1974 in Luleå ) is a former Swedish wrestler .

Eriksson, who grew up in Töre in northern Sweden, later wrestled with OIS Gothenburg . She was already world-class at the age of 17 and won her first world championship medal at the age of 20. In 1995 and 1996 Eriksson was world champion in the class up to 57 kg, in 1996 she also won the European Championship. She also won the European title in 2000 and 2002. At world championships, she won three medals after her two titles. Most recently she finished second in 2002 behind Kaori Icho . When an Olympic wrestling tournament for women was held for the first time in 2004 , Eriksson was at the start, but dropped out early and only finished tenth. In September 2014 she was inducted into the FILA International Wrestling Hall of Fame for her services to the sport of wrestling .

successes

• 1991, 5th place , World Championships in Tokyo , up to 53 kg, behind Xia Zhang , China , Yoshiko Endo , Japan , Wenddy Yzaguirre Gonzalez , Venezuela and Lyudmila Popowa , USSR
• 1992, 6th place , World Championship in Villeurbanne , up to 57 kg, behind Riyoko Sakae , Japan, Marine Roy , France , Line Johansen , Norway , Olga Lugo Guardia , Venezuela and Natalja Winogradowa , Russia
• 1993, 5th place , World Championships in Stavern , up to 57 kg, behind Gudrun Höie , Norway, Olga Lugo Guardia , Huang Ai-chun , Taiwan and Natalja Winogradowa
• 1994, 3rd place , World Championships in Sofia , up to 57 kg, behind Line Johansen and Zohya Dahmani , France
• 1995, 1st place , World Championships in Moscow , up to 57 kg, ahead of Lene Aanes , Norway and Anna Gomis , France
• 1996, 1st place , EM in Oslo , up to 57 kg, in front of Lene Aanes and Natalja Iwanowa , Russia
• 1996, 1st place , World Championships in Sofia , up to 57 kg, ahead of Jackie Beruba , USA and Lene Aanes
• 1997, 3rd place , EM in Warsaw , up to 56 kg, behind Anna Gomis and Lene Aanes
• 1997, 3rd place , World Championships in Clermont-Ferrand , up to 56 kg, behind Anna Gomis and Mariko Shimizu , Japan
• 1998, 2nd place , EM in Bratislava , up to 56 kg, behind Anna Gomis and in front of Diletta Giampiccolo , Italy
• 1998, 3rd place , World Championships in Poznan , up to 56 kg, behind Gudrun Höie and Anna Gomis
• 1999, 2nd place , EM in Götzis , up to 56 kg, behind Anna Gomis and in front of Tatjana Lasarewa , Ukraine
• 1999, 9th place , World Championships in Boden , Hildursborg , up to 56 kg, u. a. behind Anna Gomis, Mariko Shimizu and Gudrun Höie
• 2000, 1st place , EM in Budapest , up to 56 kg, ahead of Natalja Iwaschko , Russia and Anna Gomis
• 2000, 6th place , World Championships in Sofia , up to 56 kg, behind Seiko Yamamoto , Japan, Tatjana Lasarewa, Jennifer Ryz , Canada , Salma Ferchichi , Tunisia and Mabel Ramirez Fonseca , Puerto Rico
• 2001, 5th place , EM in Budapest, up to 62 kg, behind Malgorzata Bassa-Roguska , Poland , Natalja Iwanowa, Lene Aanes and Nikola Hartmann-Dünser , Austria
• 2001, 5th place , World Championships in Sofia, up to 56 kg, behind Seiko Yamamoto , Lyubow Wolossowa , Russia, Tatjan Lasarewa and Na-Lae Lee , South Korea
• 2002, 1st place , EM in Seinäjoki , up to 59 kg, ahead of Monika Ewa Michalik , Poland and Christina Örtli , Germany
• 2002, 2nd place , World Championships in Chalkida , up to 63 kg, behind Kaori Icho , Japan and in front of Lene Aanes
• 2003, 3rd place , EM in Riga , up to 63 kg, behind Lene Aanes and Nikola Hartmann-Dünser
• 2003, 15th place , World Championships in New York , up to 63 kg, u. a. behind Kaori Ichō, Sara McMann , USA and Viola Yanik , Canada
• 2004, 3rd place , EM in Haparanda , up to 63 kg, behind Aljona Kartaschowa , Russia and Stéphanie Groß , Germany
• 2004, 10th place , OS in Athens , up to 63 kg, u. a. behind Kaori Ichō, Sara McMann and Lise Legrand , France

Individual evidence

1. ↑ FILA Announces Class of 2014 Hall of Famers: Sixteen Individuals to be Inducted in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, on September 6 , accessed on April 16, 2017 (English)

Web links

• Sara Eriksson's profile at the Institute for Applied Training Science
• Sara Eriksson in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )