Sona Əhmədli

Sona Yadulla qızı Əhmədli (also Ahmadli ; born October 5, 1988 in Baku ) is an Azerbaijani wrestler . In 2010 she became European champion in the weight class up to 59 kg.

Career

Sona Əhmədli grew up in Baku and began playing judo there as a teenager . As a junior she achieved greater successes in this sport and in 2004 was Junior Vice European Champion in Rotterdam in the age group U 17. She then reached further international tournaments in this sport and at the Junior European Championships 2005 in Zagreb , where she finished 5th, still some good results.

In 2006 she switched to wrestling. In addition, she became a member of Dinamo Baku . Your trainers are or have been Rafik Hajjiev, Nazim Alichanow and Ari Farmanow since then. The 1.65 meter tall athlete is a sports student and weighs just over 60 kg.

Sona Əhmədli made her debut on the international wrestling mat at the 2007 European Junior Championships in Belgrade , where she finished 5th in the weight class up to 59 kg. At the Junior World Championships in Beijing in 2007, she did not do so well and took 10th place. In the same year it was used in Baku in the women's world championships , but had to pay a lot of money there in the weight class up to 59 kg. She lost to Stephanie Gross from Germany and Brittanee Laverdure from Canada and ended up in 18th place.

In 2008 Sona Əhmədli won her first medal at an international championship. At the European Junior Championships in Košice, she finished second behind Agata Pietrzyk from Poland . At the Junior World Championships this year in Istanbul she was eliminated from Ukraine after a defeat in her second fight against Alla Cherkassova and came in 8th place.

At the European Wrestling Championships in Vilnius in 2009, Sona Əhmədli was "out" after the first round, in which she lost to Anastasija Grigorjeva from Latvia. She only finished 16th in Vilnius.

The greatest success in her career so far was at the 2010 European Championship in Baku, home. She became European champion there with victories over Gudrun Annette Høie from Norway , Meryem Selloum from France and Taybe Yusein from Bulgaria . At the World Cup that year in Moscow , however, she had no success and was eliminated after a defeat by Ayako Shōda from Japan after the first round and only finished in 13th place.

In 2011 she was only used at the World Championships in Istanbul where she was in the weight class up to 59 kg after victories over Olga Kalinina, Kazakhstan , Valeria Scholobova , Russia and Nadezhda Michalkowa , Belarus , a defeat against Hanna Wassylenko , Ukraine and another victory over Amanda Gerhart from Canada took 3rd place and won a bronze medal at the World Championships.

At the 2012 European Championships in Belgrade , she was able to win another bronze medal behind Hanna Wassylenko and Anastasija Grigorjeva, together with Ludmila Cristea from Moldova .

International success

year	space	competition	Weight class	Results
2007	5.	Junior European Championship in Belgrade	up to 59 kg	behind Larissa Kanajewa , Russia , Agata Pietrzyk , Poland , Tatjana Bochan , Belarus and Sanne Hernodh, Sweden
2007	10.	Junior World Championships in Beijing	up to 59 kg	Winner: Li Song Ni, China ahead of Tatjana Padilla , USA
2007	18th	World Cup in Baku	up to 59 kg	after losing to Stephanie Gross , Germany and Brittanee Laverdure , Canada
2008	5.	Golden Grand Prix in Baku	up to 59 kg	behind Ludmila Cristea , Moldova , Alla Cherkassova , Ukraine , Elvira Mursalowa , Azerbaijan and Miruyet Duibajewa, Kazakhstan
2008	2.	Junior European Championship in Košice	up to 59 kg	behind Agata Piertzyk, in front of Andrea Elena Simon, Romania and Irina Chariw, Ukraine
2008	8th.	Junior World Championships in Istanbul	up to 59 kg	after a win over Andrea Elena Simon and a loss to Alla Cherkassova
2009	16.	EM in Vilnius	up to 59 kg	after losing to Anastasija Grigorjeva , Latvia
2009	3.	Golden Grand Prix in Baku	up to 59 kg	behind Chikako Matsukawa , Japan and Julia Ratkewitsch , Azerbaijan
2010	1.	EM in Baku	up to 59 kg	after victories over Gudrun Annette Høie , Norway , Meryem Selloum , France and Taybe Yusein , Bulgaria
2010	5.	Austrian Lady Open in Götzis	up to 59 kg	behind Johanna Mattsson , Sweden, Gudrun Annette Høie, Fabienne Wittenwiller, Switzerland and Aurora Fajardo Prieto, Spain
2010	5.	Golden Grand Prix in Baku	up to 59 kg	behind Marianna Sastin , Hungary , Johanna Mattsson, Hanna Wassylenko and Kei Yamana, Japan
2010	13.	World Cup in Moscow	up to 59 kg	after losing to Ayako Shōda , Japan
2011	1.	Golden Grand Prix in Baku	up to 59 kg	before Olga Butkewitsch, Great Britain and Olesja Samula, Azerbaijan
2011	3.	World Cup in Istanbul	up to 59 kg	after victories over Olga Kalinina, Kazakhstan, Walessa Scholobowa , Russia and Nadeschda Michalkowa , Belarus, a defeat against Hanna Wassylenko and a victory over Amanda Gerhart , Canada
2012	3.	EM in Belgrade	up to 59 kg	behind Hanna Wassylenko and Anastasija Grigorjeva, together with Ludmila Cristea

Explanations

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

swell

• Trade journal Der Ringer
• Foeldeak Wrestling Database website