Yuliya Ratkevich

Yuliya Ratkevich (Belarusian: Юлія Мікалаеўна Раткевіч; Łacinka: Julija Mikałajeŭna Ratkievič; born 16 July 1985) is a Belarusian-born Azerbaijani female wrestler. She is the 2012 Olympic bronze medalist in women's freestyle 55 kg. Early in her career, she competed for Belarus.

Yuliya Ratkevich

Ratkevich at the 2016 Olympics
Personal information
Native name	Юлія Мікалаеўна Раткевіч
Born	(1985-07-16) 16 July 1985 (age 39) Minsk, Belarus
Medal record Women's freestyle wrestling Representing  Azerbaijan Olympic Games 2012 London 55 kg World Championships 2009 Herning 59 kg 2010 Moscow 55 kg 2013 Budapest 59 kg 2014 Tashkent 60 kg 2015 Las Vegas 58 kg European Championship 2011 Dortmund 59 kg 2016 Riga 60 kg Summer Universiade Kazan 2013 59 kg Representing  Belarus European Championships 2005 Varna 59 kg

Career

Representing Belarus, Ratkevich won bronze in the 59 kg category at the 2005 European Championships in Varna. After switching to Azerbaijan, she won gold at the 2009 World Championships in Herning and at the 2011 European Championships in Dortmund.

Ratkevich competed in women's freestyle 55 kg at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London. She beat Maria Prevolaraki of Greece in the round of 16, but lost to Saori Yoshida in the next round. Ratkevich thus qualified for the repechage round where she beat American wrestler Kelsey Campbell. In the bronze medal final, she beat Valeria Zholobova from Russia.^[1]

Ratkevich also competed in women's freestyle 58 kg at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.^[2] She lost to Tunisia's Marwa Amri in the bronze medal round.

References

1. "Yuliya Ratkevich - Wrestling - Olympic Athlete | London 2012". Archived from the original on 2013-04-02. Retrieved 2012-08-13.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
2. "RATKEVICH Yuliya - Olympic Wrestling | Azerbaijan". Archived from the original on 2016-08-21. Retrieved 2016-08-21.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)

External links

• bio on fila-wrestling.com^{[permanent dead link]}