Alina Hrushyna
Ukrainian freestyle wrestler From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Alina Hrushyna Akobiia (Ukrainian: Аліна Давидівна Акобія, born 5 August 1999), also known as Alina Akobiya, is a Ukrainian freestyle wrestler. She won one of the bronze medals in the 57 kg event at the 2022 World Wrestling Championships held in Belgrade, Serbia. She is a four-time medalist, including two gold medals, at the European Wrestling Championships. Hrushyna represented Ukraine at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France.
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| Native name | Аліна Давидівна Акобія | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Full name | Alina Hrushyna Akobiia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 5 August 1999[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Ukraine | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Amateur wrestling | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight class | 57 kg | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event | Freestyle | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Career
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Perspective
In 2019, at the World U23 Wrestling Championship in Budapest, Hungary, she won the silver medal in the 57 kg event.[2][3] Two years earlier, at the 2017 World U23 Wrestling Championship held in Bydgoszcz, Poland, she won one of the bronze medals in the 55 kg event.
At the 2020 European Wrestling Championships held in Rome, Italy, she won the silver medal in the women's 57 kg event.[4][5] In the final, she lost against Grace Bullen of Norway.[5]
In March 2021, Hrushyna earned a spot in the women's 57 kg event at the European Qualification Tournament for a Ukrainian wrestler to compete at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.[6][7] Tetyana Kit competed in the women's 57 kg event.[8]
In May 2021, Hrushyna won the gold medal in her event at the European U23 Wrestling Championship held in Skopje, North Macedonia.[9] In November 2021, she also won the gold medal in the 57 kg event at the 2021 U23 World Wrestling Championships held in Belgrade, Serbia.[10][11]
In 2022, Hrushyna won the gold medal in the 57 kg event at the 2022 European Wrestling Championships held in Budapest, Hungary.[12][13] She also won the gold medal in her event at the Matteo Pellicone Ranking Series 2022 held in Rome, Italy.[14] She won one of the bronze medals in the 57 kg event at the 2022 World Wrestling Championships held in Belgrade, Serbia.[15][16] A month later, she also won one of the bronze medals in her event at the 2022 U23 World Wrestling Championships held in Pontevedra, Spain.[17]
Hrushyna won the silver medal in her event at the 2023 Ibrahim Moustafa Tournament held in Alexandria, Egypt.[18] She won the gold medal in the 57 kg event at the 2023 European Wrestling Championships held in Zagreb, Croatia.[19][20] She defeated Zhala Aliyeva of Azerbaijan in her gold medal match.[19][20]
Hrushyna competed at the 2024 European Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament in Baku, Azerbaijan hoping to qualify for the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France.[21] She was eliminated in her third match and she did not qualify for the Olympics.[21] She also competed at the 2024 World Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament in Istanbul, Turkey without qualifying for the Olympics.[22] Hrushyna was able to compete at the Olympics as Iryna Kurachkina of Belarus was not invited to compete. Hrushyna competed in the women's 57 kg event where she was eliminated in her second match by Helen Maroulis of the United States.[23] Maroulis went on to win one of the bronze medals in the event.[23]
Personal life
Hrushyna-Akobiia is married to Greco-Roman wrestler Oleksandr Hrushyn.[24]
Achievements
| Year | Tournament | Location | Result | Event |
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| 2020 | European Championships | Rome, Italy | 2nd | Freestyle 57 kg |
| 2021 | European Championships | Warsaw, Poland | 3rd | Freestyle 57 kg |
| 2022 | European Championships | Budapest, Hungary | 1st | Freestyle 57 kg |
| World Championships | Belgrade, Serbia | 3rd | Freestyle 57 kg | |
| 2023 | European Championships | Zagreb, Croatia | 1st | Freestyle 57 kg |
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