Nataliya Synyshyn

Natalya Ihorivna Synyshyn (; born 3 July 1985) is a Ukrainian-Azerbaijani freestyle wrestler, who played for the lightweight division. She is a two-time bronze medalist at the World Championships, and three-time at the European Championships.

Career

Synyshyn competed for Ukraine in the women's 55-kg class in freestyle wrestling at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. In the first preliminary round, she was defeated by Marcie Van Dusen of the United States, after being taken off the mat by her opponent in the final period, with a three-set score (0–4, 1–1, 7–0), and a classification point score of 1–3.

On 11 March 2016, she won European Wrestling Championships for Azerbaijan. She won a bronze medal at the 2016 Summer Olympics.

References

External links

NBC 2008 Olympics profile

Living people

1985 births

People from Chervonohrad

Ukrainian female sport wrestlers

Azerbaijani female sport wrestlers

Ukrainian emigrants to Azerbaijan

Naturalized citizens of Azerbaijan

Olympic wrestlers for Ukraine

Wrestlers at the 2008 Summer Olympics

European Games medalists in wrestling

European Games bronze medalists for Azerbaijan

Wrestlers at the 2015 European Games

World Wrestling Championships medalists

Wrestlers at the 2016 Summer Olympics

Olympic wrestlers for Azerbaijan

Olympic bronze medalists for Azerbaijan

Olympic medalists in wrestling

Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics

European Wrestling Championships medalists

Islamic Solidarity Games medalists in wrestling

Islamic Solidarity Games competitors for Azerbaijan

Sportspeople from Lviv Oblast