Vanesa Kaladzinskaya
Kaladzinskaya in 2021
Personal information
Native nameВанеса Каладзінская
Nationality Belarus
Born (1992-12-27) 27 December 1992
Babruysk, Belarus
Height161 cm (5 ft 3 in)
Sport
Country Belarus
SportWrestling
Weight class53 kg
EventFreestyle
Coached bySergey Smal
Medal record
Women's freestyle wrestling
Representing Individual Neutral Athletes
World Championships
Silver medal – second place2023 Belgrade53 kg
Representing  Belarus
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place2020 Tokyo53 kg
World Championships
Gold medal – first place2012 Strathcona County48 kg
Gold medal – first place2017 Paris53 kg
European Championships
Gold medal – first place2017 Novi Sad53 kg
Gold medal – first place2020 Rome53 kg
Silver medal – second place2018 Kaspiysk53 kg
Bronze medal – third place2019 Bucharest53 kg

Vanesa Kaladzinskaya (Belarusian: Ванэса Валер'еўна Каладзінская; born 27 December 1992, in Babruysk) is a Belarusian freestyle wrestler.[1] She competed in the freestyle 48 kg event at the 2012 Summer Olympics; after defeating Zhuldyz Eshimova in the 1/8 finals, she was eliminated by Carol Huynh in the quarterfinals.[2]

In March 2021, she qualified at the European Qualification Tournament to compete at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.[3][4] She won one of the bronze medals in the women's 53 kg event at the 2020 Summer Olympics held in Tokyo, Japan.[5]

Though she was allowed to compete as a neutral athlete, on 9 January 2024 she participated in a propaganda event where she received an award from Alexander Lukashenko.[6][7]

References

  1. ↑ "Vanesa Kaladzinskaya". London 2012. Archived from the original on 27 January 2013. Retrieved 17 August 2012.
  2. ↑ "Vanesa Kaladzinskaya - Events and results". London 2012. Archived from the original on 17 August 2012. Retrieved 17 August 2012.
  3. ↑ Shefferd, Neil (19 March 2021). "Twelve more wrestlers secure Tokyo 2020 places as women's action takes centre stage at European Olympic qualifier". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 20 March 2021.
  4. ↑ "2021 European Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived (PDF) from the original on 24 March 2021. Retrieved 24 March 2021.
  5. ↑ "Wrestling Results Book" (PDF). 2020 Summer Olympics. Archived (PDF) from the original on 7 August 2021. Retrieved 8 August 2021.
  6. ↑ On January 9, wrestler Kaladzinskaya took part in a propaganda event together with the dictator Lukashenko, Base of Ukrainian sports on Twitter, 10 January 2024 (in English).
  7. ↑ Церемония вручения премии "За духовное возрождение" и специальных премий Президента, Persident of Belarus official website, 9 January 2024 (in Russian).


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