Monika Ewa Michalik (Polish pronunciation: ; born 2 May 1980 in

Międzyrzecz Międzyrzecz (; , , ) is a town in western Poland, on the Obra (river), Obra and Paklica river, with 17,667 inhabitants (2020). The capital of Gmina Międzyrzecz and Międzyrzecz County. Since the Local Government Reorganization Act of 1998, it ha ...

) is a freestyle wrestler from

Poland Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It extends from the Baltic Sea in the north to the Sudetes and Carpathian Mountains in the south, bordered by Lithuania and Russia to the northeast, Belarus and Ukrai ...

. She participated in Women's freestyle 63 kg at

2008 Summer Olympics The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad () and officially branded as Beijing 2008 (), were an international multisport event held from 8 to 24 August 2008, in Beijing, China. A total of 10,942 athletes fro ...

. In the last 16, she beat

Volha Khilko Volha Viktarauna Khilko (; Łacinka: Volha Viktaraŭna Chilko; born March 24, 1979, in Babruysk) is an amateur Belarusian wrestler, who competed in the women's middleweight category. She is the 2005 World bronze medalist and European silver medal ...

from

Belarus Belarus, officially the Republic of Belarus, is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe. It is bordered by Russia to the east and northeast, Ukraine to the south, Poland to the west, and Lithuania and Latvia to the northwest. Belarus spans an a ...

. In the quarter-finals Michalik lost to the French wrestler Lise Golliot-Legrand. At the

2012 Summer Olympics The 2012 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012, were an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. The first event, the ...

, Michalik once again reached the quarter-finals, losing to eventual silver medallist Jing Ruixue of China. At the

2016 Summer Olympics The 2016 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXXI Olympiad () and officially branded as Rio 2016, were an international multi-sport event held from 5 to 21 August 2016 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, with preliminary events i ...

, she won the bronze medal defeating

Inna Trazhukova Inna Vyacheslavovna Trazhukova (; born 11 September 1990) is a Russian wrestler, World champion 2019. She represented her country at the 2016 Summer Olympics where she lost the bronze medal match against Polish wrestler Monika Michalik. She clai ...

of Russia. Her brother Tadeusz is also a wrestler. He won a bronze medal at the

2020 Summer Olympics The officially the and officially branded as were an international multi-sport event that was held from 23 July to 8 August 2021 in Tokyo, Japan, with some of the preliminary sporting events beginning on 21 July 2021. Tokyo ...

in Tokyo.

References

External links

Athlete bio on beijing2008.com

FILA

Profile at FILA Wrestling Database

Polish Wrestling Federation

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