Viola Yanik
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Viola Yanik (born July 9, 1982 in
Bonn Bonn () is a federal city in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia, located on the banks of the Rhine. With a population exceeding 300,000, it lies about south-southeast of Cologne, in the southernmost part of the Rhine-Ruhr region. This ...
,
West Germany West Germany was the common English name for the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG) from its formation on 23 May 1949 until German reunification, its reunification with East Germany on 3 October 1990. It is sometimes known as the Bonn Republi ...
) is a
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wrestler. She has wrestled since 1997 and is a graduate of the
University of Saskatchewan The University of Saskatchewan (U of S, or USask) is a Universities in Canada, Canadian public university, public research university, founded on March 19, 1907, and located on the east side of the South Saskatchewan River in Saskatoon, Saskatch ...
. She won a bronze medal in the 63 kg freestyle event at the 2003 World Championships in
New York City New York, often called New York City (NYC), is the most populous city in the United States, located at the southern tip of New York State on one of the world's largest natural harbors. The city comprises five boroughs, each coextensive w ...
, New York and wrestled in the first ever Women's Wrestling at the 2004 Athens Olympic Games, placing fifth.Official results book, Olympics 2004
/ref> She retired from wrestling at the end of 2005 to pursue other endeavors.


Personal life

Yanik is of Turkish origin. She is married to Tolga Yanik.


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* 1982 births Living people Sportspeople from Bonn Olympic wrestlers for Canada Wrestlers at the 2004 Summer Olympics Canadian people of Turkish descent Canadian female sport wrestlers Sportspeople from Saskatchewan University of Saskatchewan alumni Canadian people of German descent Pan American Games silver medalists for Canada Pan American Games silver medalists in wrestling Wrestlers at the 2003 Pan American Games Medalists at the 2003 Pan American Games 21st-century Canadian sportswomen {{Canada-wrestling-bio-stub