Monika Michalik
Monika Ewa Michalik ( born 2 May 1980 in Międzyrzecz ) is a Polish wrestler. She was three times European champion and won in her career so far ten medals at World and European Championships.
Career
Michalik began at the age of 15 years in 1995 with the rings. It belongs to the Sports Club Orleta Trzciel. Since 2004, she is coached by Mieczysław Kurys. She studied sports and military personnel for several years. In the early years of her career, the 1.67 meter tall athlete competed in the weight class up to 63 kg body weight and trained to some championships even in the weight class up to 55 kg from. However, since this meant too much loss of substance, she struggles since 1963 only in the weight class up to 63 kg. At times, they also launched under the name Rogien or Michalik - Rogien. It is also much times Polish champion and is a tireless Vielstartetin. She is also the terror of German wrestlers against which it has hardly lost a fight.
Her international career began in 1999. Took you here at the Junior European Championships in Budapest in the weight class up to 63 kg the 11th Place. A year later, she won a silver medal at the Junior World Cup in Nantes a bronze medal at the Junior World Championships in Sofia in the same weight class. In 2002, she started the first time with the ladies at an international championship and was achieved in Seinäjoki / Finland in the weight class up to 59 kg equal to European silver medalist. She defeated thereby, inter alia, Christina Oertli from Germany and only lost in the final against Sara Eriksson from Sweden. At the World Championships the same year in Chalkida / Greece, where they had abtrainiert in the weight class up to 55 kg, lost it after three won fights against Tina George from the United States and arrived on the 7th Place.
In the 2003 European Championship in Riga then won their first European title in the weight category to 59 kg. In the final, she defeated Stefanie doing Stüber from Germany. Less well it ran with her at the World Championship 2003 in New York, because they won there via the strong wrestlers Ida -Theres Nerell from Sweden and Sofia Poumpouridou from Greece, but then lost to Saori Yoshida of Japan, finishing in 9th place. In 2004 it was not possible her to qualify for the Olympic Games in Athens. In the only qualifying tournament, which she denied, she won in Madrid in the weight class up to 55 kg only the 10th Place.
For this, she won in 2005 at the European Championships in Varna their second European title, this time in the weight category up to 63 kg. On the way to this success she defeated Maria Müller from Germany, Aliona Kartaschowa from Russia, the former world champion Nikola Hartmann Dünser from Austria and Chilko Olga from Ukraine. As before, in the years they played but at the World Championships this year in Budapest not matter, because they lost there after winning a fight in the rematch against Olga Chilko. Since these did not reach the finals, she was disqualified and only reached the 13th place.
2006 Vice European Champion Monika Ewa Michalik in Moscow. They defeated fight for victory against Aliona Kartaschowa. At the World Championships in Guangzhou she succeeded in finally winning a medal. She suggested there in their second fight the strong US-American Sara McMann, but then lost to Kaori Icho of Japan. With a win over Yoselin Urbira Rojas from Venezuela but then she took a World Cup bronze medal. In 2007, she was then nearly as successful. She won namely at the European Championships in Sofia and at the World Championships in Baku each a bronze medal in the weight category up to 63 kg. In Sofia, she lost to Alyona Kartaschowa and won the medal with a win over Lise Golliot - Legrand from France and Baku lost it against Jelena Schalygina from Kazakhstan and defeated in the consolation round Helena Allandi from Sweden and Yulia Ostapchuk of Ukraine.
In the year 2008 she again won a medal, a bronze at the European Championships in Tampere. She lost again against Aliona Kartaschowa and won the battle for this bronze medal Oxana Schalikowa from Ukraine. To a disappointment were the Olympic Games in Beijing for them. First she won over her old rival Olga Chilko just 2-1 rounds at 4-4 points around then against Lise Legrand Golliot - rounds with 1:2 at 4:4 also points to lose. As Lise Golliot then not reached the final, Monika Ewa Michalik was eliminated and only came on the 8th Place.
Like four years ago, she was then in the year after the Olympic Games, 2009 in Vilnius again Europoameisterin. She defeated there Elina Wasewa from Bulgaria, Stefanie Stüber from Germany, Audrey Prieto from Frankreicz and Aliona Kartaschowa, against which she had lost in the last three years. But with the 2009 World Championships in Herning / Denmark she missed after a defeat against Lyubov Mikhailovna Wolossowa from Russia in 5th place medal, because she lost in the battle for one of the bronze against Justine Bouchard of Canada.
In the following World Cups and European Championships Monika Ewa Michalik cut then, with one exception, not very successfully. They usually already lost their first fight and landed on far severed places because the wrestlers, against which they lost never reached the final. So she won at the World Championships 2010 in Moscow only the 26th place in the European Championship in Dortmund only the 16th Place. At the World Championships 2011 in Istanbul, although gewannsie two fights before he lost against Jing Ruixue from the People's Republic of China and ended up in 11th place. The positive exception then formed the 2012 European Championship in Belgrade, where she behind Yulia Ostapchuk and Natalia Smirnova from Russia again won a bronze medal. With a win at the last qualifying tournament in Helsinki, she managed then to qualify for the Olympic Games in London in May 2012. In London, she came to a victory over Blessing Oborududu, Nigeria losing to Ruixue Jing, China, a win over Choo Zb- Gyong, North Korea and a defeat against Lyubov Mikhailovna Wolossowa. You missed so in 5th place just a medal. After the Olympic Games in London, she also took part in the World Cup in the Canadian Strathcoona County. There, she lost to Taybe Yusein from Bulgaria and Justine Bouchard of Canada and only came on the 10th Place.
Monika Ewa Michalik continued her career in 2013 and was completed in March this year in Tbilisi with wins over Nadine Weinauge, Germany, Elina Wasewa, Bulgaria and Anna Vasilenko and a defeat against Anastasia Grigoriev Vice - European Champion.
International success
Notes
- All competitions in free style
- OS = The Olympic Games, WM = World Championships, European Championships EM =
Swell
- Journal The Ringer
- Website " Foeldeak Wrestling Database "
- Website " www.almanach - sportu.pl "