Sofia Mattsson

Sofia Magdalena Mattsson ( born November 11, 1989 in Gällivare ) is a Swedish wrestler. It was 2009 World Champion in the weight category to 51 kg body weight.

Career

Sofia Mattsson is one of three wrestling sisters, the other two are Johanna Mattsson and Lisa Mattsson. All three belong to the BK ( Brottning Club) Gällivare. Sofia Mattsson began in 1996 with the rings and is being or has since been trained by Fariz Besarati, Hakan Johansson, Kalle Taivalsaari and Anders Magnusson. As adults, they started in the weight class up to 48 kg and to 51 kg body weight. The 1.62 meter tall athlete exercises at the time of any other profession. She was extremely successful already in the junior age. So she was six Swedish Junior National Champion in the age group of Cadets and twice in the age group of Juniors. In adults, it won the Swedish championship in 2006 ( to 48 kg ), 2007, 2008, 2009 (in each case to 51 kg body weight) and 2010 (up to 55 kg body weight).

Her international career began in 2004 with a win at the Nordic Championships Juniors ( Cadets ), they are following a victory at the Junior European Championships in 2004 in Albena in the weight class up to 43 kg body weight before Mariya Stadnik, Ukraine and Lola Urunowa sus Russia allowed. By 2008, Sofia Mattsson then remained at international junior championships unbeaten and in 2006 in Guatemala City and in Beijing in 2008 Junior World Champion ( weight category up to 48 kg body weight) and also in Istanbul in 2006 and 2007 in Sofia also European Junior Champion in the same weight class.

In 2007, she started for the first time at an international championship in adults, winning at the European Championships in Sofia the 3rd place in the Gewichtskl. to 48 kg body weight. She lost against Larissa Oorzak from Russia, but was able to defeat Anna Catherine Deluntsch from France and Alexandra Kohut from the Ukraine two world-class athletes. At the World Championships this year in Baku, she lost a bit surprising after three wins against multiple Pan-American Champion Mayelis Carpia Castillo from Venezuela and came by it only on the 8th Place.

Disappointing went for it and the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, because they lost there in the Gewichtskl. to 48 kg in her first fight against the US-American Clarissa Chun. Since these did not reach the final battle, she left early and reached only the 12th Place.

Also at the European Championships 2009 in Vilnius, when it was first in the Gewichtskl. to 51 kg started, disappointed them, because after a victory over Dilek Atakol from Turkey she lost to Julia Blahinja from the Ukraine and ended up with it on the 10th Place. Unrecognizable she was then at the 2009 World Championships in Herning / Denmark. With wins over Hong Di, China, Jessica Medina, United States, Alexandra Engelhardt, Germany, Yuri Kai, Japan and Han Kum -ok, North Korea, she was there for the first time world champion in the adult. Particularly impressive here was the superiority with which she won this item. In the five fights that she denied, she scored a Punktevehältnis of 34:0, which is certainly unique in the international wrestling mat.

Similarly, consider it won in 2010 in Baku, then her first European title in the women. She defeated while Alexandra Engelhardt, Hafize Sahin, Turkey, Natalia Budu, Moldova and Estera Dobre from Romania. The points ratio in these four fights this time was 24:1 in their favor. At the World Championships 2010 in Moscow, she lost her first fight against Yu Horiuchi of Japan, but was able to win with victories over Angela Dorogan, Azerbaijan and Roksana Zasina, Poland still a World Cup bronze medal after.

At the European Championship 2011 in Dortmund she was not at the start. But that at the World Championships this year in Istanbul. She defeated there Metin Aydin, Turkey, Narmandach Dorj, Mongolia and Takako Saito, Japan, and only lost in the final of the Ukrainian Anna Vasilenko with 1:2 and 3:4 rounds points. In the Olympic year 2012 Sofia Mattsson first started at the European Championships in Belgrade. She suggested there Elena Turcan, Moldova, Maria Gusowa, Russia and Maria Prevolaraki, Greece, but suffered a narrow point defeat again in the final against Natalya Sinischin from Ukraine. The Olympic Games in London then took a disappointment for Sofia Mattsson, because after victories over Byambatseren Sundev from Mongolia and Marwa Amri from Tunisia, she lost in her third bout against Walerija Scholobowa from Russia 0-2 rounds, although of a points ratio had scored 5-4 in their favor.

2013 succeeded Sofia Mattsson in Tbilisi again a great victory. It was there European champion with wins over Ana Maria Paval, Mariana Erasnu, Moldova, Barka Emese from Hungary and Maria Prevoloraki. Also at the World Championships in 2013 in Budapest, she was very successful. She defeated there Liliya Schakirowa, Uzbekistan, Maya Christowa, Bulgaria, Helen Maroulis and Emese bark and only lost in the final against the Olympic champion and multiple world champion Saori Yoshida.

International success

Swedish Championships

( senior level only )

Sofia Mattsson was 2006 Swedish champion in the weight class up to 48 kg in 2007, 2008 and 2009 in the weight class up to 51 kg and 2010 in the weight class up to 55 kg body weight.

Notes

All competitions in free style (note: women wrestle only in this style )
OS = The Olympic Games, WM = World Championship, European Championship EM =
BW = body weight

Swell

Journal The Ringer
Database of the Institute for Applied Training Science at the University of Leipzig
Anniversary edition of the Swedish Association Ringer " Svensk Brottning 100 år ", 2009

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