Yuliya Ratkevich

Julia Ratkewitsch (White Russian Юлия Раткевич, Azerbaijani Yuliya Ratkeviç; born 16 July 1985 in Minsk, Byelorussian SSR, Soviet Union) is a Belarusian and Azerbaijani wrestler. It was 2009 World Champion and 2005 European champion in the weight class up to 59 kg and 55 kg body weight.

Career

Julia Ratkewitsch began in 1999 in Belarus with the rings. Since the year 2000, she was trained there by Vasily kreso and later by Mikhail Schabetow. In international championships she appeared in the years 2002 to 2007 for Belarus. In 2009 she moved to Azerbaijan. There she became a member of Dinamo Baku. Your local trainers were or are Oktey Husseinov and Sultan Alikisowitsch. She started her career in the weight category to 59 kg body weight. Since this weight class but is not olympic, she has been training since 2010 in the Olympic weight category to 55 kg from. As a professional wrestler she specifies.

Your first start in an international championship graduated from Julia Ratkewitsch at the Junior European Championship 2002 ( age group cadets ) in Albena / Bulgaria. She has attended there in the weight class up to 60 kg body weight the 9th Place. At the Junior European Championships 2003 in Istanbul, she came in the weight category up to 59 kg on the 5th Place. After three times won the silver medal at Junior Championships. 2004 at the Junior European Championships in Sofia behind Emilia Drzewinska from Poland at the 2005 World Youth Championship in Vilnius behind Kei Yamana from Japan and also at the 2005 European Junior Championships in Wroclaw behind Natalya Sinischin from Ukraine. She started in each case in the weight category to 59 kg. In 2005, she already won a medal at the European Championships of the ladies. In Varna defeated this Evangelia Chryssi from Greece, was defeated by Audrey Prieto from France and defeated in the battle for the bronze medal Desislawa Ljubenowa from Bulgaria. At the 2005 World Championships in Budapest, she was out of the medals and landed after defeats against Ayako Shoda of Japan and Alka Tomar of India on the 7th Place.

The last use for Belarus had Julia Ratkewitsch at the 2007 World Championships in Baku. After two won fights they lost there in the quarterfinals against Olga Smirnova from Kazakhstan. Since these did not reach the final, she left and came only on the 8th Place.

After her move to Azerbaijan she made in her first start for this country, the 2009 World Championships in Herning / Denmark the same for a bang. It was in Herning in the weight class up to 59 kg world champion. In the decisive battles they defeated while Marianna Sastin from Hungary and Agata Pietrzyk of Poland. 2010 Julia Ratkewitsch tested whether they will cope with the detraining in the weight class up to 55 kg. Since the weight category up to 59 kg was not olympic, they had to change in this weight class with regard to a future start at the Olympic Games. At the World Championships this year in Moscow they could follow it well and came to victories against Sian Law from New Zealand, Aiym Abdildina from Kazakhstan and Anna Gomis of France. In the final battle she lost to Saori Yoshida of Japan, which in recent years perhaps the best wrestler in the world. It was so Vice World Champion.

In 2011 she competed at the European Championships in Dortmund but back in the weight category up to 59 kg and got there with four wins for the first time European champion. in the final battle, she defeated while Georgiana Narcisa Paic from Romania. At the World Championships in Istanbul, she joined then again in the weight class up to 55 kg. She defeated among others there the strong Anastasia Grigoriev from Latvia, but lost in the quarterfinals against Tonya Verbeek of Canada and in the consolation round against Maria Gurowa from Russia, which they only came on the 7th Place and missed qualifying for the 2012 Olympic Games in London.

In 2012, she came at the European Championships in Belgrade in the weight class up to 55 kg only to 14th place. In April 2012, but she made the Olympic Qualifying Tournament in Sofia win the tournament before Mary Prevolaraki, Greece, Ludmila Cristea of Moldova and Anna Gomis and thus acquired the start authorization in London. In the Olympic tournament she first won over Maria Prevolaraki, but then defeated the Ausnahmeringerin Saori Yoshida, Japan and finally secured with victories over Kelsey Campbell, United States and Walerija Scholobowa, Russia an Olympic bronze medal in the weight category up to 55 kg body weight. In September 2012, she was still at the World Cup in Strathcoon County / Canada at the start, but back in the weight category to 59 kg. She won there over Elif Yale Yesilirmak, Turkey, but then lost to Olga Butkewitsch, UK, reaching only the 7th Place.

At the World Championships in 2013 in Budapest, she was successful again. She defeated in the weight class up to 59 kg Geeta Geeta, India, Pham Thi Loan, Vietnam and Joice de Souza, Brazil, losing to Taybe Yusein from Bulgaria and defeated in the battle for a world championship bronze medal Tatjana Lawrentschuk from Ukraine.

International success

  • All competitions in free style
  • OS = The Olympic Games, WM = World Championship, European Championship EM =
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