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Khanum Velieva

Khanum Velieva

Russian freestyle wrestler

Khanum Elshad-Kysy Velieva (Russian: Ханум Эльшад-Кызы Велиева; born 10 April 1999) is a Russian freestyle wrestler. She is a bronze medalist at the World Wrestling Championships and a two-time medalist, including gold, at the European Wrestling Championships.[1] In 2021, she competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.

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Career

Of Azerbaijani origin,[2] Velieva won one of the bronze medals in the women's 69 kg event at the 2017 European U23 Wrestling Championship held in Szombathely, Hungary. In 2018, she won the silver medal in the women's 68 kg event at the European U23 Wrestling Championship held in Istanbul, Turkey.[3][4] At the 2018 World U23 Wrestling Championship held in Bucharest, Romania, she won one of the bronze medals in the women's 68 kg event.[citation needed]

In 2019, Velieva won one of the bronze medals in the women's 68 kg event at the Golden Grand Prix Ivan Yarygin held in Krasnoyarsk, Russia. She also won the silver medal in the women's 68 kg event at the 2019 European U23 Wrestling Championship held in Novi Sad, Serbia. In the same year, Velieva represented Russia at the Military World Games held in Wuhan, China and she won one of the bronze medals in the 68 kg event.[5]

At the Golden Grand Prix Ivan Yarygin 2020, Velieva won the gold medal in the women's 68 kg event.[6] At the 2020 European Wrestling Championships held in Rome, Italy, she won the gold medal in the 68 kg event.[7][8] In the final, she defeated Dalma Caneva of Italy. In that same year, Velieva also won one of the bronze medals in the women's 68 kg event at the Individual Wrestling World Cup held in Belgrade, Serbia.[9][10]

In March 2021, Velieva qualified at the European Qualification Tournament to compete at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.[11][12] A month later, she won the silver medal in the 68 kg event at the 2021 European Wrestling Championships held in Warsaw, Poland.[1][13]

Velieva competed in the women's 68 kg event at the 2020 Summer Olympics where she won her first match against Danielle Lappage of Canada and she was then eliminated in her second match by Soronzonboldyn Battsetseg of Mongolia.[14] Two months after the Olympics, she won one of the bronze medals in the women's 68 kg event at the 2021 World Wrestling Championships in Oslo, Norway.[15][16] In her bronze medal match she defeated Olivia Di Bacco of Canada.[16]

In January 2022, Velieva won the gold medal in the women's 68 kg event at the Golden Grand Prix Ivan Yarygin held in Krasnoyarsk, Russia.[17] In February 2022, she won one of the bronze medals in the women's 68 kg event at the Yasar Dogu Tournament held in Istanbul, Turkey.[18]

She competed at the 2024 European Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament in Baku, Azerbaijan and she earned a quota place for the Individual Neutral Athletes for the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France.[19][20]

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References

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