Iryna Alyaksandrauna Kurachkina is a Belarusian freestyle wrestler.
13 Facts About Iryna Kurachkina
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Iryna Kurachkina won the silver medal in the women's 57kg event at the 2020 Summer Olympics held in Tokyo, Japan.
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Iryna Kurachkina won the gold medal in her event at the 2019 European Games held in Minsk, Belarus.
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Iryna Kurachkina competed in the women's 51kg event at the 2013 World Wrestling Championships held in Budapest, Hungary.
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The next month, Iryna Kurachkina competed in the qualification tournament held in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia hoping to qualify for the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
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Iryna Kurachkina did not advance far as she was eliminated in her first match.
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Iryna Kurachkina won one of the bronze medals in the women's 55kg event at the 2017 World Wrestling Championships held in Paris, France.
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At the 2019 European Games held in Minsk, Belarus, Iryna Kurachkina won the gold medal in the women's 57kg event.
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At the 2019 World Wrestling Championships held in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan, Iryna Kurachkina won one of the bronze medals in the women's 57kg event.
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In 2020, Iryna Kurachkina won the gold medal by defeating Annika Wendle of Germany in the final of the women's 55kg event at the Individual Wrestling World Cup held in Belgrade, Serbia.
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Iryna Kurachkina won the gold medal in the 57kg event at the 2024 European Wrestling Championships held in Bucharest, Romania.
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Iryna Kurachkina 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.
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Iryna Kurachkina was not invited to compete at the Olympics and Alina Hrushyna of Ukraine competed in her place instead.