1. Mariya Stadnik is a retired Ukrainian-born Azerbaijani female wrestler who won four Olympic medals, two World Championship and ten European Championship.
17 Facts About Mariya Stadnik
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Mariya Stadnik started wrestling in 2000, graduated from Lviv State University of Physical Culture.
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Mariya Stadnik competed at the European Junior Championship, which took place in August 2003 in Seville, Spain.
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The next tournament in which Mariya Stadnik competed was the Junior World Championship, which took place in July 2005 in Vilnius, Lithuania.
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Also in the third match, Mariya Stadnik won ahead of schedule over her rival and qualified for the final match of the championship.
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Mariya Stadnik defeated her rival and reached the semi-final stage of the tournament.
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Mariya Stadnik won over her rival in the third match and qualified for the final match of the championship.
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Mariya Stadnik accepted the invitation and thus began to compete in international tournaments for the Azerbaijani national team.
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Mariya Stadnik faced US representative Stephanie Murata in the first meeting of this group.
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Mariya Stadnik finished 7th, but later the CAS decided that all results obtained by her between 26 April 2006 and 25 April 2008 must be disqualified.
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Mariya Stadnik went on to win gold at the 2009 European Championships in Vilnius, the 2009 World Championships in Herning, the 2019 World Championships in Nur-Sultan, and the 2011 European Championships in Dortmund.
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Mariya Stadnik won silver at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
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Mariya Stadnik won the gold medal in the women's 50kg event at the 2024 European Wrestling Championships held in Bucharest, Romania.
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Mariya Stadnik competed at the 2024 European Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament in Baku, Azerbaijan hoping to qualify for the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France.
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Mariya Stadnik competed in the women's 50kg event at the Olympics.
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Mariya Stadnik was eliminated in her second match by Dolgorjavyn Otgonjargal of Mongolia.
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On February 2,2025, Mariya Stadnik retired from her career, and the next day, it was announced that she would serve as the coordinator for women's wrestling at the Azerbaijan Wrestling Federation.