Elizaveta Smirnova
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| Native name | Елизавета Юрьевна Смирнова | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Full name | Elizaveta Yuryevna Smirnova | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 6 March 2000 Russia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 50 kg (110 lb; 7.9 st) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Russia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Wrestling | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight class | 50 kg | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event | Freestyle | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | G. Akhmedov Sports School (Makhachkala) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coached by | Natalia Smirnova, Olga Kiosova, M. Sh. Shaikhaliev | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Elizaveta Smirnova (Russian: Елизавета Юрьевна Смирнова; born 6 March 2000) is a Russian freestyle wrestler competing in the 50 kg division. She won a bronze medal at the 2025 World Wrestling Championships in Zagreb.[1]
Career
Smirnova began wrestling in Chuvashia, training at SDYUSSHOR-5 in Cheboksary. In March 2014, she placed second at the open republican tournament in Novocheboksarsk dedicated to the Smirnova sisters.[2]
In April 2017, she earned a bronze medal at the Russian Girls U18 Championships in Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk.[3] She later began representing Khakassia and won silver at the 50th Alexander Medved International Tournament in Minsk in September 2021.[4]
After moving to Dagestan in 2022, she earned bronze at the 2022 Russian Women's Wrestling Championships in Naro-Fominsk.[5] In June 2023, she reached the final of the 2023 Russian Women's Wrestling Championships in Kaspiysk, where she lost to Polina Lukina.[6]
At the 2025 World Wrestling Championships in Zagreb, Smirnova competed in the women’s freestyle 50 kg category and won a bronze medal.[7]
References
- ^ "Elizaveta Smirnova profile page". United World Wrestling. Retrieved 18 September 2025.
- ^ Open tournament on freestyle wrestling for girls, Novocheboksarsk 2014
- ^ Seven medals for Chuvash wrestlers at the Russian Girls Championships 2017
- ^ "Elizaveta Smirnova of Khakassia won silver at the Medved International Tournament". r-19.ru. Archived from the original on 5 December 2021. Retrieved 11 June 2022.
- ^ Dagestan women’s team takes second place at 2022 Russian Championships
- ^ "Kaspiysk 2023: highlights from the Russian Championships". Wrestrus.ru. Retrieved 22 June 2023.
- ^ "2025 World Wrestling Championships – WW 50 kg Results". United World Wrestling. Retrieved 18 September 2025.
External links
- Elizaveta Smirnova at United World Wrestling
- Elizaveta Smirnova at the International Wrestling Database