Olesya Zamula

Olesya Zamula

Personal information
Nationality	Azerbaijan
Born	17 February 1984 Riga, Latvian SSR
Residence	Baku, Azerbaijan
Height	1.63 m (5 ft 4 in)
Weight	63 kg (139 lb)
Sport
Sport	Wrestling
Event(s)	Freestyle
Club	Atasport Baku (AZE)
Coached by	Semjon Kapitannikov (AZE)
Medal record Women's freestyle wrestling Competitor for  Azerbaijan European Championships 2011 Dortmund 63 kg

Olesya Zamula (born February 17, 1984 in Riga, Latvian SSR) is an amateur Azerbaijani wrestler, who played for the women's middleweight category.^[1] She won the bronze medal for her division at the 2011 European Wrestling Championships in Dortmund, Germany.^[2] She is also a member of Atasport Wrestling Club in Baku, and is coached and trained by Semjon Kapitannikov.

Zamula represented her current nation Azerbaijan at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, where she competed for the women's 63 kg. She received a bye for the second preliminary match, before losing out by a technical fall to Japan's Kaori Icho.^[3] Because her opponent advanced further into the final match, Zamula offered another shot for the bronze medal by entering the repechage bouts. Unfortunately, she was pinned in the second period by American wrestler Randi Miller, who eventually won the bronze medal in this event.^[4][5]

References

1. "Olesya Zamula". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 24 December 2012.
2. Xosrovoglu, Nadir. "Europe thrown onto its shoulders". Region Plus (Azerbaijan). Retrieved 24 December 2012.
3. "Women's Freestyle 63kg (138.5 lbs) Round of 16 Final". NBC Olympics. Retrieved 24 December 2012.
4. "Women's Freestyle 63kg (138.5 lbs) Repechage Round 2 Final". NBC Olympics. Retrieved 24 December 2012.
5. Mihoches, Gary (17 August 2008). "Texan Miller claims USA's lone medal in women's wrestling". USA Today. Retrieved 24 December 2012.

External links

• Profile – International Wrestling Database
• NBC Olympics Profile