Volha Khilko

Volha Khilko
Personal information
Full name Volha Viktarauna Khilko
Nationality  Belarus
Born (1979-03-24) 24 March 1979
Babruysk, Belarus
Height 1.61 m (5 ft 3 12 in)
Weight 63 kg (139 lb)
Sport
Sport Wrestling
Event(s) Freestyle
Club RT FV Babruysk
Coached by Artur Zaitsau

Volha Viktarauna Khilko (Belarusian: Вольга Віктараўна Хілько; born March 24, 1979 in Babruysk) is an amateur Belarusian wrestler, who played for the women's middleweight category.[1] She won the bronze medal at the 2005 World Wrestling Championships in Budapest, Hungary, in addition to her silver at the European Championships in Varna, Bulgaria.[2]

Khilko made her official debut at the 2004 Summer Olympics, where she placed second in the preliminary pool of the women's 63 kg class, against France's Lise Legrand and Tajikistan's Natalia Ivanova. Khilko, however, lost to Canada's Viola Yanik in the fifth place match, with a technical score of 2–5.[3]

At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, Khilko lost the second preliminary match of the 63 kg class to Poland's Monika Michalik by a technical fall, finishing only in thirteenth place.[4]

References

  1. "Volha Khilko". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 9 December 2012.
  2. Abbott, Gary (14 September 2007). "2007 World Championships preview at 63 kg (138.75 lbs) in women's freestyle wrestling". USA Wrestling (The Mat). Retrieved 9 December 2012.
  3. Scott, Julie (14 September 2007). "Canada earns fifth medal: Verbeek wins silver in wrestling". Canoe Canada. Retrieved 9 December 2012.
  4. "Women's Freestyle 63kg (138.5 lbs) Round of 16 Final". NBC Olympics. Retrieved 9 December 2012.

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