CHERKASOVA Alla

Ukraine

Wrestling

Date of Birth: 5 May 1989

Age: 32

Gender: Female

Olympic Scholarship

Place of birth: LVIV

Birth Country:

Ukraine

Place of residence : NOVE

Residence Country:

Ukraine

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Wrestling	Women's Freestyle 68kg	3

Schedule

Change

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
Followed by	Makuhari Messe Hall A Mat B	Women's Freestyle 68kg 1/8 Final #61 POL WIESZCZEK KORDUS AWIESZCZEK KORDUS Agnieszka Jadwiga 0 UKR CHERKASOVA ACHERKASOVA Alla 11 VSU	Finished
Followed by	Makuhari Messe Hall A Mat B	Women's Freestyle 68kg 1/4 Final #68 UKR CHERKASOVA ACHERKASOVA Alla 6 VFA GER SCHELL ACSCHELL Anna Carmen 0	Finished
Followed by	Makuhari Messe Hall A Mat B	Women's Freestyle 68kg Semifinal #89 USA MENSAH STOCK TMMENSAH STOCK Tamyra Mariama 10 VPO1 UKR CHERKASOVA ACHERKASOVA Alla 4	Finished
	Makuhari Messe Hall A Mat B	Women's Freestyle 68kg Bronze Medal Match #155 JPN DOSHO SDOSHO Sara 0 UKR CHERKASOVA ACHERKASOVA Alla 2 VFA	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Athlete:

Olympic Games

Rank	Event	Year	Location
11	Freestyle 75kg	2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA

World Championships

Rank	Event	Year	Location
1	Freestyle 68kg	2018	Budapest, HUN
3	Freestyle 67kg	2010	Moscow, RUS
5	Freestyle 68kg	2019	Nur-Sultan, KAZ
7	Freestyle 63kg	2012	Sherwood Park, AB, CAN
10	Freestyle 59kg	2008	Tokyo, JPN

European Games

Rank	Event	Year	Location
3	Freestyle 68kg	2019	Minsk, BLR

European Championships

Rank	Event	Year	Location
1	Freestyle 68kg	2019	Bucharest, ROU
3	Freestyle 68kg	2020	Rome, ITA
3	Freestyle 69kg	2017	Belgrade, SRB

Ranking Series

Rank	Event	Year	Location
1	Freestyle 68kg	2018	Budapest, HUN
1	Freestyle 68kg	2018	Warsaw, POL
1	Freestyle 68kg	2018	Taiyuan, CHN
2	Freestyle 68kg	2018	Klippan, SWE
3	Freestyle 68kg	2019	Ruse, BUL
7	Freestyle 68kg	2020	Rome, ITA
8	Freestyle 68kg	2021	Warsaw, POL

Hobbies:

Gardening, spending time with her family, reading, cross stitching. (noc-ukr.org, 13 Jul 2021; Athlete, 13 Dec 2019; UATV Russian YouTube channel, 23 Apr 2019)

Occupation:

Athlete

Education:

Physical Education - Lviv State University of Physical Education, Ukraine

Family:

Husband Oleksiy Melnyk, son Igor [2013]

Languages spoken:

Italian, Russian, Ukrainian

Club name:

Dynamo [Ukraine]

Coach:

Oleksiy Melnyk [husband], UKR, from 2011; Andriy Pistun, UKR, from 2003

Sporting relatives:

Her husband Oleksiy Melnyk represented Ukraine in freestyle wrestling at the 2015 European Games in Baku, Azerbaijan. He has also served as her coach. (SportsDeskOnline, 06 Feb 2020; UATV Russian YouTube channel, 23 Apr 2019)

Start:

She began wrestling in 2003 in Lviv, Ukraine. (Athlete, 13 Jul 2016)

Reason:

She followed her cousin into the sport. (Athlete, 13 Jul 2016)

Ambition:

To win a gold medal at the Olympic Games. (Athlete, 13 Dec 2019)

Memorable:

Winning gold in the 68kg category at the 2018 World Championships in Budapest, Hungary, and the 2019 European Championships in Bucharest, Romania. (Athlete, 13 Dec 2019)

Influence:

Her son. (Athlete, 24 Sep 2020)

Philosophy:

"Always remain human." (noc-ukr.org, 13 Jul 2021)

Award:

She received the Medal for Labour and Valour in Ukraine in recognition of her performance at the 2019 European Games in Minsk, Belarus. (president.gov.ua, 15 Jul 2019)

She received the Sensation of the Year award at the 2018 Heroes of Sports Year ceremony in Ukraine. (ukrwrestling.com.ua, 31 Mar 2019)

She has received the title of Honoured Master of Sport in Ukraine. (dsmsu.gov.ua, 28 Dec 2019)

Social Media

https://www.facebook.com/alla.cherkasova55

Legend

:: Bronze Medal
:: Gold Medal Event
:: Silver Medal Event
:: Bronze Medal Event
VFA:: Victory by fall
VPO1:: Victory by points - with point(s) scored by the opponent
VSU:: Victory by technical superiority - without any point scored by the opponent

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