Anna Schell


Anna Carmen Schell is a German freestyle wrestler. She is a two-time bronze medalist at the World Wrestling Championships and a two-time medalist, including gold, at the European Wrestling Championships. She also represented Germany at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.

Career

In 2017, Schell lost her bronze medal match against Svetlana Saenko of Moldova in the 75kg event at the European Wrestling Championships held in Novi Sad, Serbia. In 2018, she competed in the 68kg event at the World Wrestling Championships held in Budapest, Hungary where she was eliminated in her first match by Blessing Oborududu of Nigeria.
In 2019, Schell won the silver medal in the 72kg event at the European Wrestling Championships held in Bucharest, Romania. In 2020, she competed in the 68kg event without winning a medal. She lost her bronze medal match against Danutė Domikaitytė of Lithuania.
At the 2019 World Wrestling Championships held in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan, she won one of the bronze medals in the 68kg event. She defeated Sara Dosho of Japan in her bronze medal match.
Schell competed in the 68kg event at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan where she was eliminated in her second match by eventual bronze medalist Alla Cherkasova of Ukraine. Two months after the Olympics, she won one of the bronze medals in the 72 kg event at the 2021 World Wrestling Championships in Oslo, Norway. In her bronze medal match she defeated Enkh-Amaryn Davaanasan of Mongolia.
In 2022, Schell won the silver medal in the 72kg event at the Yasar Dogu Tournament held in Istanbul, Turkey. In April 2022, she won the gold medal in the 72kg event at the European Wrestling Championships held in Budapest, Hungary. A few months later, she won the silver medal in her event at the Matteo Pellicone Ranking Series 2022 held in Rome, Italy.

Achievements

YearTournamentLocationResultEvent
2019European ChampionshipsBucharest, Romania2ndFreestyle 72kg
2019World ChampionshipsNur-Sultan, Kazakhstan3rdFreestyle 68kg
2021World ChampionshipsOslo, Norway3rdFreestyle 72kg
2022European ChampionshipsBudapest, Hungary1stFreestyle 72kg