Veranika Ivanova


Veranika Petrovna Ivanova is a Belarusian freestyle wrestler. She is a three-time bronze medalist at the European Wrestling Championships. She is also a bronze medalist at the European Games.

Career

Ivanova represented Belarus at the 2015 European Games held in Baku, Azerbaijan and she won one of the bronze medals in the women's freestyle 60kg event. Ivanova also competed in the women's freestyle 62kg event at the 2019 European Games in Minsk, Belarus without winning a medal. She was eliminated in her first match by Johanna Mattsson of Sweden.
In 2016, Ivanova won one of the bronze medals in the women's 63kg event at the World University Wrestling Championships held in Çorum, Turkey.
In 2017, Ivanova competed in the women's freestyle 63kg event at the European Wrestling Championships held in Novi Sad, Serbia. She was eliminated in her first match by Yuliya Tkach of Ukraine. In 2018, at the European Wrestling Championships held in Kaspiysk, Dagestan, Russia, she won one of the bronze medals in the women's freestyle 62kg event. Ivanova also won one of the bronze medals in the same event at the 2021 European Wrestling Championships in Warsaw, Poland. Two weeks later, she failed to qualify for the 2020 Summer Olympics at the World Olympic Qualification Tournament held in Sofia, Bulgaria. In October 2021, Ivanova competed in the 62kg event at the World Wrestling Championships held in Oslo, Norway.
In 2022, Ivanova lost her bronze medal match in her event at the Yasar Dogu Tournament held in Istanbul, Turkey. She won one of the bronze medals in the women's 62kg event at the 2024 European Wrestling Championships held in Bucharest, Romania. Ivanova competed at the 2024 European Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament in Baku, Azerbaijan hoping to qualify for the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France. She was eliminated in her second match and she did not qualify for the Olympics at this event. A month later, Ivanova earned an Olympic quota place at the 2024 World Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament held in Istanbul, Turkey.

Achievements

YearTournamentLocationResultEvent
2015European GamesBaku, Azerbaijan3rdFreestyle 60kg
2018European ChampionshipsKaspiysk, Russia3rdFreestyle 62kg
2021European ChampionshipsWarsaw, Poland3rdFreestyle 62kg
2024European ChampionshipsBucharest, Romania3rdFreestyle 62kg