Agnieszka Jadwiga Wieszczek-Kordus (born 22 March 1983 in Wałbrzych) is a Polish freestyle wrestler. Wieszczek won a bronze medal in women's freestyle wrestling 72 kg at the 2008 Summer Olympics.
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Born | Wałbrzych, Polish People's Republic | 22 March 1983|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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She is the first Polish woman to win an Olympic medal in women's freestyle wrestling.
In March 2021, she competed at the European Qualification Tournament in Budapest, Hungary hoping to qualify for the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.[1]
For her sport achievements, she received:
Golden Cross of Merit in 2008.
References
edit- ^ "2021 European Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived (PDF) from the original on 24 March 2021. Retrieved 24 March 2021.
External links
edit- Agnieszka Wieszczek at Beijing2008.com at the Wayback Machine (archived 9 March 2009)
- Agnieszka Wieszczek at Olympics.com
- Agnieszka Wieszczek-Kordus at the Polski Komitet Olimpijski (archive) (in Polish)
- Agnieszka Wieszczek-Kordus at Olympedia
- Agnieszka Wieszczek-Kordus at the International Wrestling Database (alternate link)
- Agnieszka Jadwiga WIESZCZEK KORDUS at United World Wrestling
- Agnieszka Jadwiga WIESZCZEK KORDUS at United World Wrestling (archived)