Valeriia Trifonova

Valeriia Trifonova
Trifonova in 2023
Personal information
Born (2002-06-11) 11 June 2002
Sport
CountryRussia
SportWrestling
Event
Freestyle
ClubD.G. Mindiazhvili Wrestling Academy
Coached byAleksandr Suchkov, Anna Polovneva
Medal record
Women's freestyle wrestling
Representing United World Wrestling
Grand Prix
2025 Zagreb 76 kg
World U23 Championships
2025 Novi Sad 76 kg
Representing Individual Neutral Athletes
World U23 Championships
2024 Tirana 76 kg

Valeriia Trifonova (Russian: Валерия Сергеевна Трифонова; born 11 June 2002) is a Russian freestyle wrestler who competes in the 72–76 kg weight categories.[1]

Career

Trifonova began her wrestling career in 2015, winning the Russian schoolgirls' championship in the 70 kg category.[2] She became a cadet national champion in 2017 and later represented Russia at the European Cadet Championships, where she placed fifth.[3]

In 2020, Trifonova won the Russian Junior Wrestling Championships in the 68 kg category, defeating Elizaveta Petlyakova in the final.[4] She earned bronze medals at the Russian Junior Championships in 2021 and 2022.[5]

In 2023, she became the Russian student champion in the 72 kg class and later that year won bronze at the 2023 Russian Women's Wrestling Championships.[6] She also won gold at the 2023 International University Sports Festival in Yekaterinburg.[7]

In 2024, she captured the Russian U23 title and went on to claim a bronze medal at the 2024 U23 World Wrestling Championships in Tirana, Albania, defeating Hungary’s Zsófia Virág in the bronze-medal bout.[8]

At the 2025 European Wrestling Championships in Bratislava, she competed in the 76 kg category, losing in the quarterfinals to Belarusian wrestler Anastasia Zimenkova.[9] In June 2025, she reached the final of the 2025 Russian Women's Wrestling Championships, finishing with a silver medal after losing to Kristina Shumova.[10]

Personal life

Trifonova studies at the Institute of Physical Education, Sports and Tourism of Siberian Federal University.[11]

References

  1. ^ "Valeriia Trifonova Profile". United World Wrestling. Retrieved 13 June 2025.
  2. ^ "Champions of the 2015 Russian Schoolgirls' Championship". wrestrus.ru (in Russian). Retrieved 12 October 2015.
  3. ^ "Results of the European Cadet Championships". wrestrus.ru (in Russian). Retrieved 28 July 2017.
  4. ^ "Russian Junior Championship results". wrestrus.ru. 13 December 2020. Retrieved 13 June 2025.
  5. ^ "U21 Russian Wrestling Championships results". wrestrus.ru. Retrieved 19 March 2022.
  6. ^ "Results of the 2023 Russian Women's Wrestling Championships". wrestrus.ru. 24 June 2023. Retrieved 24 June 2023.
  7. ^ "Results of the 2023 International University Sports Festival". wrestrus.ru. 24 August 2023. Retrieved 24 August 2023.
  8. ^ "Trifonova wins bronze at U23 Worlds". wrestrus.ru. 24 October 2024. Retrieved 24 October 2024.
  9. ^ "Russian wrestlers win two gold medals at the 2025 European Championships". karate.ru (in Russian). 11 April 2025. Retrieved 11 April 2025.
  10. ^ "Results of the 2025 Russian Women's Wrestling Championships". wrestrus.ru. Retrieved 26 June 2025.
  11. ^ "Students of the Institute of Physical Education and Sports participated in national wrestling competitions". Siberian Federal University. Retrieved 15 May 2023.