Miglena Selishka

In this Bulgarian name, the patronymic is Georgieva and the family name is Selishka.

Miglena Selishka

Personal information
Native name	Миглена Селишка
Full name	Miglena Georgieva Selishka
Nationality	Bulgaria
Born	(1996-02-13) 13 February 1996 (age 28) Dupnitsa, Bulgaria
Height	155 cm (5.09 ft; 61 in)
Sport
Country	Bulgaria
Sport	Amateur wrestling
Weight class	50 kg
Event	Freestyle
Club	CSKA Sofia
Medal record Women's freestyle wrestling Representing  Bulgaria Individual World Cup 2020 Belgrade 50 kg European Games 2019 Minsk 50 kg European Championships 2020 Rome 50 kg 2019 Bucharest 50 kg 2021 Warsaw 50 kg 2022 Budapest 50 kg 2024 Bucharest 50 kg Yasar Dogu Tournament 2020 Istanbul 50 kg 2021 Istanbul 50 kg 2022 Istanbul 50 kg Dan Kolov - Nikola Petrov Tournament 2017 Ruse 48 kg 2022 Veliko Tarnovo 50 kg 2016 Sofia 48 kg 2023 Sofia 50 kg Golden Grand Prix Ivan Yarygin 2017 Krasnoyarsk 48 kg World Juniors Championships 2014 Zagreb 44 kg 2016 Mâcon 48 kg European Juniors Championships 2013 Skopje 44 kg 2014 Warsaw 44 kg 2015 Istanbul 44 kg Women's beach wrestling World Beach Games 2019 Doha 50 kg

Miglena Georgieva Selishka (Bulgarian: Миглена Георгиева Селишка; born 13 February 1996) is a Bulgarian freestyle wrestler. At the 2020 European Wrestling Championships held in Rome, Italy, she won the gold medal in the women's 50 kg event.^[1][2] She also won the silver medal in this event in 2019, 2021 and 2022.^[3] She competed in the women's 50 kg event at the 2020 Summer Olympics held in Tokyo, Japan.^[4]

Career

Selishka won the gold medal in the 44 kg event at the 2013 European Juniors Wrestling Championships held in Skopje, North Macedonia. She repeated this a year later at the 2014 European Juniors Wrestling Championships held in Warsaw, Poland. Selishka also won one of the bronze medals in her event at the 2014 World Junior Wrestling Championships held in Zagreb, Croatia. In 2015, she won the gold medal in her event at the European Juniors Wrestling Championships held in Istanbul, Turkey. In 2016, Selishka won one of the bronze medals in the 48 kg event at the World Junior Wrestling Championships held in Mâcon, France.

In 2017, Selishka won one of the bronze medals in the 48 kg event at the Golden Grand Prix Ivan Yarygin held in Krasnoyarsk, Russia. In that same year, she also competed in the 48 kg event at the 2017 European Wrestling Championships in Novi Sad, Serbia where she was eliminated in her first match by Milana Dadasheva.^[5] Later that year, Selishka competed in the 48 kg event at the 2017 World Wrestling Championships without winning a medal.^[6] She was eliminated in her second match by Jasmine Mian of Canada.^[6]

Selishka won the silver medal in the women's 50 kg at the 2019 European Wrestling Championships held in Bucharest, Romania.^[7] In that same year, she represented Bulgaria at the 2019 World Beach Games in Doha, Qatar and she won the silver medal in the women's 50 kg event.^[8][9] In 2020, Selishka won one of the bronze medals in the women's 50 kg event at the Individual Wrestling World Cup held in Belgrade, Serbia.^[10]

In March 2021, Selishka won the silver medal in the 50 kg event at the Matteo Pellicone Ranking Series held in Rome, Italy.^[11] In the same month, she also qualified at the European Qualification Tournament to compete at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.^[12][13] In April 2021, she won the silver medal in the 50 kg event at the European Wrestling Championships held in Warsaw, Poland.^[3][14] In October 2021, Selishka competed in the women's 50 kg event at the World Wrestling Championships held in Oslo, Norway.^[15]

In February 2022, Selishka won the gold medal in the 50 kg event at the Dan Kolov & Nikola Petrov Tournament held in Veliko Tarnovo, Bulgaria.^[16] In that same month, she also won one of the bronze medals in her event at the Yasar Dogu Tournament held in Istanbul, Turkey.^[17] In March 2022, Selishka won the silver medal in the 50 kg event at the European Wrestling Championships held in Budapest, Hungary.^[18][19] In September 2022, she competed in the 50 kg event at the World Wrestling Championships held in Belgrade, Serbia.^[20]

Selishka won one of the bronze medals in the women's 50 kg event at the 2023 Dan Kolov & Nikola Petrov Tournament held in Sofia, Bulgaria.^[21] She also won one of the bronze medals in the women's 50 kg event at the 2024 European Wrestling Championships held in Bucharest, Romania.^[22] Selishka competed at the 2024 European Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament in Baku, Azerbaijan hoping to qualify for the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France.^[23] She was eliminated in her first match and she did not qualify for the Olympics.^[23] Selishka also competed at the 2024 World Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament held in Istanbul, Turkey without qualifying for the Olympics.^[24]

Achievements

Year	Tournament	Location	Result	Event
2019	European Championships	Bucharest, Romania	2nd	Freestyle 50 kg
	European Games	Minsk, Belarus	3rd	Freestyle 50 kg
	World Beach Games	Doha, Qatar	2nd	Beach wrestling 50 kg
2020	European Championships	Rome, Italy	1st	Freestyle 50 kg
2021	European Championships	Warsaw, Poland	2nd	Freestyle 50 kg
2022	European Championships	Budapest, Hungary	2nd	Freestyle 50 kg
2024	European Championships	Bucharest, Romania	3rd	Freestyle 50 kg

References

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2. Etchells, Daniel (13 February 2020). "Bukina ends Adar's reign as Russia shine in women's events at European Wrestling Championships". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 13 February 2020.
3. Berkeley, Geoff (22 April 2021). "Stadnik wins eighth European Wrestling Championships gold with success in Warsaw". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 23 April 2021.
4. "Wrestling Results Book" (PDF). Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 August 2021. Retrieved 8 August 2021.
5. "2017 European Wrestling Championships Results" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived (PDF) from the original on 15 December 2020. Retrieved 15 April 2020.
6. "2017 World Wrestling Championships" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived (PDF) from the original on 1 May 2019. Retrieved 13 January 2020.
7. "2019 European Wrestling Championships Results" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived (PDF) from the original on 12 April 2020. Retrieved 12 April 2020.
8. Pavitt, Michael (14 October 2019). "Inam succeeds in solo mission for Pakistan in ANOC World Beach Games wrestling event". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 14 February 2020.
9. "Beach Wrestling Medalists" (PDF). 2019 World Beach Games. Archived (PDF) from the original on 18 October 2019. Retrieved 19 December 2020.
10. "2020 Individual Wrestling World Cup Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived (PDF) from the original on 18 December 2020. Retrieved 18 December 2020.
11. "Matteo Pellicone Ranking Series 2021" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived (PDF) from the original on 21 March 2021. Retrieved 21 March 2021.
12. Shefferd, Neil (19 March 2021). "Twelve more wrestlers secure Tokyo 2020 places as women's action takes centre stage at European Olympic qualifier". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 20 March 2021.
13. "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.
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15. "2021 World Wrestling Championships Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived (PDF) from the original on 16 October 2021. Retrieved 16 October 2021.
16. "2022 Dan Kolov & Nikola Petrov Tournament Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 March 2022. Retrieved 15 March 2022.
17. "2022 Yasar Dogu, Vehbi Emre & Hamit Kaplan Tournament Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2 March 2022. Retrieved 2 March 2022.
18. Lloyd, Owen (31 March 2022). "Two golds apiece for Moldova and Turkey at European Wrestling Championships". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 31 March 2022.
19. "2022 European Wrestling Championships Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 April 2022. Retrieved 3 April 2022.
20. "2022 World Wrestling Championships Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 September 2022. Retrieved 18 September 2022.
21. "2023 Dan Kolov & Nikola Petrov Tournament Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived (PDF) from the original on 7 March 2023. Retrieved 7 May 2023.
22. "2024 European Wrestling Championships Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 February 2024. Retrieved 19 February 2024.
23. "2024 European Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 April 2024. Retrieved 8 April 2024.
24. "2024 World Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 May 2024. Retrieved 14 May 2024.

External links

• Miglena Selishka at the International Wrestling Database
• Miglena Selishka at Olympedia