Stalvira Orshush

Stalvira Orshush

Personal information
Native name	Стальвира Степановна Оршуш
Full name	Stalvira Stepanovna Orshush
Nationality	Russian
Born	(1993-03-22) 22 March 1993 (age 31) Ulan-Ude, Buryatia, Russia
Height	156 cm (5 ft 1 in)
Weight	53 kg (117 lb)
Sport
Country	Russia Hungary (since 2023)
Sport	Wrestling
Event	Freestyle
Coached by	M. Molonov and E. Pavlov
Medal record Representing  Russia Women's Freestyle Wrestling European Games 2019 Minsk 53 kg European Championships 2021 Warsaw 55 kg 2019 Bucharest 53 kg 2018 Kaspiysk 53 kg 2020 Rome 53 kg Russian National Women's Freestyle Wrestling Championships 2018 Smolensk – 53 kg Kaspiysk 2017 – 53 kg St. Petersburg 2016 – 53 kg Golden Grand Prix Ivan Yarygin 2018 Krasnoyarsk 53 kg

Stalvira Stepanovna Orshush (Russian: Стальвира Степановна Оршуш, born 22 April 1993 in Ulan-Ude, Russia) is a Russian freestyle wrestler of Hungarian heritage. Orshush began competing in wrestling in 2011 and since then, she has won various medals at many tournaments. Orshush came in second place and won the silver medal at the 2016 National Championships.^[1]

In 2017, Orshush obtained a better result winning the gold medal and taking the first place, making Orshush a part of the Russian national team. She won the silver medal at the Ivan Yarygin 2018 Golden Grand Prix, held in Krasnoyarsk.

In 2018, Orshush won the gold medal in the 55 kg category at the 2018 Klippan Lady Open.

Her biggest achievement was winning the gold medal at the 2018 European Wrestling Championships by defeating the two-world champion Vanesa Kaladzinskaya of Belarus by fall in the final.^[2] Orshush became a two-time Russian national champion in 2018, by defeating Kuular of Kemerovo by 11-0 technical fall.^[3]

In March 2021, Orshush competed at the European Qualification Tournament in Budapest, Hungary hoping to qualify for the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.^[4]

Orshush lost her bronze medal match in the women's 53 kg event at the 2024 European Wrestling Championships held in Bucharest, Romania.^[5] She competed at the 2024 European Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament in Baku, Azerbaijan hoping to qualify for the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France.^[6] She was eliminated in her first match and she did not qualify for the Olympics.^[6]

She is of Magyar descent.^[7]

References

1. "Ирина Ологонова практически потеряла шансы выступить на Олимпиадеdate=13 June 2016" (in Russian). Retrieved 15 July 2018.
2. "Bulgaria take two gold medals in concluding women's finals at European Wrestling Chamionships [sic] in Russia". 4 May 2018. Retrieved 15 July 2018.
3. "Анжелика Ветошкина, Стальвира Оршуш, Любовь Сальникова, Ольга Хорошавцева, Вероника Чумикова, Инна Тражукова, Мария Кузнецова, Анастасия Братчикова, Татьяна Колесникова и Екатерина Букина выиграли чемпионат России по женской борьбе — Федерация спортивной борьбы России". www.wrestrus.ru. Retrieved 12 August 2018.
4. "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.
5. "2024 European Wrestling Championships Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 February 2024. Retrieved 19 February 2024.
6. "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.
7. "Стальвира Оршуш: "Я не приезжая, а коренная улан-удэнка"". 22 June 2017.

External links

• Profile at wrestrus.ru
• Stalvira Orshush at the International Wrestling Database
• Stalvira Orshush at Olympedia