Azerbaijani wrestler Mariya Stadnik has the opportunity to enter the history of the modern Olympic Games.
Idman.biz reports that Stadnik, who competes in the 50 kg category, can share the title of wrestler who has participated in the Olympics the most in the history of multi-sport competitions held since 1896.
Athletes who participated in the most Olympic Games in this sport achieved the same success 5 times. 8 wrestlers achieved such success.
Wrestlers that participated in 5 Olympics:
Cris Brown (Australia, freestyle, 1980-96)
Wilfried Dietrich (Germany, freestyle/Greco-Roman, 1956-72)
Khorloogiin Bayanmönkh (Mongolia, freestyle, 1964-80)
Czesław Kwieciński (Poland, Greco-Roman , 1964-80)
Mijaín López (Cuba, Greco-Roman, 2004-2020)
George MacKenzie (England, free/Greco-Roman, 1908-1928)
Mario Tovar González (Mexico, free, 1962-68)
Ryszard Wolny (Poland, freelance, 1988-2004)
Stadnik participated in Beijing-2008, London-2012, Rio-2016 and Tokyo-2020. A ticket to Paris-2024 will take him to the French capital - the 5th Olympics.
She will repeat the historical record by participating in this competition and will be the 9th athlete to participate in 5 Olympics and the first woman to do so. For this, you only need to win one victory.
The victory in the semifinals of the European Olympic Qualifying Tournament in Baku will write Maria in history. Stadnik will face Oksana Livach (Ukraine) in the decisive match.
Of course, other wrestlers who have seen four Olympics and continue their career can repeat this record.
It should be noted that our athlete won an Olympic medal in all of his previous 4 attempts. Maria got two silver and two bronze.
Vugar Kheyrullayev
Idman.biz
