Anastasia Blayvas

Anastasia Blayvas
Personal information
Born (2001-01-13) 13 January 2001 (age 23)
Halle, Germany
Height1.66 m (5 ft 5 in)
Weight57 kg (126 lb; 9.0 st)
Sport
CountryGermany
SportWomen's freestyle wrestling
Event55 kg
ClubKFC Leipzig
Medal record
Women's freestyle wrestling
Representing  Germany
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2023 Belgrade 55 kg
European Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2024 Bucharest 55 kg
Dan Kolov - Nikola Petrov Tournament
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Veliko Tarnovo 53 kg
World U23 Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Pontevedra 53 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2024 Tirana 53 kg
European U23 Championship
Silver medal – second place 2022 Plovdiv 53 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2023 Bucharest 53 kg
European Juniors Championship
Bronze medal – third place 2021 Dortmund 53 kg
Summer Youth Olympics
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Buenos Aires 57 kg

Anastasia Blayvas (born 13 January 2001)[1] is a German freestyle wrestler who competes in the 55 kg division.[2][3]

In 2018, Blayvas was part of the German team at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics in Buenos Aires, where she won bronze in the 57 kg.[1]

In 2023, Blayvas won a bronze medal in the women's freestyle 55 kg event at the 2023 World Wrestling Championships in Belgrade, Serbia.[4] She also won one of the bronze medals in the women's 55 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. She did not qualify for the Olympics at this event. A month later, Bayvas competed at the 2024 World Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament held in Istanbul, Turkey and she earned a quota place for Germany for the Olympics.[6]

Blayvas competed in the women's 50 kg event at the Olympics.[7] She was eliminated in her first match by Mariya Stadnik of Azerbaijan.[7]

Blayvas identifies as queer.[8]

References

  1. ^ a b "Anastasia Blayvas". Olympedia. Retrieved 25 January 2024.
  2. ^ "Anastasia Blayvas profile page". TheSports.org. Retrieved 25 January 2024.
  3. ^ "Anastasia Blayvas". United World Wrestling. Retrieved 25 January 2024.
  4. ^ "55kg Bracket". United World Wrestling. Retrieved 18 September 2023.
  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 World Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 May 2024. Retrieved 14 May 2024.
  7. ^ a b "Wrestling Results Book" (PDF). 2024 Summer Olympics. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 August 2024. Retrieved 12 August 2024.
  8. ^ "Meet all 193 queer Olympians for the Paris 2024 games (updated)". Yahoo Sports. 2024-07-30. Retrieved 2024-08-07.