Alina Hrushyna

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| native_name = Аліна Давидівна Акобія

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| full_name = Alina Hrushyna Akobiia

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| country = Ukraine

| sport = Amateur wrestling

| weight_class = 57 kg

| event = Freestyle

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Alina Hrushyna Akobiia ({{langx|uk|Аліна Давидівна Акобія}}, born 5 August 1999), also known as Alina Akobiya, is a Ukrainian freestyle wrestler. She won one of the bronze medals in the 57{{nbsp}}kg event at the 2022 World Wrestling Championships held in Belgrade, Serbia. She is a four-time medalist, including two gold medals, at the European Wrestling Championships. Hrushyna represented Ukraine at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France.

Career

In 2019, at the World U23 Wrestling Championship in Budapest, Hungary, she won the silver medal in the 57 kg event.{{Cite news |last=Etchells |first=Daniel |url=https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1086566/cuba-gold-medal-uww-u-23-world-champs |title=Cuban strikes gold as women's action concludes at UWW Under-23 World Championships |date=1 November 2019 |work=InsideTheGames.biz |access-date=4 April 2020}}{{Cite web |title=2019 World U23 Wrestling Championship |url=https://unitedworldwrestling.org/sites/default/files/2019-11/u23_senior_world_championships_final-book.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191228051956/https://unitedworldwrestling.org/sites/default/files/2019-11/u23_senior_world_championships_final-book.pdf |archive-date=28 December 2019 |access-date=8 August 2020 |website=United World Wrestling}} Two years earlier, at the 2017 World U23 Wrestling Championship held in Bydgoszcz, Poland, she won one of the bronze medals in the 55 kg event.

At the 2020 European Wrestling Championships held in Rome, Italy, she won the silver medal in the women's 57{{nbsp}}kg event.{{Cite news |last=Etchells |first=Daniel |url=https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1090570/hristova-european-wrestling-champs |title=Hristova beats last year's gold medallist Manolova at European Wrestling Championships |date=14 February 2020 |work=InsideTheGames.biz |access-date=14 February 2020}}{{Cite web |url=https://unitedworldwrestling.org/sites/default/files/2020-02/eucs-rome-final-book_1.pdf |title=2020 European Wrestling Championships Results |website=United World Wrestling |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200412124934/https://unitedworldwrestling.org/sites/default/files/2020-02/eucs-rome-final-book_1.pdf |archive-date=12 April 2020 |access-date=12 April 2020}} In the final, she lost against Grace Bullen of Norway.

In March 2021, Hrushyna earned a spot in the women's 57{{nbsp}}kg event at the European Qualification Tournament for a Ukrainian wrestler to compete at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.{{Cite news |last=Shefferd |first=Neil |date=19 March 2021 |title=Twelve more wrestlers secure Tokyo 2020 places as women's action takes centre stage at European Olympic qualifier |work=InsideTheGames.biz |url=https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1105647/womens-wrestling-tokyo-2020-qualifier |access-date=20 March 2021}}{{Cite web |title=2021 European Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament Results Book |url=https://uww.org/sites/default/files/2021-03/final-book.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210324185322/https://uww.org/sites/default/files/2021-03/final-book.pdf |archive-date=24 March 2021 |access-date=24 March 2021 |website=United World Wrestling}} Tetyana Kit competed in the women's 57{{nbsp}}kg event.{{Cite web |title=Wrestling Results Book |url=https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/resOG2020-/pdf/OG2020-/WRE/OG2020-_WRE_B99_WRE-------------------------------.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210807164330/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/resOG2020-/pdf/OG2020-/WRE/OG2020-_WRE_B99_WRE-------------------------------.pdf |archive-date=7 August 2021 |access-date=8 August 2021 |work=Tokyo 2020 Olympics |publisher=Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games}}

In May 2021, Hrushyna won the gold medal in her event at the European U23 Wrestling Championship held in Skopje, North Macedonia.{{Cite web |title=2021 European U23 Wrestling Championships Results Book |url=https://uww.org/sites/default/files/2021-05/final-book_u23_skopje.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210523193250/https://uww.org/sites/default/files/2021-05/final-book_u23_skopje.pdf |archive-date=23 May 2021 |access-date=20 August 2021 |website=United World Wrestling}} In November 2021, she also won the gold medal in the 57{{nbsp}}kg event at the 2021 U23 World Wrestling Championships held in Belgrade, Serbia.{{Cite news |last=Dowdeswell |first=Andrew |date=5 November 2021 |title=Yepez Guzman makes history for Ecuador at UWW Under-23 World Championships |work=InsideTheGames.biz |url=https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1115088/yepez-guzman-ecuador-uww-u23-worlds |access-date=5 November 2021}}{{Cite web |title=2021 U23 World Wrestling Championships Results Book |url=https://cdn.uww.org/s3fs-public/2021-11/results_11_belgrade.pdf?VersionId=q9PpC48NYmp7wndhAvjEjk6GB7FF03OG |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211110104150/https://cdn.uww.org/s3fs-public/2021-11/results_11_belgrade.pdf?VersionId=q9PpC48NYmp7wndhAvjEjk6GB7FF03OG |archive-date=10 November 2021 |access-date=10 November 2021 |website=United World Wrestling}}

In 2022, Hrushyna won the gold medal in the 57{{nbsp}}kg event at the 2022 European Wrestling Championships held in Budapest, Hungary.{{Cite news |last=Lloyd |first=Owen |date=1 April 2022 |title=Ukraine record golden double at European Wrestling Championships |work=InsideTheGames.biz |url=https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1121348/european-wrestling-championships-hungary |access-date=2 April 2022}}{{Cite web |title=2022 European Wrestling Championships Results Book |url=https://cdn.uww.org/s3fs-public/2022-04/2022_senior_european_championships_official_results.pdf?VersionId=KEoKJnjfNdVsB13voNEJO9gMUHnyIlq0 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220403191311/https://cdn.uww.org/s3fs-public/2022-04/2022_senior_european_championships_official_results.pdf?VersionId=KEoKJnjfNdVsB13voNEJO9gMUHnyIlq0 |archive-date=3 April 2022 |access-date=3 April 2022 |website=United World Wrestling}} She also won the gold medal in her event at the Matteo Pellicone Ranking Series 2022 held in Rome, Italy.{{Cite web |title=Matteo Pellicone Ranking Series 2022 Results Book |url=https://cdn.uww.org/s3fs-public/2022-06/final-book-matteo_pellicone.pdf?VersionId=qzK3za9J0rNgcVjK8V3USdzHshFpyOIW |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220625194934/https://cdn.uww.org/s3fs-public/2022-06/final-book-matteo_pellicone.pdf?VersionId=qzK3za9J0rNgcVjK8V3USdzHshFpyOIW |archive-date=25 June 2022 |access-date=25 June 2022 |website=United World Wrestling}} She won one of the bronze medals in the 57{{nbsp}}kg event at the 2022 World Wrestling Championships held in Belgrade, Serbia.{{Cite news |last=Brennan |first=Eliott |date=15 September 2022 |title=Olympic champion Stock-Mensah resumes title success at World Wrestling Championships |work=InsideTheGames.biz |url=https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1128098/stock-mensah-success-wrestling |access-date=17 September 2022}}{{Cite web |title=2022 World Wrestling Championships Results Book |url=https://cdn.uww.org/s3fs-public/2022-09/final-book-2022-senior-world-championships_compressed.pdf?VersionId=zoTz_Ra8zK5EkVhfrZuDG5THXf4.3ik. |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220918183512/https://cdn.uww.org/s3fs-public/2022-09/final-book-2022-senior-world-championships_compressed.pdf?VersionId=zoTz_Ra8zK5EkVhfrZuDG5THXf4.3ik. |archive-date=18 September 2022 |access-date=18 September 2022 |website=United World Wrestling}} A month later, she also won one of the bronze medals in her event at the 2022 U23 World Wrestling Championships held in Pontevedra, Spain.{{Cite web |title=2022 U23 World Wrestling Championships Results Book |url=https://cdn.uww.org/s3fs-public/2022-10/final-book-2022-u23_world_championships_0.pdf?VersionId=ULvdQi1j2falTsouZCHLVjHUfEvhszPO |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221025174035/https://cdn.uww.org/s3fs-public/2022-10/final-book-2022-u23_world_championships_0.pdf?VersionId=ULvdQi1j2falTsouZCHLVjHUfEvhszPO |archive-date=25 October 2022 |access-date=25 October 2022 |website=United World Wrestling}}

Hrushyna won the silver medal in her event at the 2023 Ibrahim Moustafa Tournament held in Alexandria, Egypt.{{Cite web |title=2023 Ibrahim Moustafa Tournament Results Book |url=https://cdn.uww.org/s3fs-public/2023-02/final-book-rs2-ibrahim-moustafa.pdf?VersionId=Gq8nHiMgxB60VBNUTWq8BLKqDmHLqvcK |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230226201011/https://cdn.uww.org/s3fs-public/2023-02/final-book-rs2-ibrahim-moustafa.pdf?VersionId=Gq8nHiMgxB60VBNUTWq8BLKqDmHLqvcK |archive-date=26 February 2023 |access-date=26 February 2023 |website=United World Wrestling}} She won the gold medal in the 57{{nbsp}}kg event at the 2023 European Wrestling Championships held in Zagreb, Croatia.{{Cite news |last=Lloyd |first=Owen |date=21 April 2023 |title=Ukraine take golden double at European Wrestling Championships after day four disappointment |work=InsideTheGames.biz |url=https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1136201/european-wrestling-championships |access-date=22 April 2023}}{{Cite web |title=2023 European Wrestling Championships Results Book |url=https://cdn.uww.org/s3fs-public/2023-04/final-book-senior-european-championships_.pdf?VersionId=C4X59O2RAfRiJyBB28sm1SXcoyTBDXpq |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230423200920/https://cdn.uww.org/s3fs-public/2023-04/final-book-senior-european-championships_.pdf?VersionId=C4X59O2RAfRiJyBB28sm1SXcoyTBDXpq |archive-date=23 April 2023 |access-date=23 April 2023 |website=United World Wrestling}} She defeated Zhala Aliyeva of Azerbaijan in her gold medal match.

Hrushyna competed at the 2024 European Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament in Baku, Azerbaijan hoping to qualify for the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France.{{Cite web |title=2024 European Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament Results Book |url=https://cdn.uww.org/2024-04/final-book-seniors_european_og_qualifier.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240408164811/https://cdn.uww.org/2024-04/final-book-seniors_european_og_qualifier.pdf |archive-date=8 April 2024 |access-date=8 April 2024 |website=United World Wrestling}} She was eliminated in her third match and she did not qualify for the Olympics. She also competed at the 2024 World Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament in Istanbul, Turkey without qualifying for the Olympics.{{Cite web |title=2024 World Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament Results Book |url=https://cdn.uww.org/2024-05/results_05_istanbul_qt.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240514204605/https://cdn.uww.org/2024-05/results_05_istanbul_qt.pdf |archive-date=14 May 2024 |access-date=14 May 2024 |website=United World Wrestling}} Hrushyna was able to compete at the Olympics as Iryna Kurachkina of Belarus was not invited to compete. Hrushyna competed in the women's 57{{nbsp}}kg event where she was eliminated in her second match by Helen Maroulis of the United States.{{Cite web |title=Wrestling Results Book |url=https://olympics.com/OG2024/pdf/OG2024/WRE/OG2024_WRE_B99_WRE-------------------------------.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240811181048/https://olympics.com/OG2024/pdf/OG2024/WRE/OG2024_WRE_B99_WRE-------------------------------.pdf |archive-date=11 August 2024 |access-date=12 August 2024 |website=2024 Summer Olympics}} Maroulis went on to win one of the bronze medals in the event.

Personal life

Hrushyna-Akobiia is married to Greco-Roman wrestler Oleksandr Hrushyn.{{Cite web |title=Еще одна медаль в семью. Грушин стал бронзовым призером чемпионата Европы |url=https://sport.ua/news/578961-eshche-odna-medal-v-semyu-grushin-stal-bronzovym-prizerom-chempionata-evropy |access-date=2022-04-03 |website=sport.ua}}