Wiktoria Chołuj

{{Short description|Polish freestyle wrestler}}

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{{Medal|Sport| Women's freestyle wrestling }}

{{Medal|Country| {{POL}} }}

{{MedalCompetition|European Championships}}

{{MedalBronze|2024 Bucharest|72 kg}}

{{MedalCompetition|Grand Prix}}

{{MedalBronze|2022 Rome|68 kg}}

{{MedalCompetition|World U23 Championships}}

{{MedalSilver|2022 Pontevedra|72 kg}}

{{MedalCompetition|World Juniors Championships}}

{{MedalBronze|2019 Tallinn|65 kg}}

{{MedalCompetition|World Cadets Championships}}

{{MedalBronze|2017 Athens|70 kg}}

{{MedalCompetition|European U23 Championship}}

{{MedalGold|2021 Skopje|72 kg}}

{{MedalGold|2022 Plovdiv|72 kg}}

{{MedalGold|2023 Bucharest|72 kg}}

{{MedalCompetition|European Juniors Championships}}

{{MedalGold|2019 Pontevedra|65 kg}}

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Wiktoria Chołuj (born 14 February 2000) is a Polish freestyle wrestler competing in the 72 kg division.{{Cite web|url=https://uww.org/athletes-results/wiktoria-choluj-101465-profile|title=Wiktoria Chołuj profile page|website=uww.org}} She competed in the 2024 Paris Olympics, losing in the second round to Amit Elor of the United States (8-0).

Career

In 2023, she competed in the women's 68{{nbsp}}kg event at the 2023 World Wrestling Championships held in Belgrade, Serbia, and in the U23 championships won the silver medal, behind American gold medal winner Amit Elor.{{Cite web |title=2023 World Wrestling Championships Results Book |url=https://d3u2kdyvfaxwhl.cloudfront.net/s3fs-public/2023-09/final-book-2023-senior_world_championships_and_og_qualif.pdf?VersionId=Vw6R1se4WK.11kPw_YnsfzZdbwCSiIiI |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231104205225/https://d3u2kdyvfaxwhl.cloudfront.net/s3fs-public/2023-09/final-book-2023-senior_world_championships_and_og_qualif.pdf?VersionId=Vw6R1se4WK.11kPw_YnsfzZdbwCSiIiI |archive-date=4 November 2023 |access-date=4 November 2023 |website=United World Wrestling}}

In 2024, she won one of the bronze medals in the women's freestyle 72 kg event at the European Wrestling Championships held in Bucharest, Romania.{{Cite web|url=https://uww.org/event/seniors-european-championships/results|title=European Senior Championships|website=United World Wrestling}}{{Cite web |title=2024 European Wrestling Championships Results Book |url=https://d3u2kdyvfaxwhl.cloudfront.net/s3fs-public/2024-02/results_02_bucharest.pdf?VersionId=XkE2ZnjNmXYzWNF1si8_Od9HuEOhuMrM |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240219213412/https://d3u2kdyvfaxwhl.cloudfront.net/s3fs-public/2024-02/results_02_bucharest.pdf?VersionId=XkE2ZnjNmXYzWNF1si8_Od9HuEOhuMrM |archive-date=19 February 2024 |access-date=19 February 2024 |website=United World Wrestling}} She competed at the 2024 European Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament in Baku, Azerbaijan and she earned a quota place for Poland for the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France.{{Cite news |last=Khalatyan |first=Rafael |date=8 April 2024 |title=Azerbaijan secures full freestyle wrestling team for Paris 2024 |url=https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1144598/azerbaijan-with-full-freestyle-squad |access-date=17 April 2024 |work=InsideTheGames.biz}}{{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 competed in the 2024 Paris Olympics, losing in the second round to Amit Elor of the United States (8-0).[https://www.themat.com/news/2024/august/05/amit-elor-powers-into-olympic-finals-at-68-kg-in-women-s-freestyle-in-paris "Amit Elor powers into Olympic finals at 68 kg in women’s freestyle in Paris,"] USA Wrestling.{{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}}

Achievements

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2024

|European Championships

|Bucharest, Romania

|align="center" bgcolor="cc9966" | 3rd

|Freestyle 72{{nbsp}}kg

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