Zhala Aliyeva

{{Short description|Azerbaijani freestyle wrestler}}

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

{{Medal|Country| {{AZE}} }}

{{MedalCompetition|European Championships}}

{{MedalSilver|2023 Zagreb|57 kg}}

{{Medal|Bronze| 2025 Bratislava | 57 kg }}

{{MedalCompetition | Islamic Solidarity Games}}

{{MedalGold|2021 Konya|57 kg}}

{{MedalCompetition|World Military Championships}}

{{MedalGold|2023 Baku|57 kg}}

{{MedalCompetition|Grand Prix}}

{{MedalBronze|2023 Bishkek|57 kg}}

{{MedalCompetition|World U23 Championships}}

{{MedalGold|2024 Tirana|57 kg}}

{{MedalSilver|2023 Tirana|57 kg}}

{{MedalCompetition|European U23 Championship}}

{{MedalGold|2022 Plovdiv|62 kg}}

{{MedalGold|2024 Baku|57 kg}}

{{MedalBronze|2023 Bucharest|57 kg}}

{{MedalCompetition|World Juniors Championships}}

{{MedalBronze|2021 Ufa|59 kg}}

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Zhala Aliyeva (born 1 February 2001) is an Azerbaijani freestyle wrestler competing in the 57 kg division.{{Cite web|url=https://uww.org/athletes/aliyeva-zhala|title=ALIYEVA Zhala profile page|website=uww.org}} She won the gold medal in her event at the 2021 Islamic Solidarity Games held in Konya, Turkey.

Career

In March 2022 in Sofia, Zhalya Aliyeva became European champion among wrestlers under 23 years old. In August 2022 she won the V Islamic Solidarity Games in Konya.{{Cite web|url=https://absheronxeber.az/gundem/8843-aberon-idmanlar-konyada-drd-medal-qazanblar.html|title=Abşeron idmançıları Konyada dörd medal qazanıblar|website=Absheronxeber.az | İnformasiya agentliyi}} In September of the same year she took part in her debut adult world championship in Belgrade, where she reached the semifinals but lost to Tsugumi Sakurai from Japan and in the bout for the bronze to Alina Grushina from Ukraine.{{Cite web|url=https://www.azerisport.com/wrestling/20220915002145421.html|title=Алиева проиграла схватку за бронзу ЧМ|website=www.azerisport.com}}

In 2023, she won the silver medal in the women's freestyle 57 kg event at the 2023 European Wrestling Championships held in Zagreb, Croatia.{{Cite web|url=https://uww.org/event/european-championships-35|title=European Championships|website=United World Wrestling}}{{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}}

She 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 first match and she did not qualify for the Olympics.

Achievements

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2022

|Islamic Solidarity Games

|Konya, Turkey

|align="center" bgcolor="gold" | 1st

|Freestyle 57{{nbsp}}kg

2023

|European Championships

|Zagreb, Croatia

|align="center" bgcolor="silver" | 2nd

|Freestyle 57{{nbsp}}kg

2025

|European Championships

|Bratislava, Slovakia

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

|Freestyle 57{{nbsp}}kg

References

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