Iryna Aliyeva,^[1] née Iryna Kindzerska (born 13 June 1991), is a Ukrainian-born Azerbaijani judoka.^[2][3] In 2021, she won one of the bronze medals in the women's +78 kg event at the 2020 Summer Olympics held in Tokyo, Japan.^[4] She is also a two-time medalist at the European Judo Championships and a bronze medalist at the 2017 World Judo Championships and the 2019 European Games.

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Iryna Kindzerska

Personal information
Born	(1991-06-13) 13 June 1991 (age 32) Kamianets-Podilskyi, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
Occupation	Judoka
Sport
Country	Ukraine (2009-17)  Azerbaijan (2017-present)
Sport	Judo
Weight class	+78 kg
Achievements and titles
Olympic Games	(2020)
World Champ.	(2017)
European Champ.	(2020)
Medal record Women's judo Representing  Ukraine European Championships 2013 Budapest +78 kg IJF Grand Slam 2015 Paris +78 kg 2015 Tokyo +78 kg IJF Grand Prix 2017 Düsseldorf +78 kg 2014 Astana +78 kg 2014 Tashkent +78 kg 2011 Baku +78 kg 2011 Abu Dhabi +78 kg 2014 Jeju +78 kg 2015 Jeju +78 kg 2016 Budapest +78 kg World Juniors Championships 2009 Paris +78 kg European Junior Championships 2009 Yerevan +78 kg European Cadet Championships 2007 Valletta +70 kg Representing  Azerbaijan Olympic Games 2020 Tokyo +78 kg World Championships 2017 Budapest +78 kg European Games 2019 Minsk +78 kg European Championships 2020 Prague +78 kg World Masters 2019 Qingdao +78 kg 2021 Doha +78 kg IJF Grand Slam 2017 Abu Dhabi +78 kg 2019 Paris +78 kg 2020 Düsseldorf +78 kg 2018 Paris +78 kg 2018 Düsseldorf +78 kg 2018 Abu Dhabi +78 kg 2019 Düsseldorf +78 kg 2019 Baku +78 kg IJF Grand Prix 2018 Tashkent +78 kg 2019 Tel Aviv +78 kg 2019 Antalya +78 kg 2019 Zagreb +78 kg
Profile at external databases
IJF	1154, 39329
JudoInside.com	37262
Updated on 5 September 2022.

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She competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the +78 kg event, for Ukraine.^[5]

Some references point to the fact that Kindzerska was born in Bakota, Ukraine. The little town of Bakota has officially disappeared in 1981 as it was submerged by waters of the Dniester Reservoir. In 2016, Kindzerska married an Azerbaijani athlete. They moved to Azerbaijan a year later and she has since represented this country.^[1] In 2017, she won a bronze medal at the World Championship, defeating Tessie Savelkouls in the bronze medal match.^[6]

She won bronze at the 2019 European Games.^[7]

In 2021, she won the silver medal in her event at the 2021 Judo World Masters held in Doha, Qatar.^[8][9]