Paliha
Paliha
Chinese freestyle wrestler
Paliha Paliha (born 6 June 1996 in Xinjiang) is a Chinese freestyle wrestler. She won one of the bronze medals in the women's 72 kg event at the 2019 World Wrestling Championships held in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan.[1]
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| Native name | 帕丽哈 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Citizenship |  China | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | (1996-06-06) 6 June 1996 (age 28) Wusu, Tacheng Prefecture, Xinjiang, China | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 175 cm (5.74 ft; 69 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | China | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Amateur wrestling | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event | Freestyle | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Paliha is from Wusu, Xinjiang province and is of Uyghur ethnicity. She started wrestling when she was 14 upon encouragement of her grandfather.[2]
She won the gold medal in the women's 75 kg event at the Asian Wrestling Championships both in 2017 and in 2019.[3][4] In 2017, she also won the gold medal in the 75 kg event at the Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games held in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan.[5] She also competed in the women's freestyle 75 kg event at the 2017 World Wrestling Championships where she was eliminated in the semifinals by Vasilisa Marzaliuk.[6]
She also won the gold medal in the women's 76 kg event at the 2018 World U23 Wrestling Championship held in Bucharest, Romania and at the 2019 World U23 Wrestling Championship held in Budapest, Hungary.[7][8]
| Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
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| 2017 | Asian Championships | New Delhi, India | 1st | Freestyle 75 kg | |
| Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games | Ashgabat, Turkmenistan | 1st | Freestyle 75 kg | ||
| 2019 | Asian Championships | Xi'an, China | 1st | Freestyle 75 kg | |
| World Championships | Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan | 3rd | Freestyle 72 kg | ||
- "2019 World Wrestling Championships Results" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived (PDF) from the original on 12 April 2020. Retrieved 12 April 2020.
- "新疆维族姑娘帕丽哈场上摔人 场下跳舞_国家体育总局". www.sport.gov.cn. Retrieved 2023-10-11.
- "2017 Asian Wrestling Championships Results" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived (PDF) from the original on 25 November 2018.
- "2019 Asian Wrestling Championships Results" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived (PDF) from the original on 18 May 2020.
- "Wrestling Results book" (PDF). 2017 Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games. Archived (PDF) from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 26 February 2020.
- "2017 World Wrestling Championships" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived (PDF) from the original on 1 May 2019. Retrieved 13 January 2020.
- Morgan, Liam (31 October 2019). "Japan win three gold medals in women's freestyle at UWW Under-23 World Championships". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 11 April 2020.
- "2019 World U23 Wrestling Championship" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived (PDF) from the original on 28 December 2019. Retrieved 8 August 2020.
- Paliha at the International Wrestling Database
