Alla
CHERKASOVA

UKR

Age

35 y/o | Seniors

Style

Women's wrestling

Weight

68 kg

About Alla

A world champion in 2018, Alla CHERKASOVA (UKR) will be making her second trip to the Olympics Games after representing Ukraine in Rio at 75kg. Now at 68kg, she qualified Ukraine for Tokyo by reaching the semifinal. She dropped that bout 9-7 to Jenny FRANSSON of Sweden. In the bronze medal bout, she suffered a 2-2 defeat against SORONZONBOLD Battsetseg of Mongolia. In Rio, she lost her first-round bout against Yasemin ADAR of Turkey. She was born in Lviv, a powerhouse of women's wrestling in Ukraine. In 2018, she had an incredible run, winning three gold medals -- World Championship, Poland Open ranking series and China Open ranking series.