Annika Wendle
Personal information
Born (1997-09-15) 15 September 1997
Height159 cm (5.22 ft; 63 in)
Sport
CountryGermany
SportAmateur wrestling
EventFreestyle
Medal record
Women's freestyle wrestling
Representing  Germany
European Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2020 Rome 53 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2021 Warsaw 53 kg
Individual World Cup
Silver medal – second place 2020 Belgrade 55 kg

Annika Wendle (born 15 September 1997) is a German freestyle wrestler. She is a two-time bronze medalist at the European Wrestling Championships.

Career

Wendle won the silver medal in the women's 53 kg event at the 2018 World University Wrestling Championships held in Goiânia, Brazil.

In 2019, Wendle competed in the 53 kg event at the European Wrestling Championships held in Bucharest, Romania where she was eliminated in her first match by Jessica Blaszka of the Netherlands.[1] Blaszka went on to win one of the bronze medals in that event. In that same year, she also competed in the 55 kg event at the 2019 World Wrestling Championships held in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan without winning a medal.[2]

In 2020, Wendle won one of the bronze medals in the 53 kg event at the European Wrestling Championships held in Rome, Italy.[3][4][5] In the same year, she also won the silver medal in the women's 55 kg event at the 2020 Individual Wrestling World Cup held in Belgrade, Serbia.[6][7] In the final, she lost against Iryna Kurachkina of Belarus.[7] In April 2021, Wendle won one of the bronze medals in the 53 kg event at the European Wrestling Championships held in Warsaw, Poland.[8][9] In May 2021, she failed to qualify for the Olympics at the World Olympic Qualification Tournament held in Sofia, Bulgaria.[10] In October 2021, she was eliminated in her first match in the women's 53 kg event at the 2021 World Wrestling Championships held in Oslo, Norway.[11]

Wendle competed in the women's 53 kg event at the 2022 European Wrestling Championships held in Budapest, Hungary where she was eliminated in her first match.[12] She won one of the bronze medals in the women's 53 kg event at the Grand Prix de France Henri Deglane 2023 held in Nice, France.

Achievements

Year Tournament Location Result Event
2020 European Championships Rome, Italy 3rd Freestyle 53 kg
2021 European Championships Warsaw, Poland 3rd Freestyle 53 kg

References

  1. ↑ "2019 European Wrestling Championships Results" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived (PDF) from the original on 12 April 2020. Retrieved 12 April 2020.
  2. ↑ "2019 World Wrestling Championships Results" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived (PDF) from the original on 12 April 2020. Retrieved 12 April 2020.
  3. ↑ "2020 European Wrestling Championships Results" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived (PDF) from the original on 12 April 2020. Retrieved 12 April 2020.
  4. ↑ Etchells, Daniel (14 February 2020). "Hristova beats last year's gold medallist Manolova at European Wrestling Championships". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 14 February 2020.
  5. ↑ "Ringen: Selmaier holt EM-Silber". Sport1 (in German). 14 February 2020. Retrieved 11 April 2020.
  6. ↑ Iveson, Ali (16 December 2020). "All-conquering Tynybekova wins 62kg gold at UWW Individual World Cup". InsideTheGames.biz. Archived from the original on 16 December 2020. Retrieved 17 December 2020.
  7. 1 2 "2020 Individual Wrestling World Cup Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived (PDF) from the original on 18 December 2020. Retrieved 18 December 2020.
  8. ↑ Berkeley, Geoff (23 April 2021). "Ukraine bag brace of women's wrestling golds at European Championships". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 23 April 2021.
  9. ↑ "2021 European Wrestling Championships Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived (PDF) from the original on 25 April 2021. Retrieved 25 April 2021.
  10. ↑ "2021 World Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived (PDF) from the original on 9 May 2021. Retrieved 9 May 2021.
  11. ↑ "2021 World Wrestling Championships Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived (PDF) from the original on 16 October 2021. Retrieved 16 October 2021.
  12. ↑ "2022 European Wrestling Championships Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 April 2022. Retrieved 3 April 2022.
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