Kriszta Incze
Personal information
Full nameKriszta Tunde Incze
Born (1996-05-15) 15 May 1996
Sfântu Gheorghe, Romania
Height167 cm (5.48 ft; 66 in)
Sport
CountryRomania
SportAmateur wrestling
Weight class
  • 62 kg
  • 65 kg
EventFreestyle
Medal record
Women's freestyle wrestling
Representing  Romania
European Games
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Minsk 62 kg
European Championships
Silver medal – second place 2019 Bucharest 65 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2021 Warsaw 65 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Budapest 65 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2023 Zagreb 65 kg
Jeux de la Francophonie
Bronze medal – third place 2017 Abidjan 63 kg
European U23 Championship
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Istanbul 62 kg

Kriszta Tunde Incze (Hungarian: Incze Kriszta Tünde; born 15 May 1996) is a Romanian freestyle wrestler. She is a four-time medalist at the European Wrestling Championships. In 2019, she represented Romania at the European Games in Minsk, Belarus and won one of the bronze medals in the 62 kg event.[1][2] She also represented Romania at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.

Career

Incze competed in the women's freestyle 63 kg event at the 2015 World Wrestling Championships in Las Vegas, United States.[3] In 2016, she competed at the World Olympic Qualification Tournament held in Istanbul, Turkey hoping to qualify for the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.[4] A few months later, Incze won the silver medal in the women's 63 kg event at the 2016 World University Wrestling Championships held in Çorum, Turkey.[5] She lost her bronze medal match in the 60 kg event at the 2017 European Wrestling Championships held in Novi Sad, Serbia.[6] In 2018, she won the bronze medal in the 62 kg event at the European U23 Wrestling Championship held in Istanbul, Turkey.[7]

Incze won the silver medal in the 65 kg event at the 2019 European Wrestling Championships held in Bucharest, Romania.[8] In the final, she lost against Elis Manolova of Azerbaijan.[8] In 2020, she competed in the women's 62 kg event at the 2020 Individual Wrestling World Cup held in Belgrade, Serbia.[9]

In March 2021, Incze competed at the European Qualification Tournament in Budapest, Hungary hoping to qualify for the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.[10] She did not qualify as she was eliminated in her second match by Elif Jale Yeşilırmak of Turkey. A month later, she won one of the bronze medals in the 65 kg event at the 2021 European Wrestling Championships held in Warsaw, Poland.[11][12] She also failed to qualify for the Olympics at the World Olympic Qualification Tournament held in Sofia, Bulgaria.[13] However, as North Korea withdrew from the 2020 Summer Olympics, Incze received a place to compete in the women's 62 kg event as Rim Jong-sim of North Korea was no longer able to compete.[14]

In August 2021, Incze competed in the women's 62 kg event at the 2020 Summer Olympics held in Tokyo, Japan.[15] She won her first match against Marianna Sastin of Hungary and she then lost her next match against eventual silver medalist Aisuluu Tynybekova of Kyrgyzstan. In the repechage she was then eliminated by Anastasija Grigorjeva of Latvia.[15] Two months after the Olympics, Incze competed in the women's 65 kg event at the 2021 World Wrestling Championships held in Oslo, Norway where she was eliminated in her first match by Aina Temirtassova of Kazakhstan.[16]

In 2022, Incze competed at the Yasar Dogu Tournament held in Istanbul, Turkey.[17] In April 2022, she won the bronze medal in the 65 kg event at the European Wrestling Championships held in Budapest, Hungary.[18] A few months later, she won the bronze medal in her event at the Matteo Pellicone Ranking Series 2022 held in Rome, Italy.[19] Incze competed in the 65 kg event at the 2022 World Wrestling Championships held in Belgrade, Serbia.[20] She was eliminated in her second match by eventual bronze medalist Koumba Larroque of France.[20]

Incze won one of the bronze medals in the 65 kg event at the 2023 European Wrestling Championships held in Zagreb, Croatia.[21][22]

Achievements

Year Tournament Location Result Event
2017 Jeux de la Francophonie Abidjan, Ivory Coast 3rd Freestyle 63 kg
2019 European Championships Bucharest, Romania 2nd Freestyle 65 kg
European Games Minsk, Belarus 3rd Freestyle 62 kg
2021 European Championships Warsaw, Poland 3rd Freestyle 65 kg
2022 European Championships Budapest, Hungary 3rd Freestyle 65 kg
2023 European Championships Zagreb, Croatia 3rd Freestyle 65 kg

Personal life

She is of Hungarian descent.[23]

References

  1. ↑ "2019 European Games Wrestling Results" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Retrieved 4 April 2020.
  2. ↑ Gillen, Nancy (28 June 2019). "Italian Olympic champions claim mixed team shotgun skeet silver and gold at Minsk 2019". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 4 April 2020.
  3. ↑ "2015 World Weightlifting Championships Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived (PDF) from the original on 30 May 2020. Retrieved 30 May 2020.
  4. ↑ "2016 World Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament 2 Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived (PDF) from the original on 7 May 2021. Retrieved 7 May 2021.
  5. ↑ "Women's Freestyle Results" (PDF). 2016 World University Wrestling Championships. Archived (PDF) from the original on 28 June 2017. Retrieved 9 January 2021.
  6. ↑ Etchells, Daniel (3 May 2017). "Russia's Boltukaev suffers gold medal match heartache at European Wrestling Championships". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 14 February 2022.
  7. ↑ "2018 European U23 Wrestling Championship" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived (PDF) from the original on 12 June 2018. Retrieved 9 August 2020.
  8. 1 2 "2019 European Wrestling Championships Results" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived (PDF) from the original on 12 April 2020. Retrieved 12 April 2020.
  9. ↑ "2020 Individual Wrestling World Cup Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived (PDF) from the original on 18 December 2020. Retrieved 18 December 2020.
  10. ↑ "2021 European Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived (PDF) from the original on 24 March 2021. Retrieved 24 March 2021.
  11. ↑ Berkeley, Geoff (23 April 2021). "Ukraine bag brace of women's wrestling golds at European Championships". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 23 April 2021.
  12. ↑ "2021 European Wrestling Championships Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived (PDF) from the original on 25 April 2021. Retrieved 25 April 2021.
  13. ↑ "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.
  14. ↑ "Ecuador, Romania Earn Olympic Tickets as North Korea Withdraws from Tokyo 2020". United World Wrestling. 15 June 2021. Retrieved 25 June 2021.
  15. 1 2 "Wrestling Results Book" (PDF). 2020 Summer Olympics. Archived (PDF) from the original on 7 August 2021. Retrieved 8 August 2021.
  16. ↑ "2021 World Wrestling Championships Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived (PDF) from the original on 16 October 2021. Retrieved 16 October 2021.
  17. ↑ "2022 Yasar Dogu, Vehbi Emre & Hamit Kaplan Tournament Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2 March 2022. Retrieved 2 March 2022.
  18. ↑ "2022 European Wrestling Championships Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 April 2022. Retrieved 3 April 2022.
  19. ↑ "Matteo Pellicone Ranking Series 2022 Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 June 2022. Retrieved 25 June 2022.
  20. 1 2 "2022 World Wrestling Championships Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 September 2022. Retrieved 18 September 2022.
  21. ↑ Lloyd, Owen (21 April 2023). "Ukraine take golden double at European Wrestling Championships after day four disappointment". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 22 April 2023.
  22. ↑ "2023 European Wrestling Championships Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 April 2023. Retrieved 23 April 2023.
  23. ↑ "Erdélyi magyar sportoló az ötkarikás játékokon, Incze Kriszta kijutott az olimpiára" (in Hungarian). kronikaonline.ro. 15 June 2021. Retrieved 25 July 2021.
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