Mariya Stadnik

Mariya Stadnik (Марія Василівна Стадник; Mariya Vasylivna Stadnyk; born 3 June 1988) is a Ukrainian-born Azerbaijani female wrestler who won four Olympic medals, two World Championship and ten European Championship.

Stadnik was born on 3 June 1988 in Lviv, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union.

She started wrestling in 2000, graduated from Lviv State University of Physical Culture.

She is married to Ukrainian wrestler Andriy Stadnik.

Maria Stadnik competed at the European Junior Championship, which took place in August 2003 in Seville, Spain.

In the final match of the tournament, Maria Stadnik won the victory over the representative of Romania Alina Pogachan and became the winner of the European Junior Championship.

This gold medal was the first that 14-year-old Maria Stadnik won at international tournaments.

A year later, in July 2004, Maria Stadnik once again competed at the European Junior Championships.

In the final match of the tournament, which took place in Albena, Bulgaria, Maria Stadnik lost to Swedish representative Sofia Mattsson and won the silver medal of the tournament.

The winner of the 2004 Olympics, Iryna Merleni, completed her maternity leave and regained her athletic form.

The next tournament in which Maria Stadnik competed was the Junior World Championship, which took place in July 2005 in Vilnius, Lithuania.

Maria Stadnik faced the representative of India Sudes Kumar in the 1/8 finals of the tournament.

In that match, Maria Stadnik won ahead of Schedule (2:44 minutes) over her rival and reached the 1/4 final stage.

His opponent at this stage was the representative of Germany Anniha Hofmann.

In this match, Maria Stadnik won ahead of time (1:44 minutes) over her rival and reached the semi-final stage of the tournament.

At this stage, his opponent was the representative of Turkey Demet Kaya.

Also in the third match, Maria Stadnik won ahead of schedule over her rival and qualified for the final match of the championship.

And in the decisive match, his opponent was the representative of Vietnam Ti Han Nguyen.

In the Final match, Maria Stadnik also won ahead of schedule.

Having defeated his opponent in 2:50 minutes with a score of 8:0, 16-year-old Maria Stadnik became the winner of the World Junior Championship.

Maria Stadnik, who won the European Junior Championship and the World Junior Championship in three years, In 2006, he competed at the European Championship, which took place in Russia on April 25–30.

Maria Stadnik faced Greek representative Fani Psata in the 1/8 finals of the tournament.

In that match, Mariya Stadnik won over the opponent (2:0) and reached the 1/4 finals.

Her opponent at this stage was the representative of Finland Hagar Ashtiani.

Mariya Stadnik defeated her rival (2:0) and reached the semi-final stage of the tournament.

On the way to the final, her rival was the representative of Romania Christina Kroitor.] Maria Stadnik's rival in the third match she won over him (2:0) and qualified for the final match of the championship.

In the decisive match, his opponent was the representative of Russia Lilia Kasharova.

In the third part of the match, which took place in a tense Sports struggle, Maria Stadnik won a victory over her rival and won the Gold Medal of the European Championship.

However, in June 2006, International Wrestling Federation (FILA) reported that Furosemide, a prohibited drug, was found in the blood test taken from Maria Stadnik, and she was deprived of her gold medal at the European Championship.

He was also sentenced to one year not to compete in international tournaments.

In April 2007, Maria Stadnik's sentence for not competing in international tournaments for a year ended.

The main tournament of the year was the World Championship, which will take place in September.

In 2007, the World Championship would take place in Azerbaijan.

That tournament licensed the 2008 Olympics.

But there was intense competition to become the "number one" of the national team.

Its main goal was the 2008 Olympics.

The coaches of the team said that 18-year-old Maria Stadnik was young and inexperienced, and Iryna Merleni would go to the World Championship in September.

Young Maria Stadnik, whose main goal was to compete at the 2008 Olympics, left the Ukrainian national team.

The couple have a son, Igor, born in 2010, and a daughter, Mia, born in 2013.

Her sister-in-law, Yana Rattigan, competes in the same weight category as Mariya, and has fought with Stadnik three times in international competitions, all won by Stadnik.