48 kg W - AUGUST 17 Tosaka, Stadnyk are top stars
Winning the last three World gold
medals has been talented Eri Tosaka of Japan, who will be in her first Olympic Games. The 2012 Olympic champion was also from Japan, longtime star Hitomi Sakamoto who went out on top. Tosaka won a silver at her first World meet in 2012, and has swept the titles during this Olympic cycle. The most decorated star in this field is
HALEY AUGELLO
Residence: Lockport, Ill. Club: New York AC College: King University High School: Lockport, Ill. Born: Oct. 17, 1994
Age: 21
Career Notes • 2016 U.S. Olympic Team member • Second in 1st World Olympic Qualifier (Mongolia) • Second in 2013 and 2016 U.S. Open • 2016 University Nationals champion • 2011 Cadet World champion • Two-time U.S. Junior World Team member • Third in 2014 Pan American Championships • Two-time WCWA college nationals champion for King Univ. Past Olympics: None Past Sr. Worlds: None UWW World Rank: No. 16
Expected field at 48 kg/105.5 lbs. Argentina - Patricia Bermudez Azerbaijan - Mariya Stadnyk Bulgaria - Elitsa Yankova Cambodia – Sotherara Chov Cameroon - Rebecca Muambo Canada – Jasmine Mian Colombia - Carolina Castillo China - Hui Li or Sun Yanan Honduras – Brenda Bailey India -Vinesh Japan - Eri Tosaka Kazakhstan - Zhuldyz Eshimova Netherlands - Jessica Blaszka Nigeria - Miesinnei Genesis North Korea - Kim Hyon-Gyong Poland - Iwona Matkowska Romania - Emilia Vuc Russia - Milana Dadasheva, Valeria
Chepsarakova or Valentina Islamova United States - Haley Augello Vietnam - Thi Hang Vu
2009 World champion and two-time Olympic medalst Mariya Stadnyk of Azerbaijan. Stadnyk won Olympic silver in 2012 and Olympic bronze in 2008. She boasts six World and Olympic medals, six European Championships golds, a European Games gold and the 2005 Junior World title. Stadnyk was second behind Tosaka at the 2015 Worlds in Las Vegas, and is expected to challenge for the top again. Among the past World medalists in the expected field are two-time World medal- ist Jyldyz Eshimova of Kazakhstan, 2015 World bronze medalist Jessica Blaszka of the Netherlands, 2014 World silver medalist Iwona Matkowska of Poland and 2014 World bronze medalist Kim Hyon- Gyong of North Korea. Eshimova won a World silver medal in
2008 and a World bronze medal in 2011 and qualified by winning the Asian Olympic Qualifier. Kim won the title at the first World Olympic Qualifier in Mongolia. There are five past Olympians in the projected field, including two-time Olympian Stadnyk. Also competing in the 2012 Olympics were Eshimova, Matkowska, plus veterans Patricia Bermudez of Argentina and Carolina Castillo of Colombia. Matkowska boasts two World Military Championships titles. The entry for World power Russia is
unclear at this time. Valentina Islamova qualified the weight by placing fifth at the 2015 World Championships. Young Milana Dadasheva won the 2016 Russian Nationals, with 2009 Junior World champion Valeria Chepsarakova taking second at Russian Nationals. North American powers Canada and
the United States have unexpected entries, based upon great performances in their respective Olympic Trials. Jasmine Mian, a two-time World Team member, will compete for Canada and 2011 Cadet World champion Haley Augello will wrestle for the USA. Both dropped down to 48 kg for their Olympic
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Haley Augello: by Tony Rotundo
run and beat top competition to punch their ticket to Rio. China’s entry could be Li Hui, who qualified the weight class with a fifth- place finish at the 2015 World Championships. Another potential entry could be 2016 Asian champion Sun Yanan, who was a 2013 World champion and two-time World medalist at 51 kg. 2013 Junior World champion Elitsa
Yankova of Bulgaria won the European Olympic Qualifier this year. India’s Vinesh reached the field with a gold medal at the second World Olympic Qualifier in Turkey. The champion of the Africa/Oceania Olympic Qualifier was Miesinnei Genesis of Nigeria. Others to watch include qualifiers Thi
Hang Vu of Vietnam, Rebecca Muambo of Cameroon and Emilia Vuc of Romania. Vu was a 2012 Junior World silver medalist, and wrestled in two Senior World Championships. Muambo boasts four African Championships titles. Vuc’s best Senior finish was fifth at the 2014 World Championships. Two athletes were added to the field through the Triparthite Commission, which gives a limited number of Olympic berths to developing nations, Brenda Bailey of Honduras and Sotherara Chov of Cambodia.
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