48 kg W - AUGUST 17 Tosaka, Stadnyk are top stars
HALEY AUGELLO
Residence: Lockport, Ill. Club: New York AC College: King University High School: Lockport, Ill. Born: Oct. 17, 1994
Age: 21
Past Olympics: None Past Sr. Worlds: None UWW World Rank: No. 17
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.
USA Age-Group: 2010 and 2011 Junior Nationals champion… 2011 UWW Cadet Nationals champion… College: 2014 and 2015 WCWA Nationals champion for King University…. Coached by Jason Moorman… High School: Attended Lockport High School… Awards: 2012 and 2013 ASICS Girls High School Wrestler of the Year… Personal: Daughter of Larry and Wendy Augello... Was one of the first girls to train with the respected Overtime School of Wrestling, under coach Sean Bormet and staff... Her father Larry Augello has been one of her coaches...
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 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 Russia is young Milana Dadasheva, who won the 2016 Russian Nationals. She was a two-time Junior World bronze medal, and placed third at the 2013 European Championships. North American powers Canada and the United States have unexpected entries, based upon great performances in their respective Olympic Trials. Both dropped down to 48 kg for their Olympic run and beat top competition to punch their ticket to Rio.
Jasmine Mian, a two-time World Team member, will compete for Canada. 2011 Cadet World champion Haley Augello will wrestle for the USA. Augello was a Cadet World champion and two-
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time Junior World Team member, and won two WCWA college national titles for King University. China’s entry will be 2016 Asian cham- pion Sun Yanan, who was a 2013 World champion and two-time World medalist at 51 kg. This year, Sun has won the Olympic Test Event in Brazil and the Asian Championships. 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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