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Koumba Larroque
Personal information
Born (1998-08-22) 22 August 1998 (age 26)
Sport
CountryFrance
SportAmateur wrestling
EventFreestyle
Medal record
Women's freestyle wrestling
Representing  France
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2017 Paris 69 kg
Silver medal – second place 2018 Budapest 68 kg
European Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2017 Novi Sad 69 kg
Silver medal – second place 2018 Kaspiysk 68 kg
World U23 Championships
Gold medal – first place 2017 Bydgoszcz 69 kg
European U23 Championship
Gold medal – first place 2018 Istanbul 72 kg

Koumba Larroque (born 22 August 1998) is a French freestyle wrestler.

Career

At the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics held in Nanjing, China she won the bronze medal in the girls' 60 kg event.[1][2]

In 2017, she won the gold medal in the 69 kg event at the World U23 Wrestling Championship. In the same year at the World Championships she won one of the bronze medals in the 69 kg event. She also won one of the bronze medals at the European Championships in the 69 kg event.

In 2018, she competed at the European U23 Wrestling Championship where she won the gold medal in the women's 72 kg event.[3][4] She won the silver medal in the 68 kg event at the 2018 World Wrestling Championships as well as the silver medal in the 68 kg event at the 2018 European Wrestling Championships.[5][6]

In 2019, she competed in the 68 kg event at the World Championships without winning a medal.[7] In 2020 she competed in the 68 kg event at the European Championships also without winning a medal; in this competition she won her first match against Ilana Kratysh of Israel but she was eliminated in her next match by Alla Cherkasova of Ukraine. Cherkasova went on to win one of the bronze medals.

References

  1. ^ "Wrestling: New stars of the mat emerge in Nanjing". Olympic News. 25 September 2014. Retrieved 18 May 2020.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  2. ^ "Wrestling Results Book" (PDF). 2014 Summer Youth Olympics. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 June 2020.
  3. ^ "Larroque claims gold on opening day of women's action at European Under-23 Wrestling Championships". InsideTheGames.biz. 30 March 2017. Retrieved 18 January 2020.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  4. ^ "2018 European U23 Wrestling Championship" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived (PDF) from the original on 12 June 2018. Retrieved 9 August 2020.
  5. ^ "2018 World Wrestling Championships Results" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived (PDF) from the original on 14 April 2020. Retrieved 14 April 2020.
  6. ^ "Bratchikova sends home fans into raptures with gold at European Wrestling Championships". InsideTheGames.biz. 3 May 2018. Retrieved 18 January 2020.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  7. ^ "2019 World Wrestling Championships Results" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived (PDF) from the original on 12 April 2020. Retrieved 12 April 2020.