- Sofia Mattsson
Sofia Mattsson (born November 11, 1989 in
Gällivare ,Norrbotten County ) is a Swedishwrestler .Profile
At the age of 18 years old, she is already one of the greatest female wrestlers in
Europe . She wrestles in the 48 kilo division for theGällivare SK Wrestling club, coached by Håkan Johansson and Kalle Taivalsaari. From 2001 to this year, she has won eleven Swedish National Championships (six at cadet level, two at junior level and three at senior level).In 2007, she competed at the European Championship in
Sofia , her first ever international championship at senior level. Despite the young age and the little experience, she managed to win the first match with a great performance; however, in the following match she was defeated by theRussia n wrestlerLarisa Oorzhak (who won the gold medal at the end of the tournament).After the repechage, Sofia defeated other two opponents and won the bronze medal.On August 2007, Sofia became Junior World Champion for the second time after she defeated the
Japan ese wrestlerFuyuko Mimura inBejiing .On September of the same year, she competed at her first ever World Championship at senior level in
Baku ,Azerbaijan , where she managed to place 8th, assuring herself the qualification for the2008 Summer Olympics .On April of this year, the young swedish wrestler won a silver medal at her second ever European Championship at senior level.
National results
*2008 - 1st at the Swedish National Championship
*2007 - 1st at the Junior Swedish National Championship
*2007 - 1st at the Swedish National Championship
*2006 - 1st at the Swedish National Championship
*2006 - 1st at the Junior Swedish National Championship
*2006 - 1st at the Cadet Swedish National Championship
*2005 - 1st at the Cadet Swedish National Championship
*2004 - 1st at the Cadet Swedish National Championship
*2003 - 1st at the Cadet Swedish National Championship
*2002 - 1st at the Cadet Swedish National Championship
*2001 - 1st at the Cadet Swedish National ChampionshipInternational results
*2008 - 2nd at the European Championship in
Tampere ,Finland
*2007 - 1st at the Junior World Championship inBejiing ,China
*2007 - 3rd at the European Championship inSofia ,Bulgaria
*2006 - 1st at the Junior World Championship inGuatemala
*2006 - 1st at the Cadet European Championship inTurkey
*2005 - 1st at the Cadet European Championship inAlbania
*2004 - 1st at the Cadet European Championship inBulgaria Trivia
*At the European Championship in Sofia, the organizers of the event awarded her with the title "Miss Europe", a prize reserved for the prettiest wrestler at the tournament. However, she refused to accept the prize and commented: "This is not part of the sport. We are here to excel and win at wrestling. There are some people who compete in that other thing too but we don't do that here".
External links
* [http://www.gskwrestling.se/Brottarna/brottarna/Sofia_M.htm Gällivare SK Wrestling Profile]
* [http://www.iat.uni-leipzig.de/datenbanken/dbwrest/daten.php?pid=c9f0263c655b09f5e0d7b043f1335bae&spid=68919719DA5A49CFA7F0C23C45128B55 International Wrestling Database Profile]
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