Alena Filipava

Alena Piatrouna Filipava (Belarusian: Алена Пятроўна Філіпава; born October 10, 1987, in Minsk) is an amateur Belarusian freestyle wrestler, who played for the women's featherweight category.^[1] She won the bronze medal at the 2009 World Wrestling Championships in Herning, Denmark, against Tatiana Padilla of the United States, in addition to her silver at the European Championships in Vilnius, Lithuania.^[2]

Alena Filipava

Personal information
Full name	Alena Piatrouna Filipava
Nationality	Belarus
Born	(1987-10-10) 10 October 1987 (age 37) Minsk, BSSR, USSR (now Belarus)
Height	1.58 m (5 ft 2 in)
Weight	55 kg (121 lb)
Sport
Sport	Wrestling
Event	Freestyle
Club	SK VS Minsk
Coached by	Aleh Yakaulevich Raikhlin
Medal record Women's freestyle wrestling Representing  Belarus World Championships 2009 Herning 55 kg European Championships 2009 Vilnius 55 kg

Filipava made her official debut at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, where she competed for the 55 kg class in freestyle wrestling, an event which was imminently dominated by world champion Saori Yoshida from Japan. She lost the second preliminary match to Kazakhstan's Olga Smirnova, with a two-set technical score (3–2, 0–3, 2–4), and a classification score of 1–3, finishing only in thirteenth place.^[3]