Mathilde Rivière

Mathilde Rivière (born 18 December 1989) is a French freestyle wrestler. She is a bronze medalist at the European Wrestling Championships. Rivière represented France at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.^[1] She also represented France at the European Games in 2015 and in 2019.

Mathilde Rivière

Personal information
Born	(1989-12-18) 18 December 1989 (age 35) Dreux, France
Sport
Country	France
Sport	Amateur wrestling
Weight class	55 kg 57 kg
Event	Freestyle
Medal record Women's freestyle wrestling Representing  France European Championships 2017 Novi Sad 55 kg

Career

At the 2017 European Wrestling Championships held in Novi Sad, Serbia, Rivière won one of the bronze medals in the women's 55 kg event.^[2]

In 2019, Rivière competed in the 57 kg event at the European Games held in Minsk, Belarus where she lost her first match against Iryna Chykhradze of Ukraine.^[3] In May 2021, she qualified at the World Olympic Qualification Tournament to compete at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.^[4] She competed in the women's 57 kg event.^[5]

Rivière competed at the 2024 European Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament in Baku, Azerbaijan hoping to qualify for the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France.^[6] She was eliminated in her first match and she did not qualify for the Olympics.^[6] Rivière also competed at the 2024 World Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament held in Istanbul, Turkey without qualifying for the Olympics.^[7]

Achievements

Year	Tournament	Location	Result	Event
2017	European Championships	Novi Sad, Serbia	3rd	Freestyle 55 kg