Yuliya Tkach

Yuliya Anatoliyivna Tkach, née Ostapchuk, (Ukrainian: Юлія Анатоліївна Ткач (Остапчук); also transliterated Iulia, born 26 September 1989 in Kovel) is a Ukrainian freestyle wrestler. She is a member of Dynamo sports club.^[1] World champion in 2014, she competed for Ukraine at the 2008, 2012 and 2016 Summer Olympics.^[2][3][4][5]

Yuliya Tkach

Personal information
Native name	Юлія Анатоліївна Ткач
Full name	Yuliya Anatoliyivna Tkach
Born	(1989-09-26) 26 September 1989 (age 36) Kovel, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
Medal record Women's freestyle wrestling Representing  Ukraine World Championships 2014 Tashkent 63 kg 2017 Paris 63 kg 2023 Belgrade 59 kg 2015 Las Vegas 63 kg 2018 Budapest 62 kg European Championships 2011 Dortmund 63 kg 2012 Belgrad 63 kg 2020 Rome 62 kg 2016 Riga 63 kg 2023 Zagreb 59 kg 2010 Baku 63 kg 2014 Vantaa 63 kg 2017 Novi Sad 63 kg 2024 Bucharest 62 kg European Games 2019 Minsk 62 kg 2015 Baku 63 kg

Career

At the 2008 Summer Olympics, she lost to Randi Miller in her first match.^[4]

Tkach competed in the freestyle 63 kg event at the 2012 Summer Olympics; she defeated Yelena Shalygina in the quarterfinals and Marianna Sastin in the 1/8 finals before being eliminated by Lubov Volosova in the quarterfinals.^[6]

She returned from a break to start a family to win a bronze medal at the 2014 European Championships before winning the World title later that year.^[7]

At the 2016 Olympics, she won her first match Danielle Lappage when Lappage retired injured before losing to Xu Rui in the second round.^[5]