Zhala Aliyeva

Zhala Aliyeva (born 1 February 2001) is an Azerbaijani freestyle wrestler competing in the 57 kg division.^[1] She won the gold medal in her event at the 2021 Islamic Solidarity Games held in Konya, Turkey.

Zhala Aliyeva

Personal information
Born	(2001-02-01) 1 February 2001 (age 24) Ganja, Azerbaijan
Height	1.60 m (5 ft 3 in)
Weight	57 kg (126 lb; 9.0 st)
Sport
Country	Azerbaijan
Sport	Women's freestyle wrestling
Event	57 kg
Medal record Women's freestyle wrestling Representing  Azerbaijan European Championships 2023 Zagreb 57 kg 2025 Bratislava 57 kg Islamic Solidarity Games 2021 Konya 57 kg World Military Championships 2023 Baku 57 kg Grand Prix 2023 Bishkek 57 kg World U23 Championships 2024 Tirana 57 kg 2023 Tirana 57 kg European U23 Championship 2022 Plovdiv 62 kg 2024 Baku 57 kg 2023 Bucharest 57 kg World Juniors Championships 2021 Ufa 59 kg

Career

In March 2022 in Sofia, Zhalya Aliyeva became European champion among wrestlers under 23 years old. In August 2022 she won the V Islamic Solidarity Games in Konya.^[2] In September of the same year she took part in her debut adult world championship in Belgrade, where she reached the semifinals but lost to Tsugumi Sakurai from Japan and in the bout for the bronze to Alina Grushina from Ukraine.^[3]

In 2023, she won the silver medal in the women's freestyle 57 kg event at the 2023 European Wrestling Championships held in Zagreb, Croatia.^[4][5]

She 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]

Achievements

Year	Tournament	Location	Result	Event
2022	Islamic Solidarity Games	Konya, Turkey	1st	Freestyle 57 kg
2023	European Championships	Zagreb, Croatia	2nd	Freestyle 57 kg
2025	European Championships	Bratislava, Slovakia	3rd	Freestyle 57 kg