Monika Michalik

Personal information
Full name	Monika Ewa Michalik
Nationality	Polish
Born	(1980-05-02) 2 May 1980 (age 44) Międzyrzecz, Poland
Sport
Country	Poland
Sport	Freestyle wrestling
Medal record Women's Freestyle Wrestling Representing  Poland Event 1st 2nd 3rd Olympic Games 0 0 1 World Championships 0 0 3 European Championships 3 4 2 Total 3 4 6 Summer Olympics 2016 Rio de Janeiro 63 kg World Championships 2000 Nantes - Junior 63 kg 2006 Guangzhou 63 kg 2007 Baku 63 kg European Championships 2003 Ryga 59 kg 2005 Varna 63 kg 2009 Vilnius 63 kg 2017 Novi Sad 63 kg 2000 Sofia - Junior 55 kg 2002 Seinäjoki 59 kg 2006 Moscow 63 kg 2013 Tbilisi 63 kg 2007 Sofia 63 kg 2008 Tampere 63 kg Golden Grand Prix 2006 Baku 63 kg 2009 Baku 63 kg 2010 Baku 63 kg Poland Wrestling Championships 1999 - Junior 56 kg 2000 - Junior 56 kg 2001 55 kg 2002 59 kg 2005 Lodz 63 kg 2006 Zary 63 kg 2007 Zgierz 67 kg 2008 Trzciel 67 kg 2009 Siedlce 72 kg 2010 Trzciel 63 kg

Monika Ewa Michalik (Polish pronunciation: [mɔˈnika ˈɛva miˈxalik]; born 2 May 1980 in Międzyrzecz) is a freestyle wrestler from Poland. She participated in Women's freestyle 63 kg at 2008 Summer Olympics. In the last 16, she beat Volha Khilko from Belarus. In the quarter-finals Michalik lost to the French wrestler Lise Golliot-Legrand.

At the 2012 Summer Olympics, Michalik once again reached the quarter-finals, losing to eventual silver medallist Jing Ruixue of China.

At the 2016 Summer Olympics, she won the bronze medal defeating Inna Trazhukova of Russia.

Her brother Tadeusz is also a wrestler. He won a bronze medal at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo.

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External links[edit]

• Athlete bio on beijing2008.com
• FILA
• Profile at FILA Wrestling Database
• Polish Wrestling Federation
• Orleta Trzciel