Jessica Blaszka
Personal information
Nationality Netherlands
Born (1992-08-05) 5 August 1992
Heerlen, Netherlands
Weight48 kg (106 lb)
Sport
SportFreestyle wrestling
ClubSportcentrum Kops Amsterdam
Medal record
Representing  Netherlands
Women's wrestling
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place2015 Las Vegas48 kg
European Championships
Silver medal – second place2020 Rome53 kg
Bronze medal – third place2019 Bucharest53 kg

Jessica Blaszka (born 5 August 1992 in Heerlen) is a retired Dutch wrestler who wrestled mainly in the 48 kg weight class.[1] She is a bronze medalist at the World Wrestling Championships and a two-time medalist at the European Wrestling Championships.

Career

In the youth category she became European Champion in 2007 (43 kg), 2008 (46 kg) and 2009 (46 kg) and won the silver medal as a junior in 2010 (48 kg). She represented the Netherlands at the 2015 European Games in Baku, Azerbaijan, where she lost in the quarter-finals and finished in 9th position.[2] She won the bronze medal in the women's freestyle 48 kg at the 2015 World Wrestling Championships in Las Vegas, United States. It was the first medal for the Netherlands at a senior international wrestling championship (World, European) after 28 years. With this third place she met the Dutch qualification standard to compete at the 2016 Summer Olympics.[3]

In March 2021, she competed at the European Qualification Tournament in Budapest, Hungary hoping to qualify for the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. She failed to qualify at this tournament and she also failed to qualify for the Olympics at the World Olympic Qualification Tournament held in Sofia, Bulgaria. A few days after her result at the World Olympic Qualification Tournament, she decided to end her wrestling career.[4]

Personal

As of 2015 she lives together with her parents and sister Virginia and dog Emo in Landgraaf. She went to the Herle-College and Arcus-College.[5]

Results

Senior results

European Games

9th 2015 European Games

World Championships
European Championships

[6]

Because she was injured she did not participate at the 2012 World Wrestling Championships, 2013 World Wrestling Championships, 2013 European Wrestling Championships and 2014 European Wrestling Championships.

References

  1. ↑ "Jessica Blaszka". Nocnsf.nl. Retrieved 19 September 2015.
  2. ↑ "Blaszka strandt in kwartfinales". nos.nl. 15 June 2015.
  3. ↑ "Blaszka pakt brons op WK worstelen en voldoet aan olympische eis". NU. 10 September 2015.
  4. ↑ "Blaszka zet punt achter worstelloopbaan na missen Spelen in Tokio". NOS (in Dutch). 10 May 2021. Retrieved 10 May 2021.
  5. ↑ "Privé". jessica-blaszka.nl.
  6. ↑ "Successen". jessica-blaszka.nl.

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