Nataliya Synyshyn

Nataliya Synyshyn

Synyshyn at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Personal information
Full name	Nataliya Ihorivna Synyshyn
Nationality	Ukraine (until 2013)  Azerbaijan (since 2014)
Born	(1985-07-03) 3 July 1985 (age 31) Sosnivka, Lviv Oblast, Ukrainian SSR
Height	1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Weight	55 kg (121 lb)
Sport
Country	Ukraine (until 2013) Azerbaijan (since 2014)
Sport	Wrestling
Event(s)	Freestyle
Club	Dynamo Lviv (UKR)
Medal record Women's freestyle wrestling Representing  Ukraine World Championships 2006 Guangzhou 59 kg 2007 Baku 59 kg European Championships 2009 Vilnius 55 kg 2012 Belgrad 55 kg 2007 Sofia 59 kg 2008 Tampere 59 kg Representing  Azerbaijan Summer Olympics 2016 Rio de Janeiro 53 kg European Championships 2016 Riga 58 kg European Games 2015 Baku 55 kg

Nataliya Ihorivna Synyshyn (Ukrainian: Наталя Ігорівна Синишин; born July 3, 1985 in Sosnivka, Lviv Oblast) is an amateur Ukrainian (until 2013) and Azerbaijani (since 2014) freestyle wrestler, who played for the lightweight division. She is a two-time bronze medalist at the World Championships, and three-time at the European Championships.

Synyshyn competed for Ukraine in the women's 55-kg class in freestyle wrestling at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. In the first preliminary round, she was defeated by Marcie Van Dusen of the United States, after being taken off the mat by her opponent in the final period, with a three-set score (0–4, 1–1, 7–0), and a classification point score of 1–3.

On 11 March 2016, she won European Wrestling Championships for Azerbaijan.