Anna Zhigalova

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Anna Poliakova
Personal information
Birth nameAnna Zhigalova
Full nameПолякова Анна Сергеевна
Nationality Russia
Born (1981-12-10) 10 December 1981 (age 42)
 Russia Izhevsk, Udmurt Republic
Years active2003-
Height186 cm (6 ft 1 in)[1]
Weight165 kg (364 lb)[2]
Sport
SportSumo
Medal record
Women's Sumo
Representing  Russia
Sumo World Championships
Gold medal – first place Wan Chai 2012 Heavyweight
Gold medal – first place Kaohsiung 2014 Openweight
Gold medal – first place Ulaanbaatar 2013 Openweight
Gold medal – first place Taoyuan 2018 Openweight
Gold medal – first place Osaka 2019 Heavyweight
World Games
Gold medal – first place Cali 2013 Heavyweight
Gold medal – first place Cali 2013 Openweight
Gold medal – first place Wrocław 2017 Heavyweight
Gold medal – first place Wrocław 2017 Openweight
World Combat Games
Gold medal – first place St. Petersburg 2013 Heavyweight
Gold medal – first place St. Petersburg 2013 Openweight

Anna Poliakova (maiden name Anna Zhigalova)[1][3][4] is a Russian amateur sumo wrestler. She has won gold medals in both the heavyweight and openweight categories in the 2009, 2013 and 2017 World Games.[1] She has also won seven golds at the Sumo World Championships. In 2018 she was nominated for the World Games Athlete of the Year award.[1]

Biography[edit]

She was born in Izhevsk, Udmurt Republic.[5]

She played volleyball from the age of six to twelve,[5] and handball between from thirteen to twenty-one.[3] She is a graduate from Udmurt State University.[5] She has experience working as a swimming instructor in kindergarten.[3] She began Sumo training at September 2003.[5]

Competition[edit]

  • She won the heavyweight class on 28 October 2012, at the 9th World Sumo Championships in Wan Chai.[6]
  • In 2013, she won the heavyweight and openweight divisions of the World Games 2013 Women's Sumo held in Cali, Colombia.[4][7]
  • On 18 and 19 October of the same year, he won the heavyweight and openweight divisions at the 2nd World Combat Games Women's Championship held in St. Petersburg, Russia.
  • On 31 August 2014, she won the Openweight class at the 10th World Women's Sumo Championships held in Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
  • On 30 July 2016, she won the 12th World Women's Sumo Championships in Mongolia in the individual open weight class.
  • On 22 and 23 July 2017, she won the women's division of the 10th World Games 2017 in Wroclaw, Poland, in the heavyweight and openweight divisions.
  • On 22 July 2018, she won the 13th World Women's Sumo Championships openweight individual competition at the Taoyuan Arena in Taiwan.
  • On 13 October 2019, she won the individual heavyweight class at the 14th World Women's Sumo Championships held at Ohama Sumo Stadium in Sakai City, Japan.

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c d "Peerless Zhigalova dominates women's sumo". Japan Times. 17 April 2019. Retrieved 17 April 2019.
  2. ^ "Самозащита" (PDF). ГБОУ Школа. 2017. Retrieved 19 October 2019.
  3. ^ a b c ""Мне не страшно". Как сумоистка Анна Полякова стала сильнейшей в мире". 16 August 2016.
  4. ^ a b "平成25年の試合記録・結果" [2013 Match Records / Results] (in Japanese). Japan Sumo Federation. Retrieved 22 August 2022.
  5. ^ a b c d "Новости » Заслуженный Мастер Спорта Анна Полякова - самая титулованная сумоистка в мире! | Федерация сумо России". Retrieved 3 July 2021.
  6. ^ "9th Women's Sumo World Championships Results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 21 May 2013.
  7. ^ "World Games 2013 Cali result book: Sumo" (PDF). worldgames2013.sportresult.com. Swiss Timing. Archived (PDF) from the original on 13 September 2016.


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