The world of sport has heard and seen many stories of triumph, hardships, struggles and glory. The story of Azerbaijani wrestler Maria Stadnik surpasses them all. This is a story of one super wrestler and at the same time being super-mom.

SUPER WRESTLER – SUPER MOM

Just sample this – She won her first world championship Gold in 2009. Took a break in 2010 for the birth of her first kid came back in 2011 to win European Championship, 2012 London Olympic Medal. Took a break again in 2013 for the birth of her daughter Mia. Came back again in 2015 to win European games and Olympic medal in Rio 2016. The story doesn’t end there.

After a mini break again in 2016-17, she again came back to the mat to conquer the world. This time by winning the world championship Gold in 2019. At the age of 31 and as a mother of two, when most of her wrestling peers were living a retired life, she won the world championship title once again after a gap of 10 years at NUR-Sultan in 2019.

Stadnik has unprecedented 7 European Championship Golds, 3 Olympic Medals, 6 world championship medals including 2 gold medals in her kitty. And the kitty keeps growing.

Not only this, among her many accolades, Mariya Stadnik was also awarded the title of Best Woman Wrestler on the Planet by the International Wrestling Federation in 2011.

MARIYA STADNIK – The Dream continues

Despite of conquering almost every global title in the world, the Azerbaijani wrestler still awaits her first gold medal at the Olympics. The champion wrestler has 3 Olympic medal but the yellow metal still remains the dream which she plans to fulfill at Tokyo 2020. The current world number 1 in the 50Kg category will be the strong favorite for the Gold at Tokyo.

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