Rong Ningning

Chinese freestyle wrestler

In this Chinese name, the family name is  Rong.

Rong Ningning

Personal information

Born|  (1997-10-05) 5 October 1997 (age 27)
Height| 158 cm (5.18 ft; 62 in)
Sport
Country| China
Sport| Amateur wrestling
Weight class| 57 kg
Event| Freestyle

Medal record

Women's freestyle wrestling
Representing  China
World Championships
| 2018 Budapest | 57 kg
| 2019 Nur-Sultan | 57 kg
Asian Championships
| 2018 Bishkek | 59 kg
| 2019 Xi'an | 57 kg
Golden Grand Prix Ivan Yarygin
| 2018 Krasnoyarsk | 59 kg
World U23 Championships
| 2018 Bucharest | 59 kg

Rong Ningning (born 5 October 1997) is a Chinese freestyle wrestler. She won the gold medal in the women's 57 kg event at the 2018 World Wrestling Championships held in Budapest, Hungary.[1]

## Career

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In 2017, Rong competed in the 58 kg event at the World Wrestling Championships in Paris, France where she reached the quarterfinals after defeating Jowita Wrzesień and Pooja Dhanda in earlier rounds.[2] In the quarterfinals she was defeated by Marwa Amri who went on to win the silver medal in that event. Rong then entered the repechage where she won her match against Iryna Chykhradze of Ukraine but lost her bronze medal match against Aisuluu Tynybekova of Kyrgyzstan.

In 2018, at the Golden Grand Prix Ivan Yarygin 2018 held in Krasnoyarsk, Russia, she won the gold medal in the women's 59 kg event.

In 2019, she won the gold medal in the women's 57 kg event at the 2019 Asian Wrestling Championships held in Xi'an, China.[3] In the same year, at the World Wrestling Championships held in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan, she won the silver medal in the women's 57 kg event.[4]

Rong represented China at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. She competed in the women's 57 kg event where she was eliminated in her first match.[5]

## Achievements

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Year  | Tournament  | Location  | Result  | Event

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2018  | Asian Championships | Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan | 1st  | Freestyle 59 kg
World Championships | Budapest, Hungary | 1st  | Freestyle 57 kg
2019  | Asian Championships | Xi'an, China | 1st  | Freestyle 57 kg
World Championships | Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan | 2nd  | Freestyle 57 kg

## References

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1. ^ "2018 World Wrestling Championships Results" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived (PDF) from the original on 14 April 2020. Retrieved 14 April 2020.
2. ^ "2017 World Wrestling Championships" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived (PDF) from the original on 1 May 2019. Retrieved 13 January 2020.
3. ^ "2019 Asian Wrestling Championships Results" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived (PDF) from the original on 18 May 2020.
4. ^ "2019 World Wrestling Championships Results" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived (PDF) from the original on 12 April 2020. Retrieved 12 April 2020.
5. ^ "Wrestling Results Book" (PDF). Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 August 2021. Retrieved 8 August 2021.

## External links

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* Rong Ningning at the International Wrestling Database
* Rong Ningning at Olympedia

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World Wrestling Champions in women's lightweight

* 1987:  Isabelle Dourthe (FRA)
* 1989:  Gudrun Høie (NOR)
* 1990:  Gudrun Høie (NOR)
* 1991:  Olga Lugo (VEN)
* 1992:  Ryoko Sakamoto (JPN)
* 1993:  Gudrun Høie (NOR)
* 1994:  Line Johansen (NOR)
* 1995:  Sara Eriksson (SWE)
* 1996:  Sara Eriksson (SWE)
* 1997:  Anna Gomis (FRA)
* 1998:  Gudrun Høie (NOR)
* 1999:  Anna Gomis (FRA)
* 2000:  Seiko Yamamoto (JPN)
* 2001:  Seiko Yamamoto (JPN)
* 2002:  Saori Yoshida (JPN)
* 2003:  Saori Yoshida (JPN)
* 2005:  Saori Yoshida (JPN)
* 2006:  Saori Yoshida (JPN)
* 2007:  Saori Yoshida (JPN)
* 2008:  Saori Yoshida (JPN)
* 2009:  Saori Yoshida (JPN)
* 2010:  Saori Yoshida (JPN)
* 2011:  Saori Yoshida (JPN)
* 2012:  Saori Yoshida (JPN)
* 2013:  Saori Yoshida (JPN)
* 2014:  Kaori Icho (JPN)
* 2015:  Kaori Icho (JPN)
* 2017:  Helen Maroulis (USA)
* 2018:  Rong Ningning (CHN)
* 2019:  Risako Kawai (JPN)
* 2021:  Helen Maroulis (USA)
* 2022:  Tsugumi Sakurai (JPN)
* 2023:  Tsugumi Sakurai (JPN)

* 1987–1996: 57 kg
* 1997–2001: 56 kg
* 2002–2013: 55 kg
* 2014–2017: 58 kg
* 2018–present: 57 kg

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*[FRA]: France
*[NOR]: Norway
*[VEN]: Venezuela
*[JPN]: Japan
*[SWE]: Sweden
*[USA]: United States
*[CHN]: China