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{{about|the wrestler|the ballet dancer|Olga Smirnova (ballet)}}
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| fullname = Olga Vladimirovna Smirnova
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| nationality = {{RUS}}<br>{{KAZ}}
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1979|5|11|df=yes}}
| birth_place = [[Novocheboksarsk]], [[Russian SFSR|Russian<br>SFSR]]
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| sport = [[Wrestling]]
| event = [[Freestyle wrestling|Freestyle]]
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| club = Yunost Rossii Almetyevsk
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| coach = Nikolai Petrovich Belov
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{{MedalSport | Women's [[freestyle wrestling]]}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Asian Games]]}}
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{{MedalSilver|[[2006 Asian Games|2006 Doha]]|55 kg}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[FILA Wrestling World Championships|World Championships]]}}
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{{MedalGold|[[1996 World Wrestling Championships|1996 Sofia]]|50 kg}}
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{{MedalBronze|[[2007 World Wrestling Championships|2007 Baku]]|55 kg}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[FILA European Wrestling Championships|European Championships]]}}
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{{MedalGold|2000 Budapest|51 kg}}
{{MedalGold|2002 Seinäjoki|51 kg}}
{{MedalBronze|1996 Oslo|53 kg}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Asian Wrestling Championships|Asian Championships]]}}
{{MedalCountry|{{KAZ}}}}
{{MedalSilver|[[2008 Asian Wrestling Championships|2008 Jeju City]]|59 kg}}
{{MedalBronze|[[2007 Asian Wrestling Championships|2007 Bishkek]]|55 kg}}
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'''Olga Vladimirovna Smirnova''' ({{lang-ru|Ольга Владимировна Смирнова}}; born May 11, 1979 in [[Novocheboksarsk]], [[Russian SFSR]]) is an amateur Russian-born Kazakhstani freestyle wrestler, who played for the women's lightweight category.<ref>{{cite sports-reference|Olga Smirnova|http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/sm/olga-smirnova-1.html|31 December 2012}}</ref> She is a two-time Olympian, a three-time medalist at the [[FILA European Wrestling Championships|European Senior Championships]], and a gold medalist for the 50 kg class at the [[1996 World Wrestling Championships]] in [[Sofia, Bulgaria]]. Smirnova also added a silver medal from the [[2006 Asian Games]] in [[Doha, Qatar]], and bronze from the [[2007 World Wrestling Championships]] in [[Baku, Azerbaijan]], representing her adopted nation [[Kazakhstan]].

==Wrestling career==
Smirnova emerged as one of Russia's most prominent female wrestlers in its sporting history. She is a member of Yunost Rossii Wrestling Club in [[Almetyevsk]], and is coached and trained by Nikolai Petrovich Belov, since she started competing in 1995.

In 1996, Smirnova had won her first ever career wrestling title for the 50 kg division at the [[1996 World Wrestling Championships|World Championships]] in [[Sofia, Bulgaria]], and also, added the bronze medal to her collection from the European Championships in [[Oslo, Norway]]. She continued to build success by capturing a total of three gold medals for the 54 kg class at the World and European Junior Championships. In the early 2000s Smirnova returned to the senior division, and eventually dominated the 51 kg class twice at the European Championships, defeating Sweden's Ida Hellström.<ref>{{cite news|last=Abbott|first=Gary|title=
2002 Women's World Championships Preview at 51 kg/112.25 lbs.|url=http://www.themat.com/article.php?ArticleID=23437|work=USA Wrestling|publisher=The Mat|date=17 October 2002|accessdate=31 December 2012}}</ref>

Smirnova became one of the first female wrestlers to mark their official debut at the [[2004 Summer Olympics]] in [[Athens]]. She placed third in the preliminary pool of the [[Wrestling at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Women's freestyle 55 kg|women's 55 kg]] class, after losing out by a grand superiority (3–13) to Canada's [[Tonya Verbeek]], and consequently, by a [[pin (amateur wrestling)|fall]] (2–5) to U.S. wrestler Tela O'Connell.<ref>{{cite news|last=Miller|first=Bryce|title=U.S. women wrestlers advance|url=http://cincinnati.gannettonline.com/gns/olympics/20040822-50816.html|work=Athens 2004|publisher=Cincinnati Gannett Online|date=22 August 2004|accessdate=31 December 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Verbeek wins the silver medal at 55 kilograms at the 2004 Athens Olympic Games|url=http://www.wrestling.ca/results/article.php?id=519|publisher=Wrestling Lutte Canada|date=23 August 2004|accessdate=31 December 2012}}</ref>

Shortly after the Olympics, Smirnova moved to Kazakhstan, where she obtained a dual citizenship in order to compete internationally for wrestling. She eventually won the silver medal in the women's 55 kg class at the [[2006 Asian Games]] in [[Doha, Qatar]], losing out to Japanese wrestler and world champion [[Saori Yoshida]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Icho sisters golden on mat; Japan wins rugby title|url=http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/sp20061213a1.html|publisher=The Japan Times Online|date=13 December 2006|accessdate=31 December 2012}}</ref> Following her further success from the Asian Games, Smirnova captured two more medals from the [[Asian Wrestling Championships|Asian Championships]], and also, won a bronze for the 59 kg division at the [[2007 World Wrestling Championships]] in [[Baku, Azerbaijan]], which guaranteed her a spot for the Olympics.<ref>{{cite news|last=Bartlett|first=Paul|title=Kazakhstan – Going for Gold|url=http://centralasiaonline.com/en_GB/articles/caii/features/2008/06/27/feature-02?mobile=true|publisher=Central Asia Online|date=27 June 2008|accessdate=31 December 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Sakamoto, Yoshida win gold medals in women's freestyle at World Wrestling Championships|url=http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/sports/olympics/2007-09-22-895327065_x.htm|publisher=[[USA Today]]|date=22 September 2007|accessdate=31 December 2012}}</ref>

At the [[2008 Summer Olympics]] in [[Beijing]], Smirnova competed for the second time, as a member of the Kazakhstan wrestling team, in the [[Wrestling at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's freestyle 55 kg|women's 55 kg]] class. She defeated Belarus' [[Alena Filipava]] in the preliminary round, before losing out the quarterfinal match to China's [[Xu Li]], with a three-set technical score (0–1, 2–0, 2–1) and classification point score of 1–3.<ref>{{cite web|title=Women's Freestyle 55kg (121 lbs) Quarterfinal Official|url=http://www.2008.nbcolympics.com/wrestling/resultsandschedules/rsc=WRW255303/index.html|publisher=[[NBC Olympics]]|accessdate=31 December 2012}}</ref> Because her opponent advanced further into the final, Smirnova offered another shot for the bronze medal by entering the repechage bouts. Unfortunately, she was defeated in the first round by Romania's [[Ana Maria Pavăl]], with a technical score of 4–9.<ref>{{cite web|title=Women's Freestyle 55kg (121 lbs) Repechage Round 2 Official|url=http://www.2008.nbcolympics.com/wrestling/resultsandschedules/rsc=WRW255352/index.html|publisher=[[NBC Olympics]]|accessdate=31 December 2012}}</ref>

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*[https://www.iat.uni-leipzig.de/datenbanken/dbfoeldeak/daten.php?spid=D5B001B217BB49D083A718716EA1F015 Profile – International Wrestling Database]
*[http://www.2008.nbcolympics.com/athletes/athlete=67111/bio/index.html NBC Olympics Profile]

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