{{short description|German freestyle wrestler}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2021}} {{Infobox sportsperson | honorific_prefix = | name = Annika Wendle | honorific_suffix = | image = <!-- name.jpg --> | image_size = <!-- only when absolutely necessary --> | alt = | caption = | headercolor = | textcolor = <!-- Personal information --> | native_name = | native_name_lang = | birth_name = <!-- if different than name --> | full_name = <!-- if different than name/birth_name --> | nickname = | nationality = <!-- will not display if national_team is defined --> | national_team = <!-- only for the country represented in international competition --> | ethnicity = | citizenship = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1997|9|15}} | birth_place = | death_date = <!-- {{death date and age|death year|death month|death day|birth year|birth month|birth day}} --> | death_place = | resting_place = | resting_place_coordinates = | monuments = | residence = | hometown = | education = | alma_mater = | occupation = | years_active = | employer = | agent = | height = 159 cm | weight = <!-- X kg, X lb, or X st Y lb (automatic conversion) plus optional year and reference --> | spouse = | life_partner = | other_interests = | website = <!-- {{URL|www.example.com}} --> | module = <!-- Sport --> | country = Germany | sport = Amateur wrestling | position = | disability = | disability_class = | weight_class = 53 kg | weight_class_type = | rank = | event = Freestyle | event_type = | universityteam = | collegeteam = | league = | league_type = | club = | team = | turnedpro = | turnedpro_type = | partner = | former_partner = | coach = | retired = | coaching = | module2 = <!-- Achievements and titles --> | worlds = | regionals = | nationals = | olympics = | paralympics = | commonwealth = | highestranking = | pb = <!-- Medal record --> | show-medals = | medaltemplates = {{Medal|Sport| Women's freestyle wrestling }} {{Medal|Country| {{GER}} }} {{Medal|Competition| European Championships }} {{Medal|Bronze| 2020 Rome | 53 kg }} {{Medal|Bronze| 2021 Warsaw | 53 kg }} {{MedalBronze|2026 Tirana|53 kg}} {{Medal|Competition| Individual World Cup }} {{Medal|Silver| 2020 Belgrade | 55 kg}} | medaltemplates-title = | module3 = }} '''Annika Wendle''' (born 15 September 1997 in Lahr) is a German freestyle wrestler. She is a two-time bronze medalist at the European Wrestling Championships. She won a silver medal at the 2020 Individual Wrestling World Cup held in Belgrade, Serbia. Wendle represented Germany at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France.
== Career ==
Wendle won the silver medal in the women's 53{{nbsp}}kg event at the 2018 World University Wrestling Championships held in Goiânia, Brazil.
In 2019, Wendle competed in the 53{{nbsp}}kg event at the European Wrestling Championships held in Bucharest, Romania where she was eliminated in her first match by Jessica Blaszka of the Netherlands.<ref name="uww_european_wrestling_championships_2019">{{Cite web|url=https://unitedworldwrestling.org/sites/default/files/2019-04/opt-final-book_european_bucharest_2019.pdf|title=2019 European Wrestling Championships Results|website=United World Wrestling|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200412162932/https://unitedworldwrestling.org/sites/default/files/2019-04/opt-final-book_european_bucharest_2019.pdf|archive-date=12 April 2020|access-date=12 April 2020}}</ref> Blaszka went on to win one of the bronze medals in that event. In that same year, Wendle also competed in the 55{{nbsp}}kg event at the 2019 World Wrestling Championships held in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan without winning a medal.<ref name="uww_world_wrestling_championships_2019">{{Cite web|url=https://unitedworldwrestling.org/sites/default/files/2019-09/nur-sultan_kz_final-book_1.pdf|title=2019 World Wrestling Championships Results|website=United World Wrestling|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200412151211/https://unitedworldwrestling.org/sites/default/files/2019-09/nur-sultan_kz_final-book_1.pdf|archive-date=12 April 2020|access-date=12 April 2020}}</ref>
In 2020, Wendle won one of the bronze medals in the 53{{nbsp}}kg event at the European Wrestling Championships held in Rome, Italy.<ref name="uww_european_championships_results_2020">{{Cite web|url=https://unitedworldwrestling.org/sites/default/files/2020-02/eucs-rome-final-book_1.pdf|title=2020 European Wrestling Championships Results|website=United World Wrestling|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200412124934/https://unitedworldwrestling.org/sites/default/files/2020-02/eucs-rome-final-book_1.pdf|archive-date=12 April 2020|access-date=12 April 2020}}</ref><ref name="hristova_beats_last_year_2020">{{Cite news|last=Etchells|first=Daniel|url=https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1090570/hristova-european-wrestling-champs|title=Hristova beats last year's gold medallist Manolova at European Wrestling Championships|date=14 February 2020|work=InsideTheGames.biz|access-date=14 February 2020}}</ref><ref name="ringen_selmaier_gewinnt_2020">{{Cite news|url=https://www.sport1.de/mehr-sport/2020/02/maria-selmaier-gewinnt-silber-bei-ringer-em-annika-wendle-holt-bronze|title=Ringen: Selmaier holt EM-Silber|date=14 February 2020|work=Sport1|access-date=11 April 2020|language=de}}</ref> In the same year, she also won the silver medal in the women's 55{{nbsp}}kg event at the 2020 Individual Wrestling World Cup held in Belgrade, Serbia.<ref name="all_conquering_wins_gold_uww_individual_world_cup_2020">{{Cite news|last=Iveson|first=Ali|date=16 December 2020|title=All-conquering Tynybekova wins 62kg gold at UWW Individual World Cup|work=InsideTheGames.biz|url=https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1102056/all-conquering-tynybekova-wins-gold|url-status=live|access-date=17 December 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201216001037/https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1102056/all-conquering-tynybekova-wins-gold|archive-date=16 December 2020}}</ref><ref name="uww_individual_world_cup_results_book_2020">{{Cite web|title=2020 Individual Wrestling World Cup Results Book|url=https://unitedworldwrestling.org/sites/default/files/2020-12/2020-iwc-belgrade-final-book.pdf|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201218212337/https://unitedworldwrestling.org/sites/default/files/2020-12/2020-iwc-belgrade-final-book.pdf|archive-date=18 December 2020|access-date=18 December 2020|website=United World Wrestling}}</ref> In the final, she lost against Iryna Kurachkina of Belarus.<ref name="uww_individual_world_cup_results_book_2020"/> In April 2021, Wendle won one of the bronze medals in the 53{{nbsp}}kg event at the European Wrestling Championships held in Warsaw, Poland.<ref name="ukraine_bag_brace_of_women_golds_european_championships_2021">{{Cite news|last=Berkeley|first=Geoff|date=23 April 2021|title=Ukraine bag brace of women's wrestling golds at European Championships|work=InsideTheGames.biz|url=https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1107028/ukraine-golden-double-european-wrestling|access-date=23 April 2021}}</ref><ref name="uww_european_wrestling_championships_2021">{{Cite web|title=2021 European Wrestling Championships Results Book|url=https://uww.org/sites/default/files/2021-04/2021_senior_european_championships.pdf|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210425200427/https://uww.org/sites/default/files/2021-04/2021_senior_european_championships.pdf|archive-date=25 April 2021|access-date=25 April 2021|website=United World Wrestling}}</ref> In May 2021, she failed to qualify for the Olympics at the World Olympic Qualification Tournament held in Sofia, Bulgaria.<ref name="uww_world_olympic_qualification_tournament_2021">{{Cite web|title=2021 World Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament Results Book|url=https://uww.org/sites/default/files/2021-05/world_og_qualifier_final_book.pdf|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210509161754/https://uww.org/sites/default/files/2021-05/world_og_qualifier_final_book.pdf|archive-date=9 May 2021|access-date=9 May 2021|website=United World Wrestling}}</ref> In October 2021, she was eliminated in her first match in the women's 53{{nbsp}}kg event at the 2021 World Wrestling Championships held in Oslo, Norway.<ref name="uww_results_book_world_wrestling_championships_2021">{{Cite web|title=2021 World Wrestling Championships Results Book|url=https://uww.org/sites/default/files/2021-10/results_10_oslo.pdf|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211016114828/https://uww.org/sites/default/files/2021-10/results_10_oslo.pdf|archive-date=16 October 2021|access-date=16 October 2021|website=United World Wrestling}}</ref>
Wendle competed in the women's 53{{nbsp}}kg event at the 2022 European Wrestling Championships held in Budapest, Hungary where she was eliminated in her first match.<ref name="results_book_european_wrestling_championships_2022">{{Cite web |title=2022 European Wrestling Championships Results Book |url=https://cdn.uww.org/s3fs-public/2022-04/2022_senior_european_championships_official_results.pdf?VersionId=KEoKJnjfNdVsB13voNEJO9gMUHnyIlq0 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220403191311/https://cdn.uww.org/s3fs-public/2022-04/2022_senior_european_championships_official_results.pdf?VersionId=KEoKJnjfNdVsB13voNEJO9gMUHnyIlq0 |archive-date=3 April 2022 |access-date=3 April 2022 |website=United World Wrestling}}</ref> She won one of the bronze medals in the women's 53{{nbsp}}kg event at the Grand Prix de France Henri Deglane 2023 held in Nice, France.
In 2024, Wendle competed in the women's 53{{nbsp}}kg event at the European Wrestling Championships held in Bucharest, Romania where she was eliminated in her first match.<ref name="european_wrestling_championships_results_book_2024">{{Cite web |title=2024 European Wrestling Championships Results Book |url=https://d3u2kdyvfaxwhl.cloudfront.net/s3fs-public/2024-02/results_02_bucharest.pdf?VersionId=XkE2ZnjNmXYzWNF1si8_Od9HuEOhuMrM |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240219213412/https://d3u2kdyvfaxwhl.cloudfront.net/s3fs-public/2024-02/results_02_bucharest.pdf?VersionId=XkE2ZnjNmXYzWNF1si8_Od9HuEOhuMrM |archive-date=19 February 2024 |access-date=19 February 2024 |website=United World Wrestling}}</ref> She competed at the 2024 European Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament in Baku, Azerbaijan hoping to qualify for the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France.<ref name="european_wrestling_olympic_qualification_tournament_results_book_2024">{{Cite web |title=2024 European Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament Results Book |url=https://cdn.uww.org/2024-04/final-book-seniors_european_og_qualifier.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240408164811/https://cdn.uww.org/2024-04/final-book-seniors_european_og_qualifier.pdf |archive-date=8 April 2024 |access-date=8 April 2024 |website=United World Wrestling}}</ref> Wendle was eliminated in her third match and she did not qualify for the Olympics.<ref name="european_wrestling_olympic_qualification_tournament_results_book_2024"/> She also failed to qualify at the 2024 World Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament held in Istanbul, Turkey.<ref name="world_wrestling_olympic_qualification_tournament_results_book_2024">{{Cite web |title=2024 World Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament Results Book |url=https://cdn.uww.org/2024-05/results_05_istanbul_qt.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240514204605/https://cdn.uww.org/2024-05/results_05_istanbul_qt.pdf |archive-date=14 May 2024 |access-date=14 May 2024 |website=United World Wrestling}}</ref>
In July 2024, the Russian Wrestling Federation announced that Russian wrestlers would not take part after a unanimous decision to refuse to participate and Wendle was able to compete at the Olympics as a result.<ref>{{Cite news |date=6 July 2024 |title=Russian wrestlers refuse to participate in Paris Games |url=https://www.reuters.com/sports/olympics/russian-wrestlers-refuse-participate-paris-games-2024-07-06/ |access-date=7 July 2024 |work=Reuters}}</ref> In August 2024, she competed in the women's 53{{nbsp}}kg event at the Olympics.<ref name="wrestling_results_book_summer_olympics_2024">{{Cite web |title=Wrestling Results Book |url=https://olympics.com/OG2024/pdf/OG2024/WRE/OG2024_WRE_B99_WRE-------------------------------.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240811181048/https://olympics.com/OG2024/pdf/OG2024/WRE/OG2024_WRE_B99_WRE-------------------------------.pdf |archive-date=11 August 2024 |access-date=12 August 2024 |website=2024 Summer Olympics}}</ref> She lost her bronze medal match against Choe Hyo-gyong of North Korea.<ref name="wrestling_results_book_summer_olympics_2024"/>
== Achievements ==
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;" !Year !Tournament !Location !Result !Event |- |2020 |European Championships |Rome, Italy |align="center" bgcolor="cc9966" | 3rd |Freestyle 53{{nbsp}}kg |- |2021 |European Championships |Warsaw, Poland |align="center" bgcolor="cc9966" | 3rd |Freestyle 53{{nbsp}}kg |}
== References == {{reflist}}
== External links == * {{UWW|wendle-annika}} * {{sports links}} * {{Instagram}}
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Wendle, Annika}} Category:Living people Category:1997 births Category:Place of birth missing (living people) Category:German female sport wrestlers Category:European Wrestling Championships medalists Category:21st-century German sportswomen Category:Wrestlers at the 2024 Summer Olympics Category:Olympic wrestlers for Germany