{{Short description|Ukrainian wrestler}} {{Infobox sportsperson | name = Iryna Bondar | image = | caption = | native_name = Ірина Юріївна Бондар | nationality = Ukrainian | birth_date = {{birth date and age|2004|3|16}} | birth_place = Ternopil, Ukraine | height = {{convert|1.70|m|ftin|abbr=on}} | weight = {{convert|62|kg|lb st|abbr=on}} | country = {{UKR}} | event = Freestyle | club = Kolos | coach = Oleg Pesterov | website = <!-- {{URL|www.example.com}} --> | module = <!-- Sport --> | sport = Women's freestyle wrestling | position = | disability = | disability_class = | weight_class = 62 kg | weight_class_type = | rank = | event_type = | universityteam = | collegeteam = | league = | league_type = | team = | turnedpro = | turnedpro_type = | partner = | former_partner = | 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|{{UKR}}}} {{MedalCompetition|European Championships}} {{MedalGold|2025 Bratislava|62 kg}} {{MedalCompetition|World Cup}} {{Medal|Gold|2022 Coralville|Team}} {{MedalCompetition|Grand Prix}} {{MedalGold|2024 Budapest|65 kg}} {{MedalGold|2024 Porec|62 kg}} {{MedalCompetition|World U23 Championships}} {{MedalGold|2024 Tirana|62 kg}} {{MedalSilver|2022 Pontevedra|62 kg}} {{MedalSilver|2023 Tirana|62 kg}} {{MedalSilver|2025 Novi Sad|62 kg}} {{MedalCompetition|European U23 Championships}} {{MedalGold|2023 Bucharest|62 kg}} {{MedalGold|2024 Baku|62 kg}} {{MedalGold|2025 Tirana|62 kg}} {{MedalCompetition|World U20 Championships}} {{MedalGold|2024 Pontevedra|62 kg}} {{MedalBronze|2022 Sofia|62 kg}} {{MedalCompetition|European U20 Championships}} {{MedalGold|2023 Santiago|62 kg}} {{MedalGold|2024 Novi Sad|62 kg}} {{MedalCompetition|European Cadets Championships}} {{MedalGold|2021 Samokov|61 kg}} }} '''Iryna Bondar''' ({{langx|uk|Ірина Юріївна Бондар}}, born 16 March 2004) is a Ukrainian freestyle wrestler competing in the 62 kg weight class. She is the 2025 European Wrestling Champion, 2024 U23 World and European Champion, and the 2023 U23 World silver medalist.<ref>{{cite web |title=Iryna Bondar profile page |url=https://uww.org/athletes-results/bondar-iryna-70110-profile |website=uww.org |language=en}}</ref>
== Career ==
Bondar was born in Ternopil, Ukraine. She began wrestling at a young age and trained at the Kolos sports club under the guidance of coach Oleg Pesterov.
In October 2023, she competed at the 2023 U23 World Wrestling Championships held in Tirana, Albania. In the women's freestyle 62 kg final, Bondar faced Japan’s Yuzuka Inagaki and earned a silver medal after a competitive match.<ref>{{cite web|title=2023 U23 World Championships Results Book|url=https://uww.org/sites/default/files/2023-11/results_11_tirana.pdf|publisher=United World Wrestling|access-date=2 July 2025}}</ref>
In March 2024, Bondar won the 2024 European U23 Wrestling Championships in Bucharest, Romania, where she defeated Amina Tandelova in the final.<ref>{{cite web|title=2024 U23 European Wrestling Championships – Final results|url=https://uww.org/event/u23-european-championships-6|publisher=United World Wrestling|access-date=2 July 2025}}</ref>
Later that year, in October 2024, she claimed the gold medal at the 2024 U23 World Wrestling Championships held again in Tirana. In the final, she overcame India's Antim Panghal, who was a two-time U20 world champion.<ref>{{cite web|title=Bondar defeats Panghal to win U23 world title|url=https://uww.org/article/ukraines-bondar-strikes-again|publisher=United World Wrestling|date=25 October 2024|access-date=2 July 2025}}</ref>
In April 2025, Bondar made her senior-level breakthrough by winning the gold medal at the 2025 European Wrestling Championships in Bratislava, Slovakia. She defeated Maria Kuznetsova (AIN) in the semifinal and bested Moldova’s Mariana Cherdivara in the final to become European Champion in the 62 kg category.<ref>{{cite web|title=2025 European Wrestling Championships Results Book|url=https://uww.org/sites/default/files/2025-04/2025_bratislava_results.pdf|publisher=United World Wrestling|access-date=2 July 2025|archive-date=2 July 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250702143517/https://uww.org/sites/default/files/2025-04/2025_bratislava_results.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref>
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== External links == * {{UWW|bondar-iryna|Iryna Bondar}} * {{IWD|098DD9D2A5404705828FEA4E3CA244C5|Iryna Bondar}}
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Bondar, Iryna}} Category:2004 births Category:Living people Category:Ukrainian female sport wrestlers Category:European Wrestling Champions Category:European Wrestling Championships medalists Category:Sportspeople from Ternopil Category:21st-century Ukrainian sportswomen