Hildebrandt and Winchester win gold to wrap up Outstanding Ukrainian Memorial

KIEV, Ukraine – Sarah Hildebrandt and Jacarra Winchester won gold at their respective weight classes at the Outstanding Ukrainian Memorial in Kiev, Ukraine, on Sunday.

2016 World Team member Hildebrandt won the 53 kg/117 lbs. bracket without surrendering a single point the entire weekend. In her final bout, she defeated three-time Junior World medalist Denes Mercedesz of Hungary with a 2-0 decision.

The win marks Hildebrandt’s third international medal since November and her first international gold since 2015.

Winchester continued her impressive weekend with a 6-2 win over 2017 U23 World bronze medalist Alina Akobiia of Ukraine for the crown at 57 kg/125 lbs.

It was her third win of the weekend over a World medalist. En route to the finals, she defeated two past Senior World medal winners.

Michaela Beck battled in repechage at 57 kg on Sunday but fell in her first bout to Emese Barka of Hungary.

USA’s women’s freestyle team leaves Ukraine with two gold medals and three bronze medals from Erin Golston, Ronna Heaton and Victoria Francis.

OUTSTANDING UKRAINIAN MEMORIAL

at Kiev, Ukraine

Final results

50 kg/110 lbs.
GOLD – Jessica MacDonald (Canada) def. Anna Kukasiak (Poland), 2-0
BRONZE – Erin Golston (USA) def. Oksana Livach (Ukraine), 8-7
BRONZE – Kseniya Stankevich (Belarus) def. Turkan Nasirova (Azerbaijan), 10-0

53 kg/117 lbs.
GOLD – Sarah Hildebrandt (USA) def. Denes Mercedesz (Hungary), 2-0
BRONZE – Iryna Husyak (Ukraine) def. Katsiaryna Pichkouskaya (Belarus), 3-1
BRONZE – Khrystyna Bereza (Ukraine) def. Hilari Honorine (France), 11-0

55 kg/121 lbs.
GOLD – Iryna Kurachkina (Belarus) def. Olga Shnaider (Ukraine), 10-0
BRONZE – Ronna Heaton (USA) def. Lenka Hockova (Czech Republic), 2-2
BRONZE – Katarzyna Krawcyzk (Poland) def. Svitlana Lamashevich (Belarus), 10-0

57 kg/125 lbs.
GOLD – Jacarra Winchester (USA) def. Alina Akobiia (Ukraine), 6-2
BRONZE – Zalina Sidakova (Belarus) def. Iryna Chykhradze (Ukraine), 6-2
BRONZE – Alyona Kolesnik (Azerbaijan) def. Emese Barka (Hungary), 12-5

59 kg/130 lbs.
GOLD – No results reported
BRONZE – No results reported
BRONZE – No results reported

62 kg/136 lbs.
GOLD – Tetiana Omelchenko (Azerbaijan) def. Anhelina Lysak (Ukraine)
BRONZE – Katarzyna Madrovska (Poland) def. Agnieszka Syilvia Krol (Poland), 3-0
BRONZE – Veranika Ivanova (Belarus) def. Anastasiya Bozhenko (Ukraine), 12-4

65 kg/143 lbs.
GOLD – Olli Petra (Finland) def. Yuliia Lisovska (Ukraine), 5-0
BRONZE – Adela Hanzlickova (Czech Republic) def. Juliya Satymbekova (Kazakhstan), 11-0
BRONZE – Sleisz Gabriella (Hungary) def. Yuliia Lisovska (Ukraine), 2-1

68 kg/150 lbs.
GOLD – Danielle Lappage (Canada) def. Olivia di Bacco (Canada), 4-0
BRONZE – Hanna Sadchanka (Belarus) def. Romana Vovchak (Ukraine), 5-4
BRONZE – Alla Cherkasova (Ukraine) def. Natalia Iwona Strzalka (Poland), 14-4

72 kg/158 lbs.
GOLD – Alla Belinska (Ukraine) def. Agnieszka Wieszczek-Kordus (Poland), 10-7
BRONZE – Victoria Francis (USA) def. Elizaveta Saidakova (Ukraine), fall
BRONZE – Enrica Rinaldi (Italy) def. Daryna Turovchuk (Ukraine), 5-1

76 kg/167 lbs.
GOLD – Erika Wiebe (Canada) def. Leah Ferguson (Canada), 5-0
BRONZE – Zsannett Nemeth (Hungary) def. Georgina Nelthorpe (Great Britain), 10-0
BRONZE – Anastasiia Shustova (Ukraine) def. Svetlana Saenko (Moldova)

U.S. women’s freestyle results

50 kg/110 lbs. – Erin Golston (Colorado Springs, Colo./ New York AC) - BRONZE
WIN Emanuela Liuzzi (Italy), 8-2
WIN Natasha Kramble (Canada), 6-2
LOSS Jessica Macdonald (Canada), 8-2
WIN Oksana Livach (Ukraine), 8-7

50 kg/110 lbs. – Amy Fearnside (Colorado Springs, Colo./Titan Mercury)
LOSS Jessica Macdonald (Canada), 11-0
LOSS Oksana Livach (Ukraine), 12-3

53 kg/117 lbs. – Sarah Hildebrandt (Colorado Springs, New York AC) - GOLD
WIN Katerina Pichkovskaya (Belarus), 10-0
WIN Assylzat Sagymbay (Kazakhstan), 8-0
WIN Iryna Husyak (Ukraine), 10-0
WIN Denes Mercedesz (Hungary), 2-0

55 kg/121 lbs. – Ronna Heaton (Brookings, S.D./Sunkist Kids) - BRONZE
WIN Teresa Lumia (Italy), 6-2
LOSS Olga Shnaider (Ukraine), 12-1
WIN Lenka Hockova (Czech Republic), 2-2

55 kg/121 lbs. – Dominique Parrish (Scotts Valley, Calif./Sunkist Kids)
LOSS Irina Kurachkina (Belarus), 12-2
LOSS Svetlana Lamashevich (Belarus), 4-0

57 kg/125 lbs. – Jacarra Winchester (Marshall, Mo./Titan Mercury) - GOLD
WIN Zalina Sidakova (Belarus), 6-5
WIN Iryna Chykhradze (Ukraine), 14-8
WIN Alina Akobiia (Ukraine), 6-2

57 kg/125 lbs. – Michaela Beck (New York, N.Y./New York AC)
LOSS Alina Akobiyan (Ukraine), 2-0
LOSS Emese Barka (Hungary), fall

59 kg/130 lbs. – Lauren Louive (Iowa City, Iowa/Hawkeye WC)
vs. Irina Ostapuk (Ukraine)

62 kg/136 lbs. – Emma Bruntil (Acme, Wash./Choker WC)
LOSS  Ilona Prokopevniuk (Ukraine)

65 kg/143 lbs. – Maya Nelson (Colorado Springs, Colo./Sunkist Kids)
LOSS Yulia Tkach (Ukraine), fall

72 kg/158 lbs. – Victoria Francis (Colorado Springs, Colo./Titan Mercury) - BRONZE
LOSS Agnieszka Wieszczek-Kordus (Poland), 3-2
WIN Elizaveta Saidakova (Ukraine), fall