fullname coach club birth_place weight height birth_date article_title name style
katarzyna juszczak francesco costa -lrb- ita -rrb- azs-awf -rrb- wrocław -lrb- pol -rrb- lotta messina -lrb- ita wrocław , poland 72 kg lb 0 on 1.72 0 on 4 march 1972 katarzyna juszczak
 katarzyna juszczak freestyle
katarzyna juszczak

katarzyna juszczak -lrb- born march 4 , 1972 in wrocław -rrb- is a retired amateur polish-italian judoka and freestyle wrestler , who competed in the women 's heavyweight category .
she achieved top eight finishes in the 72-kg division at the world championships -lrb- 2002 and 2005 -rrb- , and also participated in two editions of the olympic games -lrb- 1992 and 2004 -rrb- under different banners .
starting her sporting career as a judoka for azs-awf wrocław , juszczak made her official debut at the 1992 summer olympics in barcelona , where she competed in the women 's 72 kg division .
she ousted ecuador 's maría cangá in her opening match , before losing out to eventual olympic champion kim mi-jung of south korea by a powerful ippon within ten seconds .
when juszczak emigrated to italy in 1999 , she turned her sights to women 's wrestling , and later trained full-time for messina wrestling club -lrb- -rrb- under her personal coach francesco costa .
twelve years after her last olympics , juszczak qualified for her fresh italian squad in the women 's 72 kg class at the 2004 summer olympics in athens .
earlier in the process , she finished second from the olympic qualification tournament in madrid , spain to guarantee her place on the italian wrestling team .
she lost two straight matches each to eventual olympic champion wang xu of china -lrb- 0 -- 5 -rrb- and canada 's christine nordhagen -lrb- 2 -- 5 -rrb- , that left her on the bottom of the prelim pool , placing eleventh in the final standings .
