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'''Grace Jacob Bullen''' (born 7 February 1997) is a [[Norway|Norwegian]] [[Freestyle wrestling|freestyle wrestler]]. She won the silver medal in the [[2022 World Wrestling Championships – Women's freestyle 59 kg|59{{nbsp}}kg]] event at the [[2022 World Wrestling Championships]] held in Belgrade, Serbia.<ref name="champion_resumes_title_success_2022">{{Cite news |last=Brennan |first=Eliott |date=15 September 2022 |title=Olympic champion Stock-Mensah resumes title success at World Wrestling Championships |work=InsideTheGames.biz |url=https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1128098/stock-mensah-success-wrestling |access-date=17 September 2022}}</ref><ref name="results_book_world_wrestling_championships_2022">{{Cite web |title=2022 World Wrestling Championships Results Book |url=https://cdn.uww.org/s3fs-public/2022-09/final-book-2022-senior-world-championships_compressed.pdf?VersionId=zoTz_Ra8zK5EkVhfrZuDG5THXf4.3ik. |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220918183512/https://cdn.uww.org/s3fs-public/2022-09/final-book-2022-senior-world-championships_compressed.pdf?VersionId=zoTz_Ra8zK5EkVhfrZuDG5THXf4.3ik. |archive-date=18 September 2022 |access-date=18 September 2022 |website=United World Wrestling}}</ref> She is a two-time gold medalist at the [[European Wrestling Championships]]. She also won a bronze medal for Norway at the [[2015 European Games]] held in Baku, Azerbaijan.
'''Grace Jacob Bullen''' (born 7 February 1997) is a [[Norway|Norwegian]] [[Freestyle wrestling|freestyle wrestler]]. She is an Olympic bronze medallist, [[World Wrestling Championships|World Championships]] silver and bronze medallist, three-time [[European Wrestling Championships|European champion]], and [[European Games]] bronze medallist. Bullen won a bronze medal in the [[Wrestling at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Women's freestyle 62 kg|women's 62{{nbsp}}kg]] event at the [[2024 Summer Olympics]] and the gold medal at the European Championships in [[2017 European Wrestling Championships|2017]], [[2020 European Wrestling Championships|2020]] and [[2024 European Wrestling Championships|2024]].<ref name="champion_resumes_title_success_2022">{{Cite news |last=Brennan |first=Eliott |date=15 September 2022 |title=Olympic champion Stock-Mensah resumes title success at World Wrestling Championships |work=InsideTheGames.biz |url=https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1128098/stock-mensah-success-wrestling |access-date=17 September 2022}}</ref><ref name="results_book_world_wrestling_championships_2022">{{Cite web |title=2022 World Wrestling Championships Results Book |url=https://cdn.uww.org/s3fs-public/2022-09/final-book-2022-senior-world-championships_compressed.pdf?VersionId=zoTz_Ra8zK5EkVhfrZuDG5THXf4.3ik. |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220918183512/https://cdn.uww.org/s3fs-public/2022-09/final-book-2022-senior-world-championships_compressed.pdf?VersionId=zoTz_Ra8zK5EkVhfrZuDG5THXf4.3ik. |archive-date=18 September 2022 |access-date=18 September 2022 |website=United World Wrestling}}</ref>

Bullen is also a [[U23 World Wrestling Championships|U23 world champion]] and three-time [[European Wrestling Championships#European Juniors Wrestling Championship (U20)|European junior champion]]. She won the gold medal at the World U23 Championships in [[2018 U23 World Wrestling Championships|2018]] and the European Juniors Wrestling Championship in [[2015 European Juniors Wrestling Championships|2015]], [[2016 European Juniors Wrestling Championships|2016]] and [[2017 European Juniors Wrestling Championships|2017]].


== Early life ==
== Early life ==


Born in a refugee camp in [[Eritrea]] to [[South Sudan]]ese parents, she moved to [[Fredrikstad]], Norway in 2001 at the age of four.<ref name="scandinavian_traveler_fighting_for_medal">{{cite web |url=https://scandinaviantraveler.com/en/people/grace-bullen-is-fighting-for-a-medal-in-the-olympics |publisher=Scandinavian Traveler |title=Grace Bullen is fighting for a medal in the Olympics |date=19 March 2020 |access-date=21 June 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200621222337/https://scandinaviantraveler.com/en/people/grace-bullen-is-fighting-for-a-medal-in-the-olympics |archive-date=21 June 2020}}</ref> Already at the age of four she took up wrestling in the martial arts club Atlas.<ref name="scandinavian_traveler_fighting_for_medal"/><ref name="ingen_bedre_enn_bullen_demokraten">{{cite news|title=Ingen bedre enn Bullen|date=15 January 2019|pages=14-15|author=Bovim, Helge|work=Demokraten|language=Norwegian}}</ref>
Born in a refugee camp in [[Eritrea]] to [[South Sudan]]ese parents, she moved to [[Fredrikstad]], Norway in 2001 at the age of four.<ref name="scandinavian_traveler_fighting_for_medal">{{cite web |url=https://scandinaviantraveler.com/en/people/grace-bullen-is-fighting-for-a-medal-in-the-olympics |publisher=Scandinavian Traveler |title=Grace Bullen is fighting for a medal in the Olympics |date=19 March 2020 |access-date=21 June 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200621222337/https://scandinaviantraveler.com/en/people/grace-bullen-is-fighting-for-a-medal-in-the-olympics |archive-date=21 June 2020}}</ref> Already at the age of four she took up wrestling in the martial arts club Atlas.<ref name="scandinavian_traveler_fighting_for_medal"/><ref name="ingen_bedre_enn_bullen_demokraten">{{cite news|title=Ingen bedre enn Bullen|date=15 January 2019|pages=14–15|author=Bovim, Helge|work=Demokraten|language=Norwegian}}</ref>


== Career ==
== Career ==


At the [[2014 Summer Youth Olympics]] held in Nanjing, China, Bullen [[Norway at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics|represented Norway]] and she won the gold medal in the girls' 60 kg event.<ref name="olympic_new_stars_emerge_2014">{{Cite news|date=25 September 2014|title=Wrestling: New stars of the mat emerge in Nanjing|work=Olympic News|url=https://www.olympic.org/news/wrestling-new-stars-of-the-mat-emerge-in-nanjing|url-status=live|access-date=18 May 2020}}</ref><ref name="wrestling_results_book_yog_2014">{{cite web |url=http://mat1.gtimg.com/nanjing2014/resultsbook/Results_Book_WR_V1.0.pdf |title=Wrestling Results Book |publisher=2014 Summer Youth Olympics |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200618230727/http://mat1.gtimg.com/nanjing2014/resultsbook/Results_Book_WR_V1.0.pdf |archive-date=18 June 2020}}</ref> In the final, she defeated [[Pei Xingru]] of China.<ref name="olympic_new_stars_emerge_2014"/><ref name="wrestling_results_book_yog_2014"/> In 2015, she [[Norway at the 2015 European Games|represented Norway]] at the [[2015 European Games|European Games]] held in Baku, Azerbaijan and she won one of the bronze medals in the [[Wrestling at the 2015 European Games – Women's freestyle 58 kg|women's 58 kg]] event.<ref name="uww_european_games_2015">{{Cite web|url=https://unitedworldwrestling.org/sites/default/files/media/document/event/results/results_06_baku_0.pdf|title=2015 European Games Results|website=United World Wrestling|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200415162443/https://unitedworldwrestling.org/sites/default/files/media/document/event/results/results_06_baku_0.pdf|archive-date=15 April 2020|access-date=15 April 2020}}</ref> She lost her first match against [[Emese Barka]] of Hungary and entered the [[repechage]].<ref name="uww_european_games_2015"/> Here she won against [[Valeria Koblova]] by walkover and she defeated [[Irina Netreba]] of Azerbaijan in the bronze medal match.<ref name="uww_european_games_2015"/> Bullen also competed in the [[2015 World Wrestling Championships – Women's freestyle 58 kg|women's 58 kg]] event at the [[2015 World Wrestling Championships]] held in Las Vegas, United States where she was eliminated in her second match by [[Marianna Sastin]] of Hungary.<ref name="uww_world_wrestling_championships_2015">{{Cite web|title=2015 World Weightlifting Championships Results Book|url=https://unitedworldwrestling.org/sites/default/files/media/document/event/results/results_09_lasvegas_1.pdf|website=United World Wrestling|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200530151426/https://unitedworldwrestling.org/sites/default/files/media/document/event/results/results_09_lasvegas_1.pdf|archive-date=30 May 2020|access-date=30 May 2020}}</ref>
At the [[2014 Summer Youth Olympics]] held in Nanjing, China, Bullen [[Norway at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics|represented Norway]] and she won the gold medal in the girls' 60{{nbsp}}kg event.<ref name="olympic_new_stars_emerge_2014">{{Cite news|date=25 September 2014|title=Wrestling: New stars of the mat emerge in Nanjing|work=Olympic News|url=https://www.olympic.org/news/wrestling-new-stars-of-the-mat-emerge-in-nanjing|access-date=18 May 2020}}</ref><ref name="wrestling_results_book_yog_2014">{{cite web |url=http://mat1.gtimg.com/nanjing2014/resultsbook/Results_Book_WR_V1.0.pdf |title=Wrestling Results Book |publisher=2014 Summer Youth Olympics |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200618230727/http://mat1.gtimg.com/nanjing2014/resultsbook/Results_Book_WR_V1.0.pdf |archive-date=18 June 2020}}</ref> In the final, she defeated [[Pei Xingru]] of China.<ref name="olympic_new_stars_emerge_2014"/><ref name="wrestling_results_book_yog_2014"/> In 2015, she [[Norway at the 2015 European Games|represented Norway]] at the [[2015 European Games|European Games]] held in Baku, Azerbaijan and she won one of the bronze medals in the [[Wrestling at the 2015 European Games – Women's freestyle 58 kg|women's 58{{nbsp}}kg]] event.<ref name="uww_european_games_2015">{{Cite web|url=https://unitedworldwrestling.org/sites/default/files/media/document/event/results/results_06_baku_0.pdf|title=2015 European Games Results|website=United World Wrestling|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200415162443/https://unitedworldwrestling.org/sites/default/files/media/document/event/results/results_06_baku_0.pdf|archive-date=15 April 2020|access-date=15 April 2020}}</ref> She lost her first match against [[Emese Barka]] of Hungary and entered the [[repechage]].<ref name="uww_european_games_2015"/> Here she won against [[Valeria Koblova]] by walkover and she defeated [[Irina Netreba]] of Azerbaijan in the bronze medal match.<ref name="uww_european_games_2015"/> Bullen also competed in the [[2015 World Wrestling Championships – Women's freestyle 58 kg|women's 58{{nbsp}}kg]] event at the [[2015 World Wrestling Championships]] held in Las Vegas, United States where she was eliminated in her second match by [[Marianna Sastin]] of Hungary.<ref name="uww_world_wrestling_championships_2015">{{Cite web|title=2015 World Weightlifting Championships Results Book|url=https://unitedworldwrestling.org/sites/default/files/media/document/event/results/results_09_lasvegas_1.pdf|website=United World Wrestling|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200530151426/https://unitedworldwrestling.org/sites/default/files/media/document/event/results/results_09_lasvegas_1.pdf|archive-date=30 May 2020|access-date=30 May 2020}}</ref>


In 2016, Bullen won the silver medal in the [[2016 European Wrestling Championships – Women's Freestyle 58 kg|women's 58 kg]] at the [[2016 European Wrestling Championships|European Wrestling Championships]] held in Riga, Latvia.<ref name="uww_european_wrestling_championships_results_book_2016">{{Cite web|title=2016 European Wrestling Championships Results Book|url=https://unitedworldwrestling.org/sites/default/files/media/document/event/results/results_03_riga_0.pdf|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160630141603/https://unitedworldwrestling.org/sites/default/files/media/document/event/results/results_03_riga_0.pdf|archive-date=30 June 2016|access-date=23 December 2020|website=United World Wrestling}}</ref> In the final, she lost against [[Nataliya Synyshyn]] of Azerbaijan. The following year, she won the gold medal [[2017 European Wrestling Championships – Women's Freestyle 58 kg|in the same event]] at the [[2017 European Wrestling Championships]] held in Novi Sad, Serbia.<ref name="european_championships_gold_medal_2017">{{Cite news|url=https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1050039/turkeys-akgul-reclaims-crown-at-european-wrestling-championships|title=Turkey's Akgul reclaims crown at European Wrestling Championships|last=Etchells|first=Daniel|date=5 May 2017|work=InsideTheGames.biz|access-date=18 January 2020|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="uww_european_wrestling_championships_2017">{{Cite web|url=https://unitedworldwrestling.org/sites/default/files/2018-02/results_05_novisad_v2.pdf|title=2017 European Wrestling Championships Results|website=United World Wrestling|url-status=live|access-date=15 April 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201215230213/https://unitedworldwrestling.org/sites/default/files/2018-02/results_05_novisad_v2.pdf|archive-date=15 December 2020}}</ref> In the final, she defeated [[Mariana Cherdivara]] of Moldova.<ref name="european_championships_gold_medal_2017"/> In the same year, Bullen was eliminated in her first match in the [[2017 World Wrestling Championships – Women's freestyle 58 kg|women's 58 kg]] event at the [[2017 World Wrestling Championships]] held in Paris, France.<ref name="uww_world_wrestling_world_championships_2017">{{Cite web|url=https://unitedworldwrestling.org/sites/default/files/media/document/event/results/final-book_1.pdf|title=2017 World Wrestling Championships|website=United World Wrestling|url-status=live|access-date=13 January 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190501222916/https://unitedworldwrestling.org/sites/default/files/media/document/event/results/final-book_1.pdf|archive-date=1 May 2019}}</ref>
In 2016, Bullen won the silver medal in the [[2016 European Wrestling Championships – Women's freestyle 58 kg|women's 58{{nbsp}}kg]] at the [[2016 European Wrestling Championships|European Wrestling Championships]] held in Riga, Latvia.<ref name="uww_european_wrestling_championships_results_book_2016">{{Cite web|title=2016 European Wrestling Championships Results Book|url=https://unitedworldwrestling.org/sites/default/files/media/document/event/results/results_03_riga_0.pdf|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160630141603/https://unitedworldwrestling.org/sites/default/files/media/document/event/results/results_03_riga_0.pdf|archive-date=30 June 2016|access-date=23 December 2020|website=United World Wrestling}}</ref> In the final, she lost against [[Nataliya Synyshyn]] of Azerbaijan. The following year, she won the gold medal [[2017 European Wrestling Championships – Women's freestyle 58 kg|in the same event]] at the [[2017 European Wrestling Championships]] held in Novi Sad, Serbia.<ref name="european_championships_gold_medal_2017">{{Cite news|url=https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1050039/turkeys-akgul-reclaims-crown-at-european-wrestling-championships|title=Turkey's Akgul reclaims crown at European Wrestling Championships|last=Etchells|first=Daniel|date=5 May 2017|work=InsideTheGames.biz|access-date=18 January 2020}}</ref><ref name="uww_european_wrestling_championships_2017">{{Cite web|url=https://unitedworldwrestling.org/sites/default/files/2018-02/results_05_novisad_v2.pdf|title=2017 European Wrestling Championships Results|website=United World Wrestling|url-status=live|access-date=15 April 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201215230213/https://unitedworldwrestling.org/sites/default/files/2018-02/results_05_novisad_v2.pdf|archive-date=15 December 2020}}</ref> In the final, she defeated [[Mariana Cherdivara]] of Moldova.<ref name="european_championships_gold_medal_2017"/> In the same year, Bullen was eliminated in her first match in the [[2017 World Wrestling Championships – Women's freestyle 58 kg|women's 58{{nbsp}}kg]] event at the [[2017 World Wrestling Championships]] held in Paris, France.<ref name="uww_world_wrestling_world_championships_2017">{{Cite web|url=https://unitedworldwrestling.org/sites/default/files/media/document/event/results/final-book_1.pdf|title=2017 World Wrestling Championships|website=United World Wrestling|url-status=live|access-date=13 January 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190501222916/https://unitedworldwrestling.org/sites/default/files/media/document/event/results/final-book_1.pdf|archive-date=1 May 2019}}</ref>


In 2018, Bullen competed in the [[2018 World Wrestling Championships – Women's freestyle 57 kg|57 kg]] event at the [[2018 World Wrestling Championships|World Wrestling Championships]] held in Budapest, Hungary.<ref name="uww_world_wrestling_championships_2018">{{Cite web|url=https://unitedworldwrestling.org/sites/default/files/2018-11/2018-world-championships_final-book.pdf|title=2018 World Wrestling Championships Results|website=United World Wrestling|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200414123246/https://unitedworldwrestling.org/sites/default/files/2018-11/2018-world-championships_final-book.pdf|archive-date=14 April 2020|access-date=14 April 2020}}</ref> She won her first match against [[Giullia Penalber]] of Brazil and her next match against Jong In-sun of North Korea.<ref name="uww_world_wrestling_championships_2018"/> She then lost her next match against [[Rong Ningning]] of China; Rong went on to win the gold medal.<ref name="uww_world_wrestling_championships_2018"/> Bullen then failed to secure the bronze medal in her match against [[Pooja Dhanda]] of India.<ref name="uww_world_wrestling_championships_2018"/> A month later, at the [[2018 World U23 Wrestling Championship]] held in Bucharest, Romania, she won the gold medal in the women's 59 kg event.<ref name="world_u23_gold_medal_2018">{{Cite news|url=https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1072298/norways-bullen-beats-chinas-senior-world-champion-to-lift-uww-u23-world-title|title=Norway’s Bullen beats China’s senior world champion to lift UWW under-23 title|last=Rowbottom|first=Mike|date=15 November 2018|work=InsideTheGames.biz|access-date=18 January 2020|url-status=live}}</ref>
In 2018, Bullen competed in the [[2018 World Wrestling Championships – Women's freestyle 57 kg|57{{nbsp}}kg]] event at the [[2018 World Wrestling Championships|World Wrestling Championships]] held in Budapest, Hungary.<ref name="uww_world_wrestling_championships_2018">{{Cite web|url=https://unitedworldwrestling.org/sites/default/files/2018-11/2018-world-championships_final-book.pdf|title=2018 World Wrestling Championships Results|website=United World Wrestling|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200414123246/https://unitedworldwrestling.org/sites/default/files/2018-11/2018-world-championships_final-book.pdf|archive-date=14 April 2020|access-date=14 April 2020}}</ref> She won her first match against [[Giullia Penalber]] of Brazil and her next match against Jong In-sun of North Korea.<ref name="uww_world_wrestling_championships_2018"/> She then lost her next match against [[Rong Ningning]] of China; Rong went on to win the gold medal.<ref name="uww_world_wrestling_championships_2018"/> Bullen then failed to secure the bronze medal in her match against [[Pooja Dhanda]] of India.<ref name="uww_world_wrestling_championships_2018"/> A month later, at the [[2018 World U23 Wrestling Championship]] held in Bucharest, Romania, she won the gold medal in the women's 59{{nbsp}}kg event.<ref name="world_u23_gold_medal_2018">{{Cite news|url=https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1072298/norways-bullen-beats-chinas-senior-world-champion-to-lift-uww-u23-world-title|title=Norway's Bullen beats China's senior world champion to lift UWW under-23 title|last=Rowbottom|first=Mike|date=15 November 2018|work=InsideTheGames.biz|access-date=18 January 2020}}</ref>


In 2019, Bullen won one of the bronze medals in the women's 57 kg event at the [[Golden Grand Prix Ivan Yarygin 2019|Golden Grand Prix Ivan Yarygin]] held in Krasnoyarsk, Russia. In the same year, she also competed in the [[Wrestling at the 2019 European Games – Women's freestyle 57 kg|57 kg]] event at the [[2019 European Games]] held in Minsk, Belarus where she lost her bronze medal match against [[Anastasia Nichita]] of Moldova.<ref name="uww_european_games_2019">{{Cite web|url=https://unitedworldwrestling.org/sites/default/files/2019-10/results_06_minsk.pdf|title=2019 European Games Wrestling Results|website=United World Wrestling|url-status=live|access-date=4 April 2020}}</ref> In 2020, she won the gold medal in the [[2020 European Wrestling Championships – Women's Freestyle 57 kg|57 kg]] event at the [[2020 European Wrestling Championships|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> In the final, she defeated [[Alina Akobiia]] of Ukraine.<ref name="uww_european_championships_results_2020"/>
In 2019, Bullen won one of the bronze medals in the women's 57{{nbsp}}kg event at the [[Golden Grand Prix Ivan Yarygin 2019|Golden Grand Prix Ivan Yarygin]] held in Krasnoyarsk, Russia. In the same year, she also competed in the [[Wrestling at the 2019 European Games – Women's freestyle 57 kg|57{{nbsp}}kg]] event at the [[2019 European Games]] held in Minsk, Belarus where she lost her bronze medal match against [[Anastasia Nichita]] of Moldova.<ref name="uww_european_games_2019">{{Cite web|url=https://unitedworldwrestling.org/sites/default/files/2019-10/results_06_minsk.pdf|title=2019 European Games Wrestling Results|website=United World Wrestling|access-date=4 April 2020}}</ref> In 2020, Bullen won the gold medal in the [[2020 European Wrestling Championships – Women's freestyle 57 kg|57{{nbsp}}kg]] event at the [[2020 European Wrestling Championships|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> In the final, she defeated [[Alina Akobiia]] of Ukraine.<ref name="uww_european_championships_results_2020"/>

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In March 2021, Bullen competed at the [[2021 European Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament|European Qualification Tournament]] in Budapest, Hungary hoping to qualify for the [[2020 Summer Olympics]] in Tokyo, Japan.<ref name="european_olympic_qualifier_2021">{{Cite web|title=2021 European Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament Results Book|url=https://uww.org/sites/default/files/2021-03/final-book.pdf|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210324185322/https://uww.org/sites/default/files/2021-03/final-book.pdf|archive-date=24 March 2021|access-date=24 March 2021|website=United World Wrestling}}</ref> Her hopes were dashed when she was eliminated in her first match by [[Bediha Gün]] of Turkey.<ref name="european_olympic_qualifier_2021"/> A month later, she was eliminated in her second match in the [[2021 European Wrestling Championships – Women's Freestyle 59 kg|59 kg]] event at the [[2021 European Wrestling Championships]] held in Warsaw, Poland.<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 [[2021 World Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament|World Qualification Tournament]] held in Sofia, Bulgaria.<ref name="ol_hapet_ute_for_bryte_tokyo_2020">{{Cite news|date=8 May 2021|title=OL-håpet ute for bryte-Berge og lagkameratene|language=no|work=Nettavisen Sport|url=https://www.nettavisen.no/sport/ol-hapet-ute-for-bryte-berge-og-lagkameratene/s/12-95-3424124963|access-date=9 May 2021}}</ref><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> She won her first two matches but she was then eliminated in the semi-finals by [[Veronika Chumikova]].<ref name="ol_hapet_ute_for_bryte_tokyo_2020"/><ref name="chumikova_secures_emotional_wins_tokyo_2021">{{Cite news|last=Shefferd|first=Neil|date=7 May 2021|title=Chumikova secures emotional win at UWW World Olympic Games qualifier|work=InsideTheGames.biz|url=https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1107522/chumikova-secures-late-win-by-fall|access-date=7 May 2021}}</ref> In October 2021, she was eliminated in her first match in the [[2021 World Wrestling Championships – Women's freestyle 59 kg|women's 59 kg]] event at the [[2021 World Wrestling Championships|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>


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In March 2021, Bullen competed at the [[2021 European Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament|European Qualification Tournament]] in Budapest, Hungary hoping to qualify for the [[2020 Summer Olympics]] in Tokyo, Japan.<ref name="european_olympic_qualifier_2021">{{Cite web|title=2021 European Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament Results Book|url=https://uww.org/sites/default/files/2021-03/final-book.pdf|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210324185322/https://uww.org/sites/default/files/2021-03/final-book.pdf|archive-date=24 March 2021|access-date=24 March 2021|website=United World Wrestling}}</ref> Her hopes were dashed when she was eliminated in her first match by [[Bediha Gün]] of Turkey.<ref name="european_olympic_qualifier_2021"/> A month later, she was eliminated in her second match in the [[2021 European Wrestling Championships – Women's freestyle 59 kg|59{{nbsp}}kg]] event at the [[2021 European Wrestling Championships]] held in Warsaw, Poland.<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 [[2021 World Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament|World Qualification Tournament]] held in Sofia, Bulgaria.<ref name="ol_hapet_ute_for_bryte_tokyo_2020">{{Cite news|date=8 May 2021|title=OL-håpet ute for bryte-Berge og lagkameratene|language=no|work=Nettavisen Sport|url=https://www.nettavisen.no/sport/ol-hapet-ute-for-bryte-berge-og-lagkameratene/s/12-95-3424124963|access-date=9 May 2021}}</ref><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> She won her first two matches but she was then eliminated in the semi-finals by [[Veronika Chumikova]].<ref name="ol_hapet_ute_for_bryte_tokyo_2020"/><ref name="chumikova_secures_emotional_wins_tokyo_2021">{{Cite news|last=Shefferd|first=Neil|date=7 May 2021|title=Chumikova secures emotional win at UWW World Olympic Games qualifier|work=InsideTheGames.biz|url=https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1107522/chumikova-secures-late-win-by-fall|access-date=7 May 2021}}</ref> In October 2021, she was eliminated in her first match in the [[2021 World Wrestling Championships – Women's freestyle 59 kg|women's 59{{nbsp}}kg]] event at the [[2021 World Wrestling Championships|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>
[[File:Grace Bullen (NOR) 2021.jpg|left|thumb|Bullen at the 2021 World Championships.]]
In 2022, Bullen won the gold medal in her event at the [[Matteo Pellicone Ranking Series 2022]] held in Rome, Italy.<ref name="results_book_matteo_pellicone_ranking_series_2022">{{Cite web |title=Matteo Pellicone Ranking Series 2022 Results Book |url=https://cdn.uww.org/s3fs-public/2022-06/final-book-matteo_pellicone.pdf?VersionId=qzK3za9J0rNgcVjK8V3USdzHshFpyOIW |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220625194934/https://cdn.uww.org/s3fs-public/2022-06/final-book-matteo_pellicone.pdf?VersionId=qzK3za9J0rNgcVjK8V3USdzHshFpyOIW |archive-date=25 June 2022 |access-date=25 June 2022 |website=United World Wrestling}}</ref> She won the silver medal in the [[2022 World Wrestling Championships – Women's freestyle 59 kg|59{{nbsp}}kg]] event at the [[2022 World Wrestling Championships]] held in Belgrade, Serbia.<ref name="champion_resumes_title_success_2022"/><ref name="results_book_world_wrestling_championships_2022"/>
In 2022, Bullen won the gold medal in her event at the [[Matteo Pellicone Ranking Series 2022]] held in Rome, Italy.<ref name="results_book_matteo_pellicone_ranking_series_2022">{{Cite web |title=Matteo Pellicone Ranking Series 2022 Results Book |url=https://cdn.uww.org/s3fs-public/2022-06/final-book-matteo_pellicone.pdf?VersionId=qzK3za9J0rNgcVjK8V3USdzHshFpyOIW |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220625194934/https://cdn.uww.org/s3fs-public/2022-06/final-book-matteo_pellicone.pdf?VersionId=qzK3za9J0rNgcVjK8V3USdzHshFpyOIW |archive-date=25 June 2022 |access-date=25 June 2022 |website=United World Wrestling}}</ref> She won the silver medal in the [[2022 World Wrestling Championships – Women's freestyle 59 kg|59{{nbsp}}kg]] event at the [[2022 World Wrestling Championships]] held in Belgrade, Serbia.<ref name="champion_resumes_title_success_2022"/><ref name="results_book_world_wrestling_championships_2022"/>

Bullen won the silver medal in the [[2023 European Wrestling Championships – Women's freestyle 62 kg|62{{nbsp}}kg]] event at the [[2023 European Wrestling Championships]] held in Zagreb, Croatia.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Lloyd |first=Owen |date=21 April 2023 |title=Ukraine take golden double at European Wrestling Championships after day four disappointment |work=InsideTheGames.biz |url=https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1136201/european-wrestling-championships |access-date=22 April 2023}}</ref><ref name="european_wrestling_championships_results_book_2023">{{Cite web |title=2023 European Wrestling Championships Results Book |url=https://cdn.uww.org/s3fs-public/2023-04/final-book-senior-european-championships_.pdf?VersionId=C4X59O2RAfRiJyBB28sm1SXcoyTBDXpq |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230423200920/https://cdn.uww.org/s3fs-public/2023-04/final-book-senior-european-championships_.pdf?VersionId=C4X59O2RAfRiJyBB28sm1SXcoyTBDXpq |archive-date=23 April 2023 |access-date=23 April 2023 |website=United World Wrestling}}</ref> She won one of the bronze medals in the [[2023 World Wrestling Championships – Women's freestyle 62 kg|62{{nbsp}}kg]] event at the [[2023 World Wrestling Championships]] held in Belgrade, Serbia.<ref name="world_wrestling_championships_results_book_2023">{{Cite web |title=2023 World Wrestling Championships Results Book |url=https://d3u2kdyvfaxwhl.cloudfront.net/s3fs-public/2023-09/final-book-2023-senior_world_championships_and_og_qualif.pdf?VersionId=Vw6R1se4WK.11kPw_YnsfzZdbwCSiIiI |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231104205225/https://d3u2kdyvfaxwhl.cloudfront.net/s3fs-public/2023-09/final-book-2023-senior_world_championships_and_og_qualif.pdf?VersionId=Vw6R1se4WK.11kPw_YnsfzZdbwCSiIiI |archive-date=4 November 2023 |access-date=4 November 2023 |website=United World Wrestling}}</ref> As a result, she earned a quota place for Norway for the [[2024 Summer Olympics]] in Paris, France.<ref name="wrestling_qualification_system_olympic_games_2024">{{Cite web |title=Qualification System – Games of the XXXIII Olympiad – Paris 2024 – Wrestling |url=https://stillmed.olympics.com/media/Documents/Olympic-Games/Paris-2024/Paris2024-QS-Wrestling.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240113060500/https://stillmed.olympics.com/media/Documents/Olympic-Games/Paris-2024/Paris2024-QS-Wrestling.pdf |archive-date=13 January 2024 |access-date=11 April 2024 |website=United World Wrestling}}</ref>

Bullen won the gold medal in the [[2024 European Wrestling Championships – Women's freestyle 62 kg|62{{nbsp}}kg]] event at the [[2024 European Wrestling Championships]] held in Bucharest, Romania.<ref name="bucharest_day_five_2024">{{Cite news |last=Khalatyan |first=Rafael |date=17 February 2024 |title=Bucharest 2024 Day 5: Ukraine wins team title in women's wrestling |url=https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1143810/ukraine-wins-team-title-in-womens-europe |access-date=22 February 2024 |work=InsideTheGames.biz}}</ref><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 defeated [[Luisa Niemesch]] of Germany in her gold medal match.<ref name="bucharest_day_five_2024"/><ref name="european_wrestling_championships_results_book_2024"/>

Bullen won one of the bronze medals in the [[Wrestling at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Women's freestyle 62 kg|women's 62{{nbsp}}kg]] event at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France.<ref name="wrestling_his_hands_on_gold_2024">{{Cite news |last=Khalatyan |first=Rafael |date=10 August 2024 |title=Wrestling: Petriashvili finally gets his hands on gold |url=https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1147706/paris-wrestling-petriashvili-on-top |access-date=20 August 2024 |work=[[InsideTheGames.biz]]}}</ref><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 defeated [[Ana Godinez]] of Canada in her bronze medal match.<ref name="wrestling_results_book_summer_olympics_2024"/>


== Achievements ==
== Achievements ==
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|Baku, Azerbaijan
|align="center" bgcolor="cc9966" | 3rd
|align="center" bgcolor="cc9966" | 3rd
|[[Wrestling at the 2015 European Games – Women's freestyle 58 kg|Freestyle 58 kg]]
|[[Wrestling at the 2015 European Games – Women's freestyle 58 kg|Freestyle 58{{nbsp}}kg]]
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|2016
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|Riga, Latvia
|align="center" bgcolor="silver" | 2nd
|align="center" bgcolor="silver" | 2nd
|[[2016 European Wrestling Championships – Women's Freestyle 58 kg|Freestyle 58 kg]]
|[[2016 European Wrestling Championships – Women's freestyle 58 kg|Freestyle 58{{nbsp}}kg]]
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|2017
|2017
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|Novi Sad, Serbia
|align="center" bgcolor="gold" | 1st
|align="center" bgcolor="gold" | 1st
|[[2017 European Wrestling Championships – Women's Freestyle 58 kg|Freestyle 58 kg]]
|[[2017 European Wrestling Championships – Women's freestyle 58 kg|Freestyle 58{{nbsp}}kg]]
|-
|-
|2020
|2020
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|Rome, Italy
|Rome, Italy
|align="center" bgcolor="gold" | 1st
|align="center" bgcolor="gold" | 1st
|[[2020 European Wrestling Championships – Women's Freestyle 57 kg|Freestyle 57 kg]]
|[[2020 European Wrestling Championships – Women's freestyle 57 kg|Freestyle 57{{nbsp}}kg]]
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|-
|2022
|2022
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|Belgrade, Serbia
|Belgrade, Serbia
|align="center" bgcolor="silver" | 2nd
|align="center" bgcolor="silver" | 2nd
|[[2022 World Wrestling Championships – Women's freestyle 59 kg|Freestyle 59 kg]]
|[[2022 World Wrestling Championships – Women's freestyle 59 kg|Freestyle 59{{nbsp}}kg]]
|-
|rowspan=2 | 2023
|[[2023 European Wrestling Championships|European Championships]]
|Zagreb, Croatia
|align="center" bgcolor="silver" | 2nd
|[[2023 European Wrestling Championships – Women's freestyle 62 kg|Freestyle 62{{nbsp}}kg]]
|-
|[[2023 World Wrestling Championships|World Championships]]
|Belgrade, Serbia
|align="center" bgcolor="cc9966" | 3rd
|[[2023 World Wrestling Championships – Women's freestyle 62 kg|Freestyle 62{{nbsp}}kg]]
|-
|rowspan=2 | 2024
|[[2024 European Wrestling Championships|European Championships]]
|Bucharest, Romania
|align="center" bgcolor="gold" | 1st
|[[2024 European Wrestling Championships – Women's freestyle 62 kg|Freestyle 62{{nbsp}}kg]]
|-
|[[Wrestling at the 2024 Summer Olympics|Summer Olympics]]
|Paris, France
|align="center" bgcolor="cc9966" | 3rd
|[[Wrestling at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Women's freestyle 62 kg|Freestyle 62{{nbsp}}kg]]
|}
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Grace Bullen
Bullen at the 2024 Summer Olympics
Personal information
Full nameGrace Jacob Bullen
Born (1997-02-07) 7 February 1997 (age 27)
Ghinda, Eritrea
Sport
CountryNorway
SportAmateur wrestling
Weight class
  • 57 kg
  • 59 kg
  • 62 kg
EventFreestyle
Coached byZurabi Iakobishvili
Medal record
Women's freestyle wrestling
Representing  Norway
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 2024 Paris 62 kg
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 2022 Belgrade 59 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2023 Belgrade 62 kg
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2017 Novi Sad 58 kg
Gold medal – first place 2020 Rome 57 kg
Gold medal – first place 2024 Bucharest 62 kg
Silver medal – second place 2016 Riga 58 kg
Silver medal – second place 2023 Zagreb 62 kg
European Games
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Baku 58 kg
Golden Grand Prix Ivan Yarygin
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Krasnoyarsk 57 kg
Dan Kolov - Nikola Petrov Tournament
Silver medal – second place 2019 Ruse 57 kg
Grand Prix
Gold medal – first place 2022 Rome 59 kg
Gold medal – first place 2018 Klippan 59 kg
World U23 Championships
Gold medal – first place 2018 Bucharest 59 kg
World Juniors Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2017 Tampere 59 kg
European Juniors Championships
Gold medal – first place 2015 İstanbul 59 kg
Gold medal – first place 2016 Bucharest 59 kg
Gold medal – first place 2017 Dortmund 59 kg
Summer Youth Olympics
Gold medal – first place 2014 Nanjing 60 kg
World Cadets Championships
Gold medal – first place 2014 Snina 60 kg
European Cadets Championships
Gold medal – first place 2013 Bar 60 kg
Gold medal – first place 2014 Samokov 60 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2012 Katowice 56 kg

Grace Jacob Bullen (born 7 February 1997) is a Norwegian freestyle wrestler. She is an Olympic bronze medallist, World Championships silver and bronze medallist, three-time European champion, and European Games bronze medallist. Bullen won a bronze medal in the women's 62 kg event at the 2024 Summer Olympics and the gold medal at the European Championships in 2017, 2020 and 2024.[1][2]

Bullen is also a U23 world champion and three-time European junior champion. She won the gold medal at the World U23 Championships in 2018 and the European Juniors Wrestling Championship in 2015, 2016 and 2017.

Early life

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Born in a refugee camp in Eritrea to South Sudanese parents, she moved to Fredrikstad, Norway in 2001 at the age of four.[3] Already at the age of four she took up wrestling in the martial arts club Atlas.[3][4]

Career

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At the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics held in Nanjing, China, Bullen represented Norway and she won the gold medal in the girls' 60 kg event.[5][6] In the final, she defeated Pei Xingru of China.[5][6] In 2015, she represented Norway at the European Games held in Baku, Azerbaijan and she won one of the bronze medals in the women's 58 kg event.[7] She lost her first match against Emese Barka of Hungary and entered the repechage.[7] Here she won against Valeria Koblova by walkover and she defeated Irina Netreba of Azerbaijan in the bronze medal match.[7] Bullen also competed in the women's 58 kg event at the 2015 World Wrestling Championships held in Las Vegas, United States where she was eliminated in her second match by Marianna Sastin of Hungary.[8]

In 2016, Bullen won the silver medal in the women's 58 kg at the European Wrestling Championships held in Riga, Latvia.[9] In the final, she lost against Nataliya Synyshyn of Azerbaijan. The following year, she won the gold medal in the same event at the 2017 European Wrestling Championships held in Novi Sad, Serbia.[10][11] In the final, she defeated Mariana Cherdivara of Moldova.[10] In the same year, Bullen was eliminated in her first match in the women's 58 kg event at the 2017 World Wrestling Championships held in Paris, France.[12]

In 2018, Bullen competed in the 57 kg event at the World Wrestling Championships held in Budapest, Hungary.[13] She won her first match against Giullia Penalber of Brazil and her next match against Jong In-sun of North Korea.[13] She then lost her next match against Rong Ningning of China; Rong went on to win the gold medal.[13] Bullen then failed to secure the bronze medal in her match against Pooja Dhanda of India.[13] A month later, at the 2018 World U23 Wrestling Championship held in Bucharest, Romania, she won the gold medal in the women's 59 kg event.[14]

In 2019, Bullen won one of the bronze medals in the women's 57 kg event at the Golden Grand Prix Ivan Yarygin held in Krasnoyarsk, Russia. In the same year, she also competed in the 57 kg event at the 2019 European Games held in Minsk, Belarus where she lost her bronze medal match against Anastasia Nichita of Moldova.[15] In 2020, Bullen won the gold medal in the 57 kg event at the European Wrestling Championships held in Rome, Italy.[16] In the final, she defeated Alina Akobiia of Ukraine.[16]

In March 2021, Bullen competed at the European Qualification Tournament in Budapest, Hungary hoping to qualify for the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.[17] Her hopes were dashed when she was eliminated in her first match by Bediha Gün of Turkey.[17] A month later, she was eliminated in her second match in the 59 kg event at the 2021 European Wrestling Championships held in Warsaw, Poland.[18] In May 2021, she failed to qualify for the Olympics at the World Qualification Tournament held in Sofia, Bulgaria.[19][20] She won her first two matches but she was then eliminated in the semi-finals by Veronika Chumikova.[19][21] In October 2021, she was eliminated in her first match in the women's 59 kg event at the World Wrestling Championships held in Oslo, Norway.[22]

Bullen at the 2021 World Championships.

In 2022, Bullen won the gold medal in her event at the Matteo Pellicone Ranking Series 2022 held in Rome, Italy.[23] She won the silver medal in the 59 kg event at the 2022 World Wrestling Championships held in Belgrade, Serbia.[1][2]

Bullen won the silver medal in the 62 kg event at the 2023 European Wrestling Championships held in Zagreb, Croatia.[24][25] She won one of the bronze medals in the 62 kg event at the 2023 World Wrestling Championships held in Belgrade, Serbia.[26] As a result, she earned a quota place for Norway for the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France.[27]

Bullen won the gold medal in the 62 kg event at the 2024 European Wrestling Championships held in Bucharest, Romania.[28][29] She defeated Luisa Niemesch of Germany in her gold medal match.[28][29]

Bullen won one of the bronze medals in the women's 62 kg event at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France.[30][31] She defeated Ana Godinez of Canada in her bronze medal match.[31]

Achievements

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Year Tournament Location Result Event
2015 European Games Baku, Azerbaijan 3rd Freestyle 58 kg
2016 European Championships Riga, Latvia 2nd Freestyle 58 kg
2017 European Championships Novi Sad, Serbia 1st Freestyle 58 kg
2020 European Championships Rome, Italy 1st Freestyle 57 kg
2022 World Championships Belgrade, Serbia 2nd Freestyle 59 kg
2023 European Championships Zagreb, Croatia 2nd Freestyle 62 kg
World Championships Belgrade, Serbia 3rd Freestyle 62 kg
2024 European Championships Bucharest, Romania 1st Freestyle 62 kg
Summer Olympics Paris, France 3rd Freestyle 62 kg

References

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