Worldchallenge

2010-01-20 00:00

Irina Makeva, 70kg is the GREATEST armwrestler in
the world irrespective of weight category. She won
World Challenge in 2009. This super lady from Russia
has been training armwrestling for nine years and
she has won the World Champion title 10 TIMES

Irina Makeeva winning -70kg at World Challenge 2009 and then she won the
OVER ALL FINAL and became the best armwrestler in the world!

- Is there any armwrestler in the world that you want to armwrestle against? Have you armwrestled with Gonul from Turkey?

No, I have never armwrestlered with Gonul from Turkey, but I want to try her.

The Champ Irina Makeeva from RUSSIA

- What is your favourite exersice?

I train all muscles in my hand,
I don't have any favourite.

- Why did you start with armwrestling?

I started to pratice the sport when I was only five. My first sport was gymnastic. During that time my sister was training armwrestling and once she brought me to the sport club, I trained there and loved armwrestling. Since then I have been training armwrestling!

- Have you got any brothers or sisters?
Do they compete?

Yes I have a brother, he is 15 years and a sister, she is 28 years old, her name is Kristina. She placed second at the European Championship in Bulguria,1996. My sister praticed armwrestling for 15 years and my brother now wants to try armwrestling. He is very strong!

Eglė Vaitkutė, LITHUANIA (-80kg) and Irina Makeeva, RUSSIA (-70kg)
in the OVER ALL FINAL at World Challenge 2009.

- What do you work with?

In 2009 I finished University with a red diploma and now I working at the
Vladicavcaz parlament as a consultant.

- Will you compete at the European Championship and
the World Championship in 2010?

Yes I will go at both of them.

Irina and Malin Kleinsmith in the OVERALL FINAL at World Challenge 2009

- How many armwrestling ladies do you have in Russia?

Many girls in Russia pratice the sport, around 100 maybe.

- Have you armwrestled against men at competitions in Russia? (In Sweden Heidi Andersson and Malin Kleinsmith sometimes compete in men's category -65kg and they have both placed well)

No, we don't have competitions against men in Russia. We compete against men only during practise.

INCREDIBLE!

See this clip from You Tube: Irina Makeeva at the table with Turkish guys who placed 2nd and 4th at European Championships(!), senior class.

- Something else you want to tell us?

I love to drive!