U.S. women Ikei, Hattendorf, Albrecht receive draws for Henri Deglane Challenge in France

NICE, France – The three U.S. Senior women competing at the 51st annual Henri Deglane Grand Prix of France next week in Nice, France, have received their draw.

Past U17 World medalists Tiara Ikei (53 kg) and Skylar Hattendorf (62 kg) are competing on Friday, as well as returning Henri Deglane champion Kaylynn Albrecht (72 kg).

Ikei awaits the winner of a preliminary match between Maelyss Rousselet of France and Anastasiia Lebedieva of Poland. Rousselet’s best Senior finish was fifth in the 2024 Klippan Lady Open in Sweden. Lebedieva, who competed for Ukraine in the age-group level, does not have any significant Senior achievements.

Ikei is in the bottom half of the bracket, with talented veterans Oleksandra Kogut of Austria (formerly of Ukraine) and Katarzyna Krawczyk of Poland among her potential opponents.

Ikei recently made a comeback from injury after missing significant time from competition. Ikei is a past U.S. Senior Open champion. She was a 2018 U17 World bronze medalist.

Hattendorf opens against a 2024 Olympian, Ameline Douarre of France, who was second in the 2024 World Military Championships.

Hattendorf’s half bracket includes opponents from Germany, Poland and Estonia.

Among Hattendorf’s recent achievements are silver medals at the Bill Farrell Memorial International and the U20 Pan American Championships. Hattendorf won a silver medal at the 2019 U17 World Championships.

Albrecht is in a three-athlete round-robin, and will face 2023 U23 World bronze medalist Tindra Sjoeberg of Sweden, as well as 2021 U20 World silver medalist Lilly Schneider of Germany.  

Albrecht, a 2023 NAIA champion for Baker, was a 2023 U23 Nationals champion and won the 2023 Bill Farrell Memorial International.

The action from France continues with the men’s freestyle tournament follows on January 18. A Greco-Roman division will be contested on January 19, but the U.S. does not have an athlete entered. Each day of the event has a scheduled start time of 10:30 a.m. local time/4:30 a.m. (ET) and will run straight through to completion.

A live stream of the Henri Deglane Grand Prix of France is available online through France Lutte. Brackets and updated results will post to Smoothcomp.

More information on the Henri Deglane Grand Prix of France can be found at fflutte.com.

2025 Henri Deglane Grand Prix of France

At Nice, France, January 17-19

U.S. Women’s Freestyle first round pairings

53 kg – Tiare Ikei (Colorado Springs, Colo./Titan Mercury WC)

Vs. winner of Maelyss Rousselet (France) vs. Anastasiia Lebedieva (Poland)

Rousselet - 5th 2024 Klippan Lady Open, 9th 2024 Henri Deglane

Lebedieva - 10th 2017 U15 European Championships

62 kg – Skylar Hattendorf (Colorado Springs, Colo./New York AC)

Vs. Ameline Douarre (France) - 2nd 2024 World Military Championships, 2024 Olympian, 2nd 2023 U23 Europeans

72 kg – Kaylynn Albrecht (Fort Worth, Texas/Titan Mercury WC)

Three athlete round-robin

Vs. Lilly Schneider (Germany) - 5th 2023 U23 Europeans, 7th 2022 U23 Worlds, 2nd 2021 U20 Worlds

Vs. Tindra Sjoeberg (Sweden) - 3rd 2023 U23 Worlds, 3rd 2023 U23 Europeans, 2019 U20 European champion

Event Schedule

Friday, January 17

10:30 a.m. – Qualification Rounds Through Finals (WFS All Weights)

8:30 p.m. – Awards

Saturday, January 18

10:30 a.m. – Qualification Rounds Through Finals (MFS All Weights)

8:30 p.m. – Awards

Sunday, January 19

10:30 a.m. – Qualification Rounds Through Finals (GR All Weights)

8:30 p.m. – Awards

*All times listed local to Nice, France, which is located six hours ahead of U.S.