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María Acosta
María Acosta (born 26 November 1991) is a Venezuelan freestyle wrestler. Acosta competed in the women's freestyle 69kg event at the 2016 Summer Olympics, in which she was eliminated in the round of 16 by Enas Mostafa. She won the silver medal in the women's freestyle 69kg event at the 2015 Pan American Games. Acosta won one of the bronze medals in her event at the 2022 Pan American Wrestling Championships held in Acapulco, Mexico. She won the bronze medal in her event at the 2022 Bolivarian Games held in Valledupar, Colombia. She won the silver medal in her event at the 2022 South American Games held in Asunción, Paraguay. In 2023, Acosta lost her bronze medal match in her event at the Pan American Wrestling Championships held in Buenos Aires, Argentina. She won the silver medal in her event at the 2023 Central American and Caribbean Games held in San Salvador, El Salvador. She was eliminated in her first match in the 76kg event at the 2023 World Wrestling Championships ...
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Wrestling
Wrestling is a series of combat sports involving grappling-type techniques such as clinch fighting, throws and takedowns, joint locks, pins and other grappling holds. Wrestling techniques have been incorporated into martial arts, combat sports and military systems. The sport can either be genuinely competitive or sportive entertainment (see professional wrestling). Wrestling comes in different forms such as freestyle, Greco-Roman, judo, sambo, folkstyle, catch, submission, sumo, pehlwani, shuai jiao and others. A wrestling bout is a physical competition, between two (sometimes more) competitors or sparring partners, who attempt to gain and maintain a superior position. There are a wide range of styles with varying rules, with both traditional historic and modern styles. The term ''wrestling'' is attested in late Old English, as ''wræstlunge'' (glossing ''palestram''). History Wrestling represents one of the oldest forms of combat. The origins of wrestl ...
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Venezuela
Venezuela (; ), officially the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela ( es, link=no, República Bolivariana de Venezuela), is a country on the northern coast of South America, consisting of a continental landmass and many islands and islets in the Caribbean Sea. It has a territorial extension of , and its population was estimated at 29 million in 2022. The capital and largest urban agglomeration is the city of Caracas. The continental territory is bordered on the north by the Caribbean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean, on the west by Colombia, Brazil on the south, Trinidad and Tobago to the north-east and on the east by Guyana. The Venezuelan government maintains a claim against Guyana to Guayana Esequiba. Venezuela is a federal presidential republic consisting of 23 states, the Capital District and federal dependencies covering Venezuela's offshore islands. Venezuela is among the most urbanized countries in Latin America; the vast majority of Venezuelans live in the cities of the n ...
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2024 Pan American Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament
The 2024 Olympic Wrestling Pan American Qualification Tournament was the first regional qualifying tournament for the 2024 Summer Olympics. The event was held from 28 February to 1 March 2024, at Expo Mundo Imperial in Acapulco, Mexico. Qualification summary Thirty-six athletes secured a spot in the 2024 Summer Olympics, in Paris Paris () is the capital and most populous city of France, with an estimated population of 2,165,423 residents in 2019 in an area of more than 105 km² (41 sq mi), making it the 30th most densely populated city in the world in 2020. S .... Two spots were given to each weight class. Quota places are allocated to the respective NOC and not to the competitor who achieved the place in the qualification event. Men's freestyle 57 kg 1 March 65 kg 1 March 74 kg 1 March 86 kg 1 March 97 kg 1 March 125 kg 1 March Men's Greco-Roman 60 kg 28 February 67 kg 28 February 77 kg 28 February 87 kg 28 February 97 kg 28 February ...
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2023 Pan American Games
The 2023 Pan American Games ( es, Juegos Panamericanos de 2023, links=no), officially the XIX Pan American Games and commonly known as Santiago 2023, is a forthcoming international multi-sport event governed by the Panam Sports Organization, scheduled to be held in Santiago, Chile from 20 October to 5 November 2023. These are the first Pan American Games to be held in Chile, and the eighth to be held in South America. The games are scheduled to be held in 39 venues across in the Santiago Metropolitan Region and three other regions of Chile. The Pan American Games and the 2023 Parapan American Games were organized by the Santiago Organizing Committee for the 2023 Pan and Parapan American Games. Bidding process Two bids were submitted for the 2023 Pan American Games. Santiago, Chile and Buenos Aires, Argentina both submitted bids. On February 1, 2017, the Pan American Sports Organization (now Panam Sports) announced the two cities as the official bids. Buenos Aires w ...
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2023 World Wrestling Championships
The 2023 World Wrestling Championships was held from 16 to 24 September 2023 in Belgrade, Serbia. Wrestlers get a chance to win 90 quotas for the Wrestling at the 2024 Summer Olympics, 2024 Summer Olympics from the Belgrade Worlds. Any nation which participated in the 2023 continental championships will be eligible to participate in the World Championships. Competition schedule All times are (UTC+02:00, UTC+2:00) Medal table Team ranking Medal summary Men's freestyle Men's Greco-Roman Women's freestyle Paris 2024 qualification Controversies United World Wrestling (UWW) authorized some Russian wrestlers to participate in the World Championships though they had participated in the 2022 Moscow rally, pro-war rally and expressed their support for the Russo-Ukrainian war. The athletes in question included Abdulrashid Sadulaev, Zaurbek Sidakov, and Zaur Uguev. This decision contradicted the IOC's recommendations. UWW explained its decision to clear them for the Worl ...
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2023 World Wrestling Championships – Women's Freestyle 76 Kg
The women's freestyle 76 kg is a competition featured at the 2023 World Wrestling Championships, and was held in Belgrade, Serbia on 19 and 20 September 2023.https://whatsmat.uww.org/daten.php?wkid=6EBD16D6B0BD462D83DC72E77F70582B&gkl=10 This freestyle wrestling competition consists of a single-elimination tournament, with a repechage used to determine the winner of two bronze medals. The two finalists face off for gold and silver medals. Each wrestler who loses to one of the two finalists moves into the repechage, culminating in a pair of bronze medal matches featuring the semifinal losers each facing the remaining repechage opponent from their half of the bracket. Results ;Legend *F — Won by fall Autumn, also known as fall in American English and Canadian English, is one of the four temperate seasons on Earth. Outside the tropics, autumn marks the transition from summer to winter, in September (Northern Hemisphere) or March (Souther ... *R — Retired Final Top ...
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2023 Central American And Caribbean Games
The 24th Central American and Caribbean Games are scheduled to take place in 2023. They were planned to take place in Panama City, Panama, until the government announced on 24 July 2020 that it had decided to withdraw as the hosts as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic in Panama. Centro Caribe Sports had search for alternatives. In May 2021 San Salvador, El Salvador was chosen to replace Panama City as main host city, as due to infrastructure and schedule issues 7 sports were relocated to Santo Domingo, in Dominican Republic. Bidding process Panama City had presented itself as the only candidate to organize the 2022 Central American and Caribbean Games and also announced the commitment of the Panamanian State to invest 200 million dollars for both infrastructure and the organization of the event. One of the advantages presented by the Panamanian delegation to Centro Caribe Sports was that it would not be necessary to build an athletes' village for the event, because instead t ...
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2023 Pan American Wrestling Championships
The 2023 Pan American Wrestling Championships was the 36th edition of Pan American Wrestling Championships of combined events, and it was held from 3 to 7 May in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Competition schedule All times are ( UTC-3) Medal table Team ranking Medal overview Men's freestyle Men's Greco-Roman Women's freestyle Participating nations 298 wrestlers from 24 countries: # (21) (Host) # (1) # (3) # (5) # (23) # (22) # (17) # (20) # (2) # (18) # (18) # (14) # (1) # (8) # (6) # (2) # (21) # (12) # (2) # (12) # (21) # (2) # (29) # (18) Results Men's freestyle Men's freestyle 57 kg ; Legend * F — Won by fall * WO — Won by walkover Men's freestyle 61 kg 6 May Men's freestyle 65 kg ; Legend * F — Won by fall Men's freestyle 70 kg ; Legend * F — Won by fall 6 May Men's freestyle 74 kg ; Legend * F — Won by fall Men's freestyle 79 kg ; Legend * F — Won by fall * WO — Won b ...
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2022 South American Games
The XII South American Games (Spanish: ''XII Juegos Suramericanos Asunción 2022'') was a multi-sport event held between 1–15 October 2022 in Asunción, Paraguay. The Games were organized by the South American Sports Organization, the Paraguayan Olympic Committee, the government of the Republic of Paraguay and the local Secretaria Nacional de Deportes, National Secretary of Sports. Bidding process The city of Asunción, capital of Paraguay, announced its interest in hosting the 2022 South American Games. In September 2017, Camilo Pérez López Moreira, president of the Paraguayan Olympic Committee, reported that he had the endorsement of then-President Horacio Cartes to be able to present the ''Asunción 2022'' candidacy. According to López, an investment of USD 25 million was required. Meanwhile, it was speculated that the Argentine city of Rosario, Argentina, Rosario would also present its candidacy. Asunción was finally the only city that officially presented its candidac ...
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Inside The Games
''Inside the Games'' (also known as insidethegames and insidethegames.biz) is an Olympic news website edited by the British sports journalist Duncan Mackay. Mackay launched the site in 2005, originally as insidethegames.com, following the announcement that London has been chosen to host the 2012 Summer Olympics. The name of the site was changed to insidethegames.biz in 2009. ''Inside the Games'' is based in Bletchley, near Bletchley Park. Mackay was a winner of the 2009 Internet writer of the year award at the British Sports Journalism Awards by the Sports Journalists' Association for his work on insidethegames. The insidethegames site was involved in a court litigation in 2010 with Zulu Creative, a web design company previously used by insidethegames. The site is currently published by Dunsar Media. In addition to the Olympics, the site now covers Paralympics, Commonwealth Games The Commonwealth Games, often referred to as the Friendly Games or simply the Comm G ...
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2022 Pan American Wrestling Championships
The 2022 Pan American Wrestling Championships was the 35th edition of Pan American Wrestling Championships of combined events. It was held from May 5 to 8 in Acapulco, Mexico. The event was originally scheduled for Santiago, Chile, before being moved to Acapulco. A press release issued in February 2022 stated that "The requirement decided by the Ministry of Health (Chile), Chilean Ministry of Health did not guarantee the participation of all countries." The top four countries not already qualified, per weight category, earned a berth into the 2023 Pan American Games. Medal table Team ranking Medal overview Men's freestyle Greco-Roman Women's freestyle Participating nations 263 wrestlers from 21 nations competed. * (10) * (1) * (2) * (23) * (23) * (18) * (20) * (1) * (17) * (17) * (14) * (10) * (6) * (30) * (5) * (3) * (13) * (12) * (1) * (30) * (7) References External linksOfficial website
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Enas Mostafa
Enas Mostafa (born 1 January 1989) is an Egyptian freestyle wrestler. She competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, in the women's freestyle 69 kg. She finished in 5th place after losing to Natalia Vorobieva of Russia in the semifinals. She competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics The , officially the and also known as , was an international multi-sport event held from 23 July to 8 August 2021 in Tokyo, Japan, with some preliminary events that began on 21 July. Tokyo was selected as the host city during the ... in the women's 68 kg event. References External links * 1989 births Living people Egyptian female sport wrestlers Olympic wrestlers for Egypt Wrestlers at the 2016 Summer Olympics Wrestlers at the 2020 Summer Olympics 21st-century Egyptian women 21st-century Egyptian people {{Egypt-wrestling-bio-stub ...
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