Emilia Alina Vuc (born 4 October 1993) is a

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. She is a two-time silver medalist at the World Wrestling Championships and a four-time medalist at the

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. She competed in the women's freestyle 48kg event at the

2016 Summer Olympics The 2016 Summer Olympics ( pt, Jogos Olímpicos de Verão de 2016), officially the Games of the XXXI Olympiad ( pt, Jogos da XXXI Olimpíada) and also known as Rio 2016, was an international multi-sport event held from 5 to 21 August 20 ...

, in which she was eliminated in the round of 16 by

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. She also represented Romania in the women's 50kg event at the

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held in Tokyo, Japan.

Career

In 2018, she won one of the bronze medals in the women's 50kg event at the Klippan Lady Open in Klippan, Sweden. In 2021, she won the bronze medal in the 50 kg event at the

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held in Rome, Italy. In October 2021, she lost her bronze medal match in the women's 50kg event at the World Wrestling Championships in Oslo, Norway. In 2022, she won the gold medal in the 50kg event at the Yasar Dogu Tournament held in Istanbul, Turkey. In March 2022, she won one of the bronze medals in the

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event at the

held in Budapest, Hungary. She lost her bronze medal match in the women's 50kg event at the

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held in Belgrade, Serbia.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Vuc, Alina 1993 births Living people Romanian female sport wrestlers Olympic wrestlers for Romania Wrestlers at the 2016 Summer Olympics Wrestlers at the 2020 Summer Olympics World Wrestling Championships medalists European Wrestling Championships medalists 21st-century Romanian women Place of birth missing (living people)