Ana Paula Godinez Gonzalez (born November 26, 1999) is a Canadian

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. She is a two-time gold medalist at the

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. She won the silver medal in the women's 62 kg event at the

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held in Birmingham, England.

Career

Godinez won one of the bronze medals in the women's 62 kg event at the

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held in Tallinn, Estonia. A month later, she competed in the women's 62 kg event at the

2019 World Wrestling Championships The 2019 World Wrestling Championships were held in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan from 14 September to 22 September 2019. The tournament served as qualification for the 2020 Summer Olympics, the top six wrestlers from each category earned their NOCs a qu ...

held in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan. Godinez won the silver medal in her event at the

2021 Poland Open The 2021 Poland Open was an amateur wrestling event held in Warsaw, Poland between 8 and 13 June 2021. It served as the last United World Wrestling Ranking Series event of the year and played a role with regard to the 2020 Summer Olympics ...

held in Warsaw, Poland. She competed in the women's 62 kg event at the

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held in Oslo, Norway. A month later, she won the gold medal in her event at the

2021 U23 World Wrestling Championships The 2021 U23 World Wrestling Championships was the fourth edition of the U23 World Wrestling Championships of combined events and it was held from 1 to 7 November 2021 in Belgrade, Serbia Serbia (, ; Serbian language, Serbian: , , ), offici ...

held in Belgrade, Serbia. Godinez won the gold medal in the women's 62kg event at the

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 m ...

held in Acapulco, Mexico. She lost her bronze medal match in the 62kg event at the

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held in Belgrade, Serbia. A month later, she won one of the bronze medals in her event at the

2022 U23 World Wrestling Championships The 2022 U23 World Wrestling Championships was the fifth edition of the U23 World Wrestling Championships of combined events and it was held from 17 to 23 October 2022 in Pontevedra, Spain. Competition schedule All times are ( UTC+2:00) Med ...

held in Pontevedra, Spain. She won the gold medal in her event at the

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held in Nice, France. A few months later, she also won the gold medal in her event at the 2023 Pan American Wrestling Championships held in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Personal life

Her sister Karla Godinez is also a competitive wrestler. Her sister

Loopy Godinez Lupita "Loopy" Godínez (born September 6, 1993) is a Mexican-Canadian female mixed martial artist who competes in the Strawweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship. As of November 14, 2023, she is #11 in the UFC women's strawweight ...

competes is a professional mixed martial artist.

Achievements

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Ana Godinez Gonzalez
at Wrestling Canada Lutte * {{DEFAULTSORT:Godinez, Ana Living people 1999 births Place of birth missing (living people) Canadian female sport wrestlers Pan American Wrestling Championships medalists Wrestlers at the 2022 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games silver medallists for Canada Commonwealth Games medallists in wrestling Canadian people of Mexican descent 21st-century Canadian sportswomen Medallists at the 2022 Commonwealth Games Simon Fraser Red Leafs women's wrestlers