Arturo Silot Torres (born 13 April 2001) is a Cuban

freestyle wrestler Freestyle wrestling is a style of wrestling originated from Great Britain and the United States. Along with Greco-Roman, it is one of the two styles of wrestling contested in the Olympic Games. American high school and men's college wrestling i ...

who claimed the silver medal at the 2022 Pan American Championships and the gold medal from the

2021 Junior Pan American Games The 2021 Junior Pan American Games (Spanish: ''Juegos Panamericanos Junior 2021'') was an international multi-sports event for athletes aged 17 to 22 in the Americas, organized by Panam Sports held in Cali and Valle, Colombia between November 2 ...

. Silot won the gold medal in the men's 97kg event at the

held in Cali, Colombia. As a result, he directly qualified to compete in the men's 97kg event at the 2023 Pan American Games in Santiago, Chile. He won the silver medal in men's 97kg event at the

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, s ...

held in Santiago, Chile. In 2024, at the Pan American Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament held in Acapulco, Mexico, he earned a quota place for Cuba for the

2024 Summer Olympics The 2024 Summer Olympics (french: Jeux olympiques d'été de 2024), officially the Games of the XXXIII Olympiad (french: Jeux de la XXXIIIe Olympiade, links=no) and also known as Paris 2024, is an upcoming international multi-sport event that is s ...

held in Paris, France.

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* Living people 2001 births Cuban male sport wrestlers Sportspeople from Santiago de Cuba Wrestlers at the 2023 Pan American Games Pan American Games medalists in wrestling Pan American Games silver medalists for Cuba Medalists at the 2023 Pan American Games 21st-century Cuban people Pan American Wrestling Championships medalists {{Cuba-wrestling-bio-stub