Daniel Grégorich Hechavarria (born 7 May 1996) is a Cuban

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. He won the gold medal in the 87kg event at the

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held in Santiago, Chile. He has also won gold medals at the

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and the Central American and Caribbean Games.

Career

Grégorich won the gold medal in the 87kg event at the

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held in Barranquilla, Colombia. At the

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held in Lima, Peru, Grégorich won one of the bronze medals in the men's 87kg event. He defeated

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of the United States in his bronze medal match. In the same year, he competed in the 87kg event at the

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held in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan without winning a medal. He was eliminated in his fourth match by

Rustam Assakalov Rustam Skhatbievich Assakalov (russian: link=no, Рустам Схатбиевич Ассакалов; born 13 July 1984) is a Russian-born Uzbekistani Greco-Roman wrestler of Adyg heritage. He won gold medals at the 2014 Asian Games and 2013 ...

of Uzbekistan. Grégorich competed in the men's 87kg event at the

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in Tokyo, Japan. Grégorich won the gold medal in his event at the 2024 Pan American Wrestling Championships held in Acapulco, Mexico. He defeated Luis Avendaño of Venezuela in his gold medal match. A few days later, he competed at the

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held in Acapulco, Mexico hoping to qualify for the

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in Paris, France. He was eliminated in his second match.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Gregorich, Daniel Living people Cuban male sport wrestlers Wrestlers at the 2019 Pan American Games Wrestlers at the 2023 Pan American Games Medalists at the 2019 Pan American Games Medalists at the 2023 Pan American Games Pan American Games gold medalists for Cuba Pan American Games bronze medalists for Cuba Pan American Games medalists in wrestling Central American and Caribbean Games gold medalists for Cuba Central American and Caribbean Games bronze medalists for Cuba Competitors at the 2018 Central American and Caribbean Games Competitors at the 2023 Central American and Caribbean Games Central American and Caribbean Games medalists in wrestling Wrestlers at the 2020 Summer Olympics 1996 births Sport wrestlers from Havana Olympic wrestlers for Cuba Pan American Wrestling Championships medalists 21st-century Cuban people