Linda Morais (born 31 July 1993) is a

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competing for

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. She won a gold medal in the 59 kg freestyle 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 ...

and a bronze medal in the 60 kg freestyle at the 2016 World Wrestling Championships. She won one of the bronze medals in the 68kg event at the

2022 World Wrestling Championships The 2022 World Wrestling Championships was the 17th edition of the World Wrestling Championships of combined events and was held between 10 and 18 September 2022 in Belgrade, Serbia. The UWW Bureau approved the candidature of Belgrade, Serbia ...

held in Belgrade, Serbia. She is also a two-time (2018 & 2016) World University Championship gold medallist. Morais placed first in the 57 kg freestyle at the 2019 Canadian Wrestling Trials held in Niagara, Canada, earning a spot for the Canadian Olympic team at the Olympic qualifiers. However, she was unable to secure a spot in the top 2 in her weight-class at both the 2020 Pan-American Olympic Qualification Tournament and the 2021 World Olympic Qualification Tournament, failing to qualify for the

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as a result.

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Linda Morais
at Wrestling Canada Lutte * {{DEFAULTSORT:Morais, Linda 1993 births Living people Canadian female sport wrestlers Sportspeople from Essex County, Ontario World Wrestling Championships medalists Commonwealth Games medallists in wrestling Commonwealth Games silver medallists for Canada Wrestlers at the 2022 Commonwealth Games 21st-century Canadian women 21st-century Canadian people Medallists at the 2022 Commonwealth Games