Ludmila Cristea (born March 27, 1986 in Ştefan Vodă) is an amateur Moldovan freestyle wrestler, who played for the women's lightweight category. Since 2006, Cristea had won a total of four medals (three silver and one bronze) for the 55 kg class at the

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. At age fourteen, Cristea made her official debut, as a judoka, for the

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, where she competed in the women's lightweight category (57 kg). Unfortunately, she lost the first preliminary round match to Netherlands' Jessica Gal, who successfully scored a yuko, but incurred a penalty for playing outside the contest area, at four minutes. Eight years after competing in her first Olympics, Cristea qualified for the women's 55 kg class this time, as a member of the Moldovan wrestling team, at the

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in Beijing. She defeated Venezuela's

Marcia Andrades Marcia Yuleisi Andrades Mendoza (born 17 May 1984 in Cumaná) is a Venezuelan freestyle wrestler. She competed in the freestyle 55 kg event at the 2012 Summer Olympics and was eliminated by Valeria Zholobova in the qualifications. At the 2008 ...

in the preliminary round of sixteen, before losing out the quarterfinal match to Canadian wrestler and Olympic silver medalist Tonya Verbeek, who was able to score three points each in two straight periods, leaving Cristea without a single point.

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* * Moldovan female sport wrestlers Moldovan female judoka 1986 births Living people Olympic judoka of Moldova Olympic wrestlers of Moldova Judoka at the 2000 Summer Olympics Wrestlers at the 2008 Summer Olympics People from Ștefan Vodă District 21st-century Moldovan women {{Moldova-wrestling-bio-stub