Moisés Sánchez Parra (born September 21, 1980 in

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) is a retired amateur Spanish Greco-Roman wrestler, who competed in the men's welterweight category. He represented his nation

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at the

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and later capped his sporting career in 2005 with a silver and bronze at the

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and European Championships. Before his retirement from wrestling in 2010, Sanchez trained full-time for Budokan Wrestling Club in

under his coach Eusebio Capel. Sanchez qualified for the Spanish squad in the men's 66 kg class at the

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. Earlier in the process, he finished second at the Olympic Qualification Tournament in

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to guarantee his spot on the returning Spanish wrestling team after a 12-year hiatus. He lost two straight matches each to Kyrgyzstan's Kanatbek Begaliev (1–9) and Iran's Parviz Zeidvand (1–3) that left him on the bottom of the prelim pool, placing eighteenth in the final standings. As two wrestlers were both disqualified by a forfeit in the fifth-place match, Sanchez's position was upgraded to sixteenth. In 2005, Sanchez overcame his Olympic setback to pick up a bronze medal in the 66-kg division at the European Championships in

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. When Spain hosted the

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a few months later, Sanchez lost his final match to Turkey's

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, and received a silver medal to the delight of the home crowd. He also sought his second bid for the

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, but failed to earn a spot from two Olympic Qualification Tournaments.

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* * * 1980 births Living people Olympic wrestlers for Spain Wrestlers at the 2004 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Palma de Mallorca Spanish male sport wrestlers Mediterranean Games silver medalists for Spain Competitors at the 2005 Mediterranean Games Mediterranean Games medalists in wrestling European Wrestling Championships medalists 20th-century Spanish people 21st-century Spanish people {{Spain-wrestling-bio-stub