Pak Yong-mi (born 8 February 1991) is a North Korean sport wrestler who competes in the women's

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category and a current world champion in the women's 53kg Freestyle event. She won the gold medal in the women's 53 kg event during the

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. She also qualified to represent North Korea at the

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in Tokyo, Japan following the gold medal success at the

. However, in June 2021, North Korea withdrew from the 2020 Summer Olympics which meant that

Luisa Valverde Luisa Elizabeth Valverde Melendres (born 4 July 1991) is an Ecuadorian freestyle wrestler. She is a two-time gold medalist at the South American Games (2018 and 2022) and a bronze medalist at the 2023 Pan American Games held in Santiago, Chile. Sh ...

of Ecuador would compete instead.

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1991 births Living people North Korean female sport wrestlers World Wrestling Championships medalists Wrestlers at the 2014 Asian Games Wrestlers at the 2018 Asian Games Asian Games gold medalists for North Korea Asian Games medalists in wrestling Medalists at the 2018 Asian Games Asian Wrestling Championships medalists {{NorthKorea-wrestling-bio-stub