Yowlys Bonne Rodríguez (born November 2, 1983) is a Cuban world champion freestyle wrestler and three-time world-level medalist.

Early life

Bonne is from Guantánamo, Cuba.

Career

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Bonne became world champion by defeating

Gadzhimurad Rashidov Gadzhimurad Gazigandovich Rashidov ( rus, Гаджимурад Газигандович Рашидов, , ɡəd͡ʐʐɨmʊˈrat rɐˈʂɨdəf, Dargin: Гъазиганла урши ХӀяжимурад; born 30 October 1995) is a Russian frees ...

of Russia in the final match, 6-5. Bonne is also a two-time Olympian, having competed in freestyle wrestling at both the 2012 Olympics in London and the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. In 2015, Bonne was eliminated from the world tournament in a controversial match.

Wrestling style

Bonne is known for an aggressive wrestling style that includes explosive throws and other eye-catching maneuvers. According to one wrestling outlet, Bonne's wrestling style "has put the phrase 'Bonne Bombs' into the wrestling lexicon."

Freestyle record

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2018 World Wrestling Championships The 2018 World Wrestling Championships were the 15th edition of World Wrestling Championships of combined events and were held from 20 to 28 October in Budapest, Hungary. Russia claimed 10 gold medals, 1 silver medal and 2 bronze medals, its best ...

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2017 World Wrestling Championships The 2017 World Wrestling Championships were the 14th edition of World Wrestling Championships of combined events and was held from August 21 to 27 in Paris, France. Medal table Team ranking Medal summary Men's freestyle Men's Gre ...

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Daulet Niyazbekov Daulet Niyazbekov ( kk, Дәулет Шораұлы Ниязбеков; born 12 February 1989) is a Kazakh freestyle wrestler, who was a member of the Olympic Games 2012. He competed in the men's freestyle 55 kg and he lost his bronze medal matc ...

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Behnam Ehsanpour Behnam Ehsanpour ( fa, بهنام احسان‌پور, born 16 February 1992 in Behshahr) is an Iranian wrestler. He won Bronze medal at the 2019 World Championships and silver at 2013 Summer Universiade The 2013 Summer Universiade, officia ...

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2016 Summer Olympics The 2016 Summer Olympics ( pt, Jogos Olímpicos de Verão de 2016), officially the Games of the XXXI Olympiad ( pt, Jogos da XXXI Olimpíada) and also known as Rio 2016, was an international multi-sport event held from 5 to 21 August 20 ...

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Yang Kyong-il Yang Kyong-Il ( or ; born 7 August 1989 in Pyongyang) is a male freestyle wrestler from North Korea who is a double world champion and won a bronze medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics. Career Yang won his first world title at the 2009 Wor ...

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Rei Higuchi Rei Higuchi (Japanese: 樋口黎; born 28 January 1996) is a Japanese freestyle wrestler who won a silver medal in the 57 kg division at the 2016 Olympics.Adama Diatta Adama Diatta (born 14 August 1988) is a male freestyle wrestler from Senegal. He participated in the Wrestling at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's freestyle 55 kg, Men's freestyle 55 kg at the 2008 Summer Olympics. In the round of 16, he lost ...

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2015 World Wrestling Championships The 2015 UWW World Wrestling Championships were the 12th edition of World Wrestling Championships of combined events and was held from September 7 to 12 in Las Vegas, United States. Medal table Team ranking Medal summary Men's freestyle M ...

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2014 World Wrestling Championships The 2014 UWW World Wrestling Championships were the 10th edition of World Wrestling Championships of combined events and were held from September 8 to 14 in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. Medal table Team ranking Medal summary Men's freestyle Men's ...

, style="text-align:left;font-size:88%;" rowspan=5, Tashkent, Uzbekistan , - , Loss , 3-2 , align=left, Haji Aliyev , style="font-size:88%", 2-4 , - , Win , 3-1 , align=left, Aleksandr Bogomoev , style="font-size:88%", Tech Fall , - , Win , 2-1 , align=left, Rahul Mann , style="font-size:88%", Tech Fall , - , Win , 1-1 , align=left, Jean Diatta , style="font-size:88%", Fall , - , - ! style=background:white colspan=7 , , - , Loss , 0-1 , align=left, Kenichi Yumoto , style="font-size:88%", 2-2, 0-2 , style="font-size:88%" rowspan=4, August 10, 2012 , style="font-size:88%" rowspan=4,

2012 Summer Olympics The 2012 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012) was an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. The first event, the ...

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References

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