Javier Cortina Lacerra (born 12 April 1987, in

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) is a

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freestyle wrestler Freestyle wrestling is a style of wrestling originated from Great Britain and the United States. Along with Greco-Roman, it is one of the two styles of wrestling contested in the Olympic Games. American high school and men's college wrestling i ...

. He competed in the freestyle 96 kg event at the

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and was eliminated by

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in the 1/8 finals. He was a bronze medalist at the

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after Şamil Erdoğan of

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drug test positive, Javier Cortina was raised to third and took the bronze medal.

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* 1987 births Living people Cuban male sport wrestlers Olympic wrestlers for Cuba Wrestlers at the 2012 Summer Olympics Wrestlers at the 2016 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Santiago de Cuba Wrestlers at the 2015 Pan American Games World Wrestling Championships medalists Pan American Games competitors for Cuba 21st-century Cuban people {{Cuba-wrestling-bio-stub