Braxton Stone-Papadopoulos (born June 23, 1995) is a Canadian wrestler. She won a

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at the

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. She has been in competition with fellow world champion teammate

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. She has been ranked number 2 in the world.

Early life

She initially earned a black belt in taekwondo by age 10. She started wrestling at age 10 and was coached initially by her uncle Stan Tzogas who had coached at the Olympic level.

Career

She won the

at the

. Following the games, she made the decision to move up a weight class to 63-kg after she experienced difficulty reaching the 58-kg weight limit. At the

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she won the gold medal in 63 kg category, defeating

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of Cuba 7–3. In September 2015 Stone-Papadopoulos qualified a quota for Canada for the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro after placing fifth in the 63 kg category at the senior world championships. Ultimately, she was not selected to compete for the country at the 2016 Games. In 2017, she won a silver medal at the

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in the 63 kg category. She defeated Petra Olli, Germany's Luzie Manzke and Moa Nygren of Sweden en route to the gold medal match, where she lost due to a last-moment throw by the winner, Ayana Gempei of Japan.

References

1995 births Canadian female sport wrestlers Living people Wrestlers at the 2014 Commonwealth Games Wrestlers at the 2015 Pan American Games Black Canadian sportspeople Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for Canada Pan American Games gold medalists for Canada Commonwealth Games medallists in wrestling Pan American Games medalists in wrestling Sportspeople from Scarborough, Ontario Medalists at the 2015 Pan American Games Pan American Wrestling Championships medalists Black Canadian sportswomen 21st-century Canadian women 21st-century Canadian people Medallists at the 2014 Commonwealth Games {{Canada-wrestling-bio-stub