Irina Rîngaci (born 23 August 2001) is a

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. She won the gold medal in the women's 65 kg event at the

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in Oslo, Norway. She is the first female wrestler representing Moldova to win a gold medal at the World Wrestling Championships. Rîngaci is also a five-time medalist, including two gold medals, at the

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. She represented Moldova at the

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in Paris, France.

Career

Rîngaci finished in 4th place in the girls' 57kg event at the

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held in Buenos Aires, Argentina. In 2019, she won one of the bronze medals in the 62kg event at the World U23 Wrestling Championship held in Budapest, Hungary. Rîngaci won the silver medal in the women's 65kg event at the

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held in Belgrade, Serbia. In March 2021, she competed at the European Qualification Tournament in Budapest, Hungary hoping to qualify for the

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in Tokyo, Japan. In April 2021, Rîngaci won the gold medal in her event at the

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in Warsaw, Poland. In May 2021, Rîngaci failed to qualify for the Olympics at the World Olympic Qualification Tournament held in Sofia, Bulgaria. Later that month, she won the gold medal in her event at the European U23 Wrestling Championship held in Skopje, North Macedonia. At the

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held in Ufa, Russia, she also won the gold medal in her event. In 2022, Rîngaci won the gold medal in the women's 68kg event at the Dan Kolov & Nikola Petrov Tournament held in Veliko Tarnovo, Bulgaria. She also won the gold medal in the 68kg event at the 2022 European U23 Wrestling Championship held in Plovdiv, Bulgaria. In that same month, Rîngaci won the gold medal in the 68kg event at the

held in Budapest, Hungary. She defeated Pauline Lecarpentier of France in her gold medal match. A few months later, she won the silver medal in her event at the

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held in Rome, Italy. In September 2022, Rîngaci won one of the bronze medals in the 68kg event at the

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held in Belgrade, Serbia. A month later, she also won one of the bronze medals in her event at the

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held in Pontevedra, Spain. Rîngaci won one of the bronze medals in the women's 68kg event at the 2023 Grand Prix Zagreb Open held in Zagreb, Croatia. She also won one of the bronze medals in her event at the 2023 European U23 Wrestling Championships held in Bucharest, Romania. She won the silver medal in the 65kg event at the

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held in Zagreb, Croatia. In June 2023, Rîngaci lost to Russia's

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at Poddubny wrestling league 5 held in

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. Rîngaci won one of the bronze medals in the women's 68kg event at the

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held in Belgrade, Serbia. As a result, she earned a quota place for Moldova for the

in Paris, France. She defeated Ami Ishii of Japan in her bronze medal match. Rîngaci won one of the bronze medals in the 65kg event at the

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held in Bucharest, Romania. She defeated Kadriye Aksoy of Turkey in her bronze medal match. At the 2024 Summer Olympics, she competed in the women's 68kg event. She was eliminated in her first match by Pak Sol-gum of North Korea. In 2025, Rîngaci won the silver medal in the 65kg event at the

held in Bratislava, Slovakia.

Achievements

References

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Irina Rîngaci
at the

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Irina Rîngaci , Paris 2024
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