Ámbar Garnica Explained

Ámbar Garnica
Full Name:Ámbar Michell Garnica Flores
Country:Mexico
Sport:Amateur wrestling
Weight Class:68 kg
Event:Freestyle

Ámbar Michell Garnica Flores is a Mexican freestyle wrestler. At the 2019 Pan American Games held in Lima, Peru, she won one of the bronze medals in the 68kg event.[1] She also won medals at the Pan American Wrestling Championships and the Central American and Caribbean Games.

Career

In 2019, at the World Wrestling Championships held in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan, Garnica competed in the 68kg event where she was eliminated in her first match.[2] In May 2021, she failed to qualify for the Olympics at the World Olympic Qualification Tournament held in Sofia, Bulgaria.[3] In October 2021, Garnica competed in the 68kg event at the World Wrestling Championships held in Oslo, Norway.[4] She also competed in the 68kg event at the 2022 World Wrestling Championships held in Belgrade, Serbia.[5]

In 2023, Garnica won the silver medal in the women's 68kg event at the Pan American Wrestling Championships held in Buenos Aires, Argentina.[6] [7] She also won one of the bronze medals in her event at the 2023 Central American and Caribbean Games held in San Salvador, El Salvador.[8] In the same year, Garnica competed in her event at the Pan American Games held in Santiago, Chile.[9]

Garnica competed at the 2024 Pan American Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament held in Acapulco, Mexico hoping to qualify for the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France.[10] She was eliminated in her first match.[10] Garnica also competed at the 2024 World Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament held in Istanbul, Turkey without qualifying for the Olympics.[11] She was eliminated in her first match.[11]

Achievements

YearTournamentLocationResultEvent
2019Pan American Wrestling ChampionshipsBuenos Aires, Argentina3rdFreestyle 68kg
Pan American GamesLima, Peru3rdFreestyle 68kg
2022Central American and Caribbean Beach GamesSanta Marta, Colombia2ndBeach wrestling 70kg
2023Pan American Wrestling ChampionshipsBuenos Aires, Argentina2ndFreestyle 68kg
Central American and Caribbean GamesSan Salvador, El Salvador 3rdFreestyle 68kg

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2019 Pan American Games Wrestling Results. United World Wrestling. live. 17 March 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20190812224834/https://unitedworldwrestling.org/sites/default/files/2019-08/results_08_lima.pdf . 2019-08-12 .
  2. Web site: 2019 World Wrestling Championships Results. United World Wrestling. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20200412151211/https://unitedworldwrestling.org/sites/default/files/2019-09/nur-sultan_kz_final-book_1.pdf. 12 April 2020. 12 April 2020.
  3. Web site: 2021 World Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament Results Book. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20210509161754/https://uww.org/sites/default/files/2021-05/world_og_qualifier_final_book.pdf. 9 May 2021. 9 May 2021. United World Wrestling.
  4. Web site: 2021 World Wrestling Championships Results Book. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20211016114828/https://uww.org/sites/default/files/2021-10/results_10_oslo.pdf. 16 October 2021. 16 October 2021. United World Wrestling.
  5. Web site: 2022 World Wrestling Championships Results Book . https://web.archive.org/web/20220918183512/https://cdn.uww.org/s3fs-public/2022-09/final-book-2022-senior-world-championships_compressed.pdf?VersionId=zoTz_Ra8zK5EkVhfrZuDG5THXf4.3ik. . 18 September 2022 . 18 September 2022 . United World Wrestling.
  6. News: Lloyd . Owen . 5 May 2023 . Burroughs and Hildebrandt extend remarkable Pan-American Wrestling Championships records . InsideTheGames.biz . 6 May 2023.
  7. Web site: 2023 Pan American Wrestling Championships Results Book . https://web.archive.org/web/20240226203320/https://d3u2kdyvfaxwhl.cloudfront.net/s3fs-public/2023-05/final-book-senior-panam-champ-buenos-aires-2023.pdf?VersionId=yecp8rLNiqq7ACmM2ZKBSs__yD7nb2yA . 26 February 2024 . 26 February 2024 . United World Wrestling.
  8. Web site: Women's 68 kg Medalists . https://web.archive.org/web/20230701153242/https://wrs-jcc2023-resources.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/2023jcc/reports/WREWFS68KG------------------------.C92A_1_0.pdf . 1 July 2023 . 13 March 2024 . 2023 Central American and Caribbean Games.
  9. Web site: 2023 Pan American Games Wrestling Results Book . https://web.archive.org/web/20231113175541/https://d3u2kdyvfaxwhl.cloudfront.net/s3fs-public/2023-11/results_11_santiago.pdf?VersionId=ocfKr13Qrtwtq9qEta1i5GULm0pZKAYL . 13 November 2023 . 13 November 2023 . United World Wrestling.
  10. Web site: 2024 Pan American Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament Results Book . https://web.archive.org/web/20240304172342/https://d3u2kdyvfaxwhl.cloudfront.net/s3fs-public/2024-03/results_02_acapulco_tq.pdf?VersionId=JF17JQRQNzYOgzYC1imqNPlT1Awo0vIQ . 4 March 2024 . 4 March 2024 . United World Wrestling.
  11. Web site: 2024 World Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament Results Book . https://web.archive.org/web/20240514204605/https://cdn.uww.org/2024-05/results_05_istanbul_qt.pdf . 14 May 2024 . 14 May 2024 . United World Wrestling.