Óscar Tigreros Explained

Óscar Tigreros
Full Name:Óscar Eduardo Tigreros Urbano
Birth Date:1997 7, df=yes
Birth Place:Buga, Valle del Cauca, Colombia
Country:Colombia
Sport:Amateur wrestling
Weight Class:57 kg

Óscar Eduardo Tigreros Urbano (born 28 July 1997) is a Colombian freestyle wrestler. He won the gold medal in the men's 57kg event at the 2022 Bolivarian Games held in Valledupar, Colombia. He is also a South American Games gold medalist and two-time Pan American runner-up. He competed in the men's 57kg event at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.

Career

In 2018, Tigreros won the silver medal in the 57kg event at the Pan American Wrestling Championships and the silver medal in the 57kg event at the South American Games in Cochabamba, Bolivia.[1] That year, he also won one of the bronze medals in the 57kg event at the 2018 Central American and Caribbean Games held in Barranquilla, Colombia.[2] [3]

He won the silver medal in the 57kg event at the 2019 Pan American Wrestling Championships held in Buenos Aires, Argentina. A few months later, he also competed in the 57kg event at the 2019 Pan American Games held in Lima, Peru without winning a medal; he lost his bronze medal match against Darthe Capellan of Canada.[4]

In 2020, Tigreros qualified to represent Colombia at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan, when he recorded a silver-medal finish at the Pan American Olympic Qualification Tournament held in Ottawa, Canada.[5] [6]

Tigreros won one of the bronze medals in his event at the 2022 Pan American Wrestling Championships held in Acapulco, Mexico.[7] [8] He won the gold medal in his event at the 2022 Bolivarian Games held in Valledupar, Colombia.[9] He defeated Enrique Herrera of Peru in his gold medal match.[9]

Tigreros competed in the 57kg event at the 2022 World Wrestling Championships held in Belgrade, Serbia.[10] He lost his first match against Zelimkhan Abakarov of Albania and was eliminated in the repechage by Reineri Andreu of Cuba.[10]

Tigreros won the gold medal in his event at the 2022 South American Games held in Asunción, Paraguay.[11] He defeated Pedro Mejías of Venezuela in his gold-medal match.[11]

In 2024, Tigreros won a bronze medal in his event at the 2024 Pan American Wrestling Championships held in Acapulco, Mexico.[12] He competed at the Pan American Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament in Acapulco, Mexico hoping to qualify for the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France.[13] He was eliminated in his second match.[13]

Achievements

YearTournamentLocationResultEvent
Representing
2013South American Youth GamesLima, Peru 1stFreestyle 46 kg
3rdGreco-Roman 50 kg
2018Pan American ChampionshipsLima, Peru2ndFreestyle 57 kg
South American GamesCochabamba, Bolivia2ndFreestyle 57 kg
Central American and Caribbean GamesBarranquilla, Colombia3rdFreestyle 57 kg
2019Pan American ChampionshipsBuenos Aires, Argentina2ndFreestyle 57 kg
2022Pan American ChampionshipsAcapulco, Mexico3rdFreestyle 57 kg
Bolivarian GamesValledupar, Colombia1stFreestyle 57 kg
South American GamesAsunción, Paraguay1stFreestyle 57 kg
2023Pan American GamesSantiago, Chile2nd
2024 Pan American ChampionshipsAcapulco, Mexico3rdFreestyle 57 kg

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2018 South American Games Results. United World Wrestling. live. 18 March 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200318202029/https://unitedworldwrestling.org/sites/default/files/2018-06/final-book.pdf. 18 March 2020.
  2. Web site: Juegos Centroamericanos y del Caribe Barranquilla 2018. United World Wrestling. 17 March 2020.
  3. Web site: 2018 Central American and Caribbean Games Wrestling Results Book. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20200321150203/https://unitedworldwrestling.org/sites/default/files/2018-08/results_07_barranquilla.pdf. 21 March 2020. 30 June 2020. United World Wrestling.
  4. Web site: 2019 Pan American Games Wrestling Results. United World Wrestling. live. 17 March 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200525205742/https://unitedworldwrestling.org/sites/default/files/2019-08/results_08_lima.pdf. 25 May 2020.
  5. News: Palmer. Dan. Argentina qualify male wrestler for Olympics for first time since 1996. 15 March 2020. InsideTheGames.biz. 16 March 2020.
  6. Web site: 2020 Pan American Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20200822112639/https://unitedworldwrestling.org/sites/default/files/2020-03/senior_pan-american_og_qualifier.pdf. 22 August 2020. 22 August 2020. United World Wrestling.
  7. News: Burke . Patrick . 8 May 2022 . US underline domination of wrestling's Pan American Championships on final day . InsideTheGames.biz . 17 October 2022.
  8. Web site: 2022 Pan American Wrestling Championships Results Book . https://web.archive.org/web/20220509223006/https://cdn.uww.org/s3fs-public/2022-05/results_05_acapulco.pdf?VersionId=B5lbo37Y0twxEy6yBGRa8vikoyKJLzoq . 9 May 2022 . 9 May 2022 . United World Wrestling.
  9. Web site: 2022 Bolivarian Games Results Book . https://web.archive.org/web/20220720205816/https://cdn.uww.org/s3fs-public/2022-07/results_07_valledupar.pdf?VersionId=MgI89r00Oeb4gSM3e4zfYy7TrZLeqZr1 . 20 July 2022 . 20 July 2022 . United World Wrestling.
  10. 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.
  11. Web site: 2022 South American Games Results Book . https://web.archive.org/web/20221017171659/https://cdn.uww.org/s3fs-public/2022-10/results_10_asuncion.pdf?VersionId=kM4PBjfzMWgmxbl2rhVevFqbe4a8azmj . 17 October 2022 . 17 October 2022 . United World Wrestling.
  12. Web site: 2024 Pan American Wrestling Championships Results Book . https://web.archive.org/web/20240228032955/https://d3u2kdyvfaxwhl.cloudfront.net/s3fs-public/2024-02/results_02_acapulco.pdf?VersionId=Efb44FH3Pq4shxxDWjI7EpGpxkdEL.Lw . 28 February 2024 . 5 March 2024 . United World Wrestling.
  13. 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.