Ana Godinez Explained

Ana Godinez
Birth Date:26 November 1999[1]
Birth Place:Aguascalientes, Mexico
Country:Canada
Sport:Amateur wrestling
Weight Class:62 kg
Event:Freestyle
Club:Burnaby Mountain Wrestling Club

Ana Paula Godinez Gonzalez (born November 26, 1999) is a Canadian freestyle wrestler.[2] She is a three-time medallist, including two gold medals, at the Pan American Wrestling Championships. She won the silver medal in the women's 62kg event at the 2022 Commonwealth Games held in Birmingham, England.[3] [4]

Career

Godinez won one of the bronze medals in the women's 62kg event at the 2019 World Junior Wrestling Championships held in Tallinn, Estonia.[5] A month later, she competed in the women's 62kg event at the 2019 World Wrestling Championships held in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan.[6]

Godinez won the silver medal in her event at the 2021 Poland Open held in Warsaw, Poland.[7] [8] She competed in the women's 62kg event at the 2021 World Wrestling Championships held in Oslo, Norway.[9] A month later, she won the gold medal in her event at the 2021 U23 World Wrestling Championships held in Belgrade, Serbia.[10] [11]

Godinez won the gold medal in the women's 62kg event at the 2022 Pan American Wrestling Championships held in Acapulco, Mexico.[12] [13] She lost her bronze medal match in the 62kg event at the 2022 World Wrestling Championships held in Belgrade, Serbia.[14] [15] A month later, she won one of the bronze medals in her event at the 2022 U23 World Wrestling Championships held in Pontevedra, Spain.[16]

Godinez won the gold medal in her event at the Grand Prix de France Henri Deglane 2023 held in Nice, France.[17] A few months later, she also won the gold medal in her event at the 2023 Pan American Wrestling Championships held in Buenos Aires, Argentina.[18]

She won the silver medal in her event at the 2024 Pan American Wrestling Championships held in Acapulco, Mexico.[19] A few days later, at the Pan American Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament held in Acapulco, Mexico, she earned a quota place for Canada for the 2024 Summer Olympics held in Paris, France.[20] [21] Godinez lost her bronze medal match in the women's 62kg event at the Olympics.[22]

Personal life

Born in Mexico, Godinez's family emigrated to Canada after a kidnapping threat. Her sister Karla Godinez is also a competitive wrestler. Her sister Loopy Godinez is a professional mixed martial artist.[23]

Achievements

YearTournamentLocationResultEvent
2022Pan American Wrestling ChampionshipsAcapulco, Mexico1stFreestyle 62kg
Commonwealth GamesBirmingham, England2ndFreestyle 62kg
2023Pan American Wrestling ChampionshipsBuenos Aires, Argentina1stFreestyle 62kg
2024Pan American Wrestling ChampionshipsAcapulco, Mexico 2ndFreestyle 62kg

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Ana Godinez. wrestling.ca. 5 August 2022.
  2. Web site: Ana Godinez Gonzalez: Where I am now is just another world. birmingham2022.com. 4 August 2022. 5 August 2022.
  3. News: Berkeley . Geoff . 5 August 2022 . India captures three golds on first day of wrestling at Birmingham 2022 . InsideTheGames.biz . 6 August 2022.
  4. Web site: Wrestling Competition Summary . https://web.archive.org/web/20220806191350/https://b2022-pdf.microplustimingservices.com/WRE/2022-08-06/WRE-------------------------------__C96_1.0.pdf . 6 August 2022 . 6 August 2022 . 2022 Commonwealth Games.
  5. News: O’Kane . Patrick . 16 August 2019 . Okuno claims fifth world title at UWW World Junior Wrestling Championships . InsideTheGames.biz . 5 August 2022.
  6. 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.
  7. News: Rowbottom. Mike. 10 June 2021. Stadnik unstoppable on day one of women's wrestling at Poland Open. InsideTheGames.biz. 4 July 2021.
  8. Web site: 2021 Poland Open Results Book. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20210704164819/https://uww.org/sites/default/files/2021-06/results_06_warsaw.pdf. 4 July 2021. 4 July 2021. United World Wrestling.
  9. 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.
  10. News: Dowdeswell. Andrew. 5 November 2021. Yepez Guzman makes history for Ecuador at UWW Under-23 World Championships. InsideTheGames.biz. 5 November 2021.
  11. Web site: 2021 U23 World Wrestling Championships Results Book. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20211110104150/https://cdn.uww.org/s3fs-public/2021-11/results_11_belgrade.pdf?VersionId=q9PpC48NYmp7wndhAvjEjk6GB7FF03OG. 10 November 2021. 10 November 2021. United World Wrestling.
  12. News: Burke . Patrick . 6 May 2022 . Godinez impresses to clinch gold at wrestling's Pan American Championships . . 7 May 2022.
  13. 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.
  14. News: Brennan . Eliott . 13 September 2022 . Olympic medallist Kayaalp returns to champion status at World Wrestling Championships . InsideTheGames.biz . 14 September 2022.
  15. 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.
  16. Web site: 2022 U23 World Wrestling Championships Results Book . https://web.archive.org/web/20221025174035/https://cdn.uww.org/s3fs-public/2022-10/final-book-2022-u23_world_championships_0.pdf?VersionId=ULvdQi1j2falTsouZCHLVjHUfEvhszPO . 25 October 2022 . 25 October 2022 . United World Wrestling.
  17. Web site: Grand Prix de France Henri Deglane 2023 Results Book . https://web.archive.org/web/20230129102012/https://cdn.uww.org/s3fs-public/2023-01/results_01_nice.pdf?VersionId=JRwl6aj396SBu4z5fue7A0lWVoSOgrwt . 29 January 2023 . 4 February 2023 . United World Wrestling.
  18. 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.
  19. 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.
  20. Web site: Qualified NOCs at 2024 Pan American Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament . https://web.archive.org/web/20240304175337/https://d3u2kdyvfaxwhl.cloudfront.net/s3fs-public/2024-03/2nd_phase_acapulco_qualified_nocs.pdf?VersionId=7daWt.sjVf3DcCmRgpMQwttDuVARZ8Sx . 4 March 2024 . 4 March 2024 . United World Wrestling.
  21. 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.
  22. Web site: Wrestling Results Book . https://web.archive.org/web/20240811181048/https://olympics.com/OG2024/pdf/OG2024/WRE/OG2024_WRE_B99_WRE-------------------------------.pdf . 11 August 2024 . 12 August 2024 . 2024 Summer Olympics.
  23. Web site: Binner . Andrew . Ana Godinez Gonzalez exclusive: From cartel threats in Mexico to continental wrestling champion . Olympics.com . 2023-09-24 . 2024-07-29.