Eduardo Gajardo Explained

Eduardo Ivan Gajardo Meneses
Birth Date:1989
Birth Place:Rancagua, Chile
Weight:86kg (190lb)
Sport:Amateur wrestling
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Eduardo Ivan Gajardo Meneses (born 1990) is a Chilean freestyle wrestler who competes at the 86 kg weight class.

Career

Gajardo had been training judo since he was 8 years-old and later transitioned to wrestling when he was 17.

He had his first international competition in at the Pan American Championships of 2011, in which he placed 11th. Since then, he has competed in multiple internationals tournaments and has collected multiple medals in competitions such as the South American Games and the Pan American Championships.[1] [2]

He won the silver medal in his event at the 2022 Bolivarian Games held in Valledupar, Colombia.[3]

Major results

YearTournamentLocationResultEvent
2011Pan American Championships Rionegro, Colombia11thFreestyle 74 kg
2011South American Championships Buenos Aires, Argentina5thFreestyle 74 kg
2012Pan American Championships Colorado Springs, Colorado7thFreestyle 74 kg
2012Pan American Olympic Qualification Tournament Kissimmee, Florida3rdFreestyle 74 kg
2012South American Championships Callao, Perú2ndFreestyle 74 kg
2013Pan American Championships Panama City, Panamá10thFreestyle 74 kg
2013South American Championships Santiago, Chile1stFreestyle 74 kg
2013Bolivarian Games Trujillo, Peru5thFreestyle 84 kg
2014South American Games Santiago, Chile7thFreestyle 74 kg
2015Pan American Championships Santiago, Chile3rdFreestyle 74 kg
2015Pan American Games Toronto, Canada7thFreestyle 74 kg
2016Pan American Championships Frisco, Texas7thFreestyle 74 kg
2016Pan American Olympic Qualification Tournament Frisco, Texas3rdFreestyle 74 kg
2018Pan American Championships Lima, Perú9thFreestyle 86 kg
2018South American Games Cochabamba, Bolivia3rdFreestyle 86 kg
2019RS - Dan Kolov - Nikola Petrov Tournament Russe, Bulgaria19thFreestyle 86 kg
2019Pan American Championships Buenos Aires, Argentina13thFreestyle 86 kg

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Rancagüino Eduardo Gajardo y el bronce Suramericano en Cochabamba: "Haber conseguido esta medalla significa mucho para mi". Informaciones. Jefe de. 2018-06-25. El Rancagüino. es. 2020-04-10.
  2. Web site: International Wrestling Database. www.iat.uni-leipzig.de. 2020-04-17.
  3. 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.