Emanuela Liuzzi Explained

Emanuela Liuzzi
Headercolor:	lightblue
Birth Date:	27 April 2000
Birth Place:	Giugliano in Campania, Italy
Height:	1.5m (04.9feet)
Weight:	50kg (110lb)
Country:	Italy
Sport:	Women's freestyle wrestling
Event:	50 kg

Emanuela Liuzzi (born 27 April 2000) is an Italian freestyle wrestler competing in the 50 kg division.^{[1] [2]} She won a bronze medal at the 2023 European Wrestling Championships held in Zagreb, Croatia.

Career

In 2023, Liuzzi won a bronze medal in the women's freestyle 50 kg event at the 2023 European Wrestling Championships held in Zagreb, Croatia.^{[3] [4]} She competed in the women's 50kg event at the 2024 European Wrestling Championships held in Bucharest, Romania.^[5] She was eliminated in her second match by eventual bronze medalist Miglena Selishka of Bulgaria.^[5]

Liuzzi competed at the 2024 European Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament in Baku, Azerbaijan hoping to qualify for the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France.^[6] She was eliminated in her first match and she did not qualify originally for the Olympics.^[6] Liuzzi also competed at the 2024 World Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament held in Istanbul, Turkey without qualifying for the Olympics.^[7] However, she secured a last-minute spot for the Games, after North Korea's Kim Sonhyang pulled out unexpectedly.^[8]

Notes and References

1. Web site: LIUZZI Emanuela profile page. uww.org.
2. Web site: Debien, Larroque et Vescan en bronze aux Championnats d'Europe .
3. Web site: European Championships. United World Wrestling.
4. News: Lloyd . Owen . 21 April 2023 . Ukraine take golden double at European Wrestling Championships after day four disappointment . InsideTheGames.biz . 22 April 2023.
5. Web site: 2024 European Wrestling Championships Results Book . https://web.archive.org/web/20240219213412/https://d3u2kdyvfaxwhl.cloudfront.net/s3fs-public/2024-02/results_02_bucharest.pdf?VersionId=XkE2ZnjNmXYzWNF1si8_Od9HuEOhuMrM . 19 February 2024 . 19 February 2024 . United World Wrestling.
6. Web site: 2024 European Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament Results Book . https://web.archive.org/web/20240408164811/https://cdn.uww.org/2024-04/final-book-seniors_european_og_qualifier.pdf . 8 April 2024 . 8 April 2024 . United World Wrestling.
7. 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.
8. Web site: 'Didn't Hear Italy's Opposition Playing Politics': Netizens on Emanuela Liuzzi's Disqualification Due to Weight Issue at Paris Olympics .