Laura Herin Explained

Laura Herin
Full Name:Laura Herin Ávila
Nationality:Cuban
Birth Date:8 April 2001
Sport:Wrestling
Weight Class:53 kg

Laura Herin Ávila (born 8 April 2001) is a Cuban wrestler.[1] [2] She competed in the women's freestyle 53kg event at the 2020 Summer Olympics held in Tokyo, Japan.[3] She lost her first match against Pang Qianyu of China and she was then eliminated in the repechage by Jacarra Winchester of the United States.[4] A few months later, she won the gold medal in the women's 53kg event at the 2021 Junior Pan American Games held in Cali, Colombia.[5]

Career

Herin won the gold medal in the women's 53kg event at the 2021 Junior Pan American Games held in Cali, Colombia. As a result, she directly qualified to compete in the women's 53kg event at the 2023 Pan American Games in Santiago, Chile.[6]

Herin competed in the 53kg event at the 2022 World Wrestling Championships held in Belgrade, Serbia.[7]

Herin won one of the bronze medals in her event at the 2023 Pan American Wrestling Championships held in Buenos Aires, Argentina.[8] She defeated Thalía Mallqui of Peru in her bronze medal match. Herin won the silver medal in the women's 53kg event at the 2023 Pan American Games held in Santiago, Chile.[9] In the final, she lost against Lucía Yépez of Ecuador.[9]

Herin 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 second match by Dominique Parrish of the United States.[10]

Achievements

YearTournamentLocationResultEvent
2023Pan American Wrestling ChampionshipsBuenos Aires, Argentina3rdFreestyle 53kg
Central American and Caribbean GamesSan Salvador, El Salvador 1st Freestyle 53kg
Pan American GamesSantiago, Chile2ndFreestyle 53kg

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Laura Herin . Olympedia . 5 August 2021.
  2. Web site: Wrestling - HERIN AVILA Laura . Tokyo 2020 Olympics . . 29 August 2021 . 8 August 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210808182709/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/en/results/wrestling/athlete-profile-n1311252-herin-avila-laura.htm . dead.
  3. Web site: Wrestling - Women's Freestyle 53kg Schedule . Tokyo 2020 Olympics . Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games . 5 August 2021 . 5 August 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210805164534/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/en/results/wrestling/event-schedule-women-s-freestyle-53kg.htm . dead.
  4. Web site: Wrestling - Results Book . Tokyo 2020 Olympics . Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games . 8 August 2021 . 7 August 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210807164330/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/resOG2020-/pdf/OG2020-/WRE/OG2020-_WRE_B99_WRE-------------------------------.pdf . dead.
  5. Web site: Women 53 kg Event . 6 December 2021 . 6 December 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20211206224733/https://www.calivalle2021.com/en/torneo/esquema/2/torneo/49602 . calivalle2021.com . 2021 Junior Pan American Games . live.
  6. Web site: Wrestling Qualification 2023 Pan American Games . https://web.archive.org/web/20240314191400/https://d3u2kdyvfaxwhl.cloudfront.net/s3fs-public/2022-03/220310_final_qs_santiago.pdf?VersionId=h4LMpNbg5Q0J8Qt4v2V68QFkKIye7ZbW . 14 March 2024 . 14 March 2024 . 2023 Pan American Games.
  7. 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.
  8. 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.
  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.