Linda Machuca Explained
Linda Machuca |
Full Name: | Linda Marilina Machuca |
Birth Date: | 2001 4, df=yes |
Country: | Argentina |
Sport: | Amateur wrestling |
Weight Class: | 76 kg |
Event: | Freestyle |
Linda Marilina Machuca (born 1 April 2001) is an Argentine freestyle wrestler. She is a two-time bronze medalist at the Pan American Wrestling Championships. She won the silver medal in the girls' freestyle 73kg event at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics held in Buenos Aires, Argentina.[1] [2]
Career
At the 2019 Pan American Wrestling Championships, held in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Machuca won the bronze medal in the women's 72kg event.[3] She won the silver medal in the women's 76kg event at the 2021 Junior Pan American Games held in Cali, Colombia.[4]
In 2023, Machuca competed in the women's 76kg event at the Pan American Wrestling Championships held in Buenos Aires, Argentina.[5] A few months later, she competed in her event at the 2023 Pan American Games held in Santiago, Chile.[6] She lost her first match and she was then eliminated in the repechage.[6]
Machuca won one of the bronze medals in her event at the 2024 Pan American Wrestling Championships held in Acapulco, Mexico.[7] She 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.[8] She was eliminated in her second match by Justina Di Stasio of Canada.[8]
Achievements
Notes and References
- News: 14 October 2018. Day 7: What's been happening at the YOG. Olympic News. 21 May 2020.
- Web site: Women's Freestyle 73 kg Results . https://web.archive.org/web/20181014164932/https://www.buenosaires2018.com/results/resYOG2018/pdf/YOG2018/WRE/YOG2018_WRE_C75_WREWFS73KG------------------------.pdf . 14 October 2018 . 11 August 2024 . 2018 Summer Youth Olympics.
- News: United States enjoy further gold medal success at Pan American Wrestling Championships. Pavitt. Michael. 19 April 2019. InsideTheGames.biz. 31 January 2020.
- Web site: Women's 76 kg Event. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20211206224247/https://www.calivalle2021.com/en/torneo/esquema/2/torneo/49610. 6 December 2021. 6 December 2021. 2021 Junior Pan American Games.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.