Luisa Valverde Explained
Luisa Elizabeth Valverde Melendres (born 4 July 1991) is an Ecuadorian freestyle wrestler. She is a two-time gold medalist at the South American Games (2018 and 2022) and a bronze medalist at the 2023 Pan American Games held in Santiago, Chile. She also won medals at the Pan American Wrestling Championships.[1] [2]
Career
Valverde won one of the bronze medals in the women's 51kg event at the 2010 South American Games held in Medellín, Colombia.[3]
Valverde won the gold medal in the 55kg event at the 2014 Pan American Wrestling Championships held in Mexico City, Mexico.[4] At the 2017 Pan American Wrestling Championships held in Lauro de Freitas, Brazil, she won one of the bronze medals in the 53 kg event.[5]
In March 2020, Valverde competed at the Pan American Olympic Qualification Tournament held in Ottawa, Canada hoping to qualify for the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.[6] She did not qualify at this tournament and she also failed to qualify for the Olympics at the 2021 World Olympic Qualification Tournament held in Sofia, Bulgaria.[7]
Valverde won the silver medal in her event at the 2021 Dan Kolov & Nikola Petrov Tournament held in Plovdiv, Bulgaria.[8] In May 2021, she won the silver medal in the women's 53 kg event at the 2021 Pan American Wrestling Championships held in Guatemala City, Guatemala.[9] [10] A month later, she was able to qualify to represent Ecuador at the 2020 Summer Olympics after qualified wrestler Pak Yong-mi of North Korea was no longer able to compete. Due to COVID-19, North Korea's decided to withdraw entirely from the 2020 Summer Olympics.[11] She competed in the women's 53kg event.[12] She won her first match against Maria Prevolaraki of Greece and she was then eliminated in her next match by Bat-Ochiryn Bolortuyaa of Mongolia.[12]
Two months after the Olympics, Valverde lost her bronze medal match in the women's 53kg event at the 2021 World Wrestling Championships held in Oslo, Norway.[13] [14] She won the silver medal in her event at the 2022 Pan American Wrestling Championships held in Acapulco, Mexico.[15] [16]
Valverde won the gold medal in her event at the 2022 Bolivarian Games held in Valledupar, Colombia.[17] [18] She was eliminated in her first match in the 55kg event at the 2022 World Wrestling Championships held in Belgrade, Serbia.[19] She won the gold medal in her event at the 2022 South American Games held in Asunción, Paraguay.[20] [21]
Valverde won the silver medal in the women's 55kg event at the Grand Prix de France Henri Deglane 2023 held in Nice, France.[22]
Valverde won one of the bronze medals in the women's 57kg event at the 2023 Ibrahim Moustafa Tournament held in Alexandria, Egypt.[23] She won the gold medal in her event at the 2023 Dan Kolov & Nikola Petrov Tournament held in Sofia, Bulgaria.[24] Two months later, she also won the gold medal in her event at the 2023 Pan American Wrestling Championships held in Buenos Aires, Argentina.[25] [26] She won one of the bronze medals in the women's 57kg event at the 2023 Pan American Games held in Santiago, Chile.[27] She defeated Betzabeth Sarco of Venezuela in her bronze medal match.[27]
She won a bronze medal in the women's 57kg event at the 2024 Pan American Wrestling Championships held in Acapulco, Mexico.[28] A few days later, at the Pan American Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament held in Acapulco, Mexico, she earned a quota place for Ecuador for the 2024 Summer Olympics held in Paris, France.[29] [30] She competed in the women's 57kg event at the Olympics.[31]
Achievements
Year | Tournament | Location | Result | Event |
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2010 | South American Games | Medellín, Colombia | 3rd | Freestyle 51kg |
2011 | Pan American Wrestling Championships | Rionegro, Colombia | 3rd | Freestyle 48kg |
2013 | Bolivarian Games | Trujillo, Peru | 3rd | Freestyle 51kg |
2014 | Pan American Wrestling Championships | Mexico City, Mexico | 1st | Freestyle 55kg |
2015 | Pan American Wrestling Championships | Santiago, Chile | 2nd | Freestyle 55kg |
2016 | Pan American Wrestling Championships | Frisco, United States | 2nd | Freestyle 55kg |
2017 | Pan American Wrestling Championships | Lauro de Freitas, Brazil | 3rd | Freestyle 53kg |
Bolivarian Games | Santa Marta, Colombia | 3rd | Freestyle 53kg |
2018 | Pan American Wrestling Championships | Lima, Peru | 2nd | Freestyle 53kg |
South American Games | Cochabamba, Bolivia | 1st | Freestyle 53kg |
2019 | Pan American Wrestling Championships | Buenos Aires, Argentina | 2nd | Freestyle 53kg |
2020 | Pan American Wrestling Championships | Ottawa, Canada | 1st | Freestyle 53kg |
2021 | Pan American Wrestling Championships | Guatemala City, Guatemala | 2nd | Freestyle 53kg |
2022 | Pan American Wrestling Championships | Acapulco, Mexico | 2nd | Freestyle 53kg |
Bolivarian Games | Valledupar, Colombia | 1st | Freestyle 57kg |
South American Games | Asunción, Paraguay | 1st | Freestyle 57kg |
2023 | Pan American Wrestling Championships | Buenos Aires, Argentina | 1st | Freestyle 57kg |
Pan American Games | Santiago, Chile | 3rd | Freestyle 57kg |
2024 | Pan American Wrestling Championships | Acapulco, Mexico | 3rd | Freestyle 57kg | |
Notes and References
- News: Gray secures first Pan American Wrestling Championships title in Lima. Pavitt. Michael. May 5, 2018. InsideTheGames.biz. January 13, 2020.
- News: Etchells. Daniel. Arthur wins first Pan American Wrestling Championships title for Jamaica. 8 March 2020. InsideTheGames.biz. 14 March 2020.
- News: 26 March 2010 . Tres oros para Colombia en lucha libre femenina . es . Colombia.com . dead . 11 September 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200811105340/https://www.colombia.com/deportes/autonoticias/especiales/2010/03/26/DetalleNoticia28427.asp . 11 August 2020.
- Web site: 2014 Pan American Wrestling Championships Results Book . https://web.archive.org/web/20220926195431/https://cdn.uww.org/s3fs-public/results_07_mexico.pdf?VersionId=1D6IlI53OGMKW.3nIW4JqRTmTWWi5oF6 . 26 September 2022 . 26 September 2022 . United World Wrestling.
- Web site: 2017 Pan American Wrestling Championships Results Book. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20210822172113/https://uww.org/sites/default/files/media/document/event/results/results_05_bahia.pdf. August 22, 2021. August 22, 2021. United World Wrestling.
- Web site: 2020 Pan American Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20200822112639/https://unitedworldwrestling.org/sites/default/files/2020-03/senior_pan-american_og_qualifier.pdf. 22 August 2020. 22 August 2020. United World Wrestling.
- Web site: 2021 World Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament Results Book. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20210509161754/https://uww.org/sites/default/files/2021-05/world_og_qualifier_final_book.pdf. 9 May 2021. 9 May 2021. United World Wrestling.
- Web site: 2021 Dan Kolov & Nikola Petrov Tournament Results Book . https://web.archive.org/web/20220112234231/https://cdn.uww.org/s3fs-public/2021-04/results_04_plovdiv.pdf?VersionId=6WiwiqzOfNOFSyBT8LMAZt7tAzUi.Qu2 . 12 January 2022 . 26 September 2022 . United World Wrestling.
- News: Pavitt. Michael. 29 May 2021. Gray among winners as women's competition concludes at Pan American Wrestling Championships. InsideTheGames.biz. 30 May 2021.
- Web site: 2021 Pan American Wrestling Championships Results Book. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20210531091734/https://uww.org/sites/default/files/2021-05/results_05_guatemalacity.pdf. 31 May 2021. 31 May 2021. United World Wrestling.
- News: 15 June 2021. Ecuador, Romania Earn Olympic Tickets as North Korea Withdraws from Tokyo 2020. United World Wrestling. 25 June 2021.
- Web site: Wrestling Results Book. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20210807164330/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/resOG2020-/pdf/OG2020-/WRE/OG2020-_WRE_B99_WRE-------------------------------.pdf. 7 August 2021. 8 August 2021. Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games.
- News: Burke. Patrick. 6 October 2021. Adelaine Maria Gray wins sixth title at Wrestling World Championships. InsideTheGames.biz. 6 October 2021.
- 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.
- News: Burke . Patrick . 7 May 2022 . Hildebrandt earns seventh Pan American Championships wrestling title . . 8 May 2022.
- 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.
- News: 5 July 2022 . Neisi Dajomes se consagró campeona bolivariana en el arranque y envión en la división de los 81 kg . es . La Gaceta . 21 September 2022.
- 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.
- 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.
- News: 13 October 2022 . Jacqueline Mollocana gana medalla de oro en Asunción . es . Primicias . 15 October 2022.
- News: 13 October 2022 . Luchadora Soleymi Caraballo sacó la casta y logró el oro en Asunción 2022 . es . Diario Primicia . 15 October 2022.
- 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.
- Web site: 2023 Ibrahim Moustafa Tournament Results Book . https://web.archive.org/web/20230226201011/https://cdn.uww.org/s3fs-public/2023-02/final-book-rs2-ibrahim-moustafa.pdf?VersionId=Gq8nHiMgxB60VBNUTWq8BLKqDmHLqvcK . 26 February 2023 . 26 February 2023 . United World Wrestling.
- Web site: 2023 Dan Kolov & Nikola Petrov Tournament Results Book . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20230307130300/https://cdn.uww.org/s3fs-public/2023-03/results_03_sofia.pdf?VersionId=g1eemM9v2lRqcW08Qi8J8daZveFnBhke . 7 March 2023 . 7 May 2023 . United World Wrestling.
- News: Lloyd . Owen . 5 May 2023 . Burroughs and Hildebrandt extend remarkable Pan-American Wrestling Championships records . InsideTheGames.biz . 6 May 2023.
- 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: 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.
- 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.
- 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.