Olivia Di Bacco Explained

Olivia Di Bacco
Full Name:Olivia Grace Di Bacco
Birth Date:1992 8, df=yes
Height:168cm (66inches)
Country:Canada
Sport:Amateur wrestling
Weight Class:68 kg
Event:Freestyle
Club:Brock Wrestling Club

Olivia Grace Di Bacco (born 4 August 1992) is a Canadian freestyle wrestler. She is a four-time medalist, including two gold medals, at the Pan American Wrestling Championships. At the 2019 Pan American Games held in Lima, Peru, she won the silver medal in the 68kg event.[1]

Career

At the Pan American Wrestling Championships, she won the gold medal in 2017 and 2024. She won one of the bronze medals both in 2019 and 2020.[2] [3]

In March 2021, she won one of the bronze medals in the 68kg event at the Matteo Pellicone Ranking Series 2021 held in Rome, Italy.[4] In October 2021, she lost her bronze medal match in the 68kg event at the 2021 World Wrestling Championships held in Oslo, Norway.[5]

In 2023, Di Bacco competed in her event at the Pan American Wrestling Championships held in Buenos Aires, Argentina.[6] In September 2023, she competed in the women's 68kg event at the 2023 World Wrestling Championships held in Belgrade, Serbia.[7] She won one of the bronze medals in the women's 68kg event at the 2023 Pan American Games held in Santiago, Chile.[8] She defeated Ámbar Garnica of Mexico in her bronze medal match.[8]

Di Bacco won the gold medal in her event at the 2024 Pan American Wrestling Championships held in Acapulco, Mexico.[9] She defeated Soleymi Caraballo of Venezuela in her gold medal match.[9]

Achievements

YearTournamentLocationResultEvent
2017Pan American Wrestling ChampionshipsLauro de Freitas, Brazil1stFreestyle 69kg
2019Pan American Wrestling ChampionshipsBuenos Aires, Argentina3rdFreestyle 68kg
Pan American GamesLima, Peru2ndFreestyle 68kg
2020Pan American Wrestling ChampionshipsOttawa, Canada3rdFreestyle 68kg
2023Pan American GamesSantiago, Chile3rdFreestyle 68kg
2024Pan American Wrestling ChampionshipsAcapulco, Mexico 1stFreestyle 68kg

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2019 Pan American Games Wrestling Results. United World Wrestling. live. 17 March 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200525205742/https://unitedworldwrestling.org/sites/default/files/2019-08/results_08_lima.pdf. 25 May 2020.
  2. News: Pavitt. Michael. World champion Gray prevails at Pan American Wrestling Championships. 20 April 2019. InsideTheGames.biz. 19 March 2020.
  3. News: Etchells. Daniel. Arthur wins first Pan American Wrestling Championships title for Jamaica. 8 March 2020. InsideTheGames.biz. 14 March 2020.
  4. Web site: Matteo Pellicone Ranking Series 2021. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20210321221706/https://uww.org/sites/default/files/2021-03/final-book_matteo_pellicone_2021.pdf. 21 March 2021. 21 March 2021. United World Wrestling.
  5. 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.
  6. 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.
  7. Web site: 2023 World Wrestling Championships Results Book . https://web.archive.org/web/20231104205225/https://d3u2kdyvfaxwhl.cloudfront.net/s3fs-public/2023-09/final-book-2023-senior_world_championships_and_og_qualif.pdf?VersionId=Vw6R1se4WK.11kPw_YnsfzZdbwCSiIiI . 4 November 2023 . 4 November 2023 . United World Wrestling.
  8. 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.
  9. 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.