Pei Xingru Explained

Pei Xingru
Birth Date:	1998 10, df=yes
Country:	China
Sport:	Amateur wrestling
Event:	Freestyle

Pei Xingru (born 11 October 1998)^[1] is a Chinese freestyle wrestler. She won the gold medal in the women's 60 kg event at the 2016 World Wrestling Championships held in Budapest, Hungary.^{[2] [3]} She also won one of the bronze medals both in the women's 59 kg event in 2018 and in the women's 59 kg event in 2019.^{[4] [5] [6]}

Career

At the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics held in Nanjing, China, she won the silver medal in the girls' 60 kg event.^{[7] [8]} In the final, she lost against Grace Bullen of Norway.^{[7] [8]}

In 2017, she won the gold medal in the women's 58 kg event at the Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games held in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan.^[9] The following year, she won the gold medal in the women's 57 kg event at the 2018 Asian Wrestling Championships held in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan.^{[10] [11]} In the same month, she also competed in the women's freestyle event as part of the 2018 Wrestling World Cup. Later that year, she won the silver medal in the women's 57 kg event at the 2018 Asian Games held in Jakarta and Palembang, Indonesia.^[1] In the final, she lost against Jong Myong-suk of North Korea.

Achievements

Year	Tournament	Location	Result	Event
2016	World Championships	Budapest, Hungary	1st	Freestyle 60kg
2017	Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games	Ashgabat, Turkmenistan	1st	Freestyle 58kg
2018	Asian Championships	Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan	1st	Freestyle 57kg
	Asian Games	Jakarta, Indonesia	2nd	Freestyle 57kg
	World Championships	Budapest, Hungary	3rd	Freestyle 59kg
2019	World Championships	Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan	3rd	Freestyle 59kg

Notes and References

1. Web site: Wrestling Results Book. 2018 Asian Games. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20200203161810/http://www.ocagames.com/orb/files/4/112/AG2018_OfficialResultBook_Wrestling_v1.0.pdf. 3 February 2020. 18 May 2020.
2. News: Kurbanaliev claims maiden global crown at Wrestling World Championships for non-Olympic weights. Etchells. Daniel. 11 December 2016. InsideTheGames.biz. 18 January 2020.
3. Web site: 2016 World Wrestling Championships Results Book. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20201118174823/https://unitedworldwrestling.org/sites/default/files/media/document/event/results/results_12_budapest.pdf. 18 November 2020. 21 November 2020. United World Wrestling.
4. Web site: 2018 World Wrestling Championships Results. United World Wrestling. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20200414123246/https://unitedworldwrestling.org/sites/default/files/2018-11/2018-world-championships_final-book.pdf. 14 April 2020. 14 April 2020.
5. News: Gray edges Minagawa to earn fifth women's title at World Wrestling Championships. Rowbottom. Mike. 19 September 2019. InsideTheGames.biz. 18 January 2020.
6. Web site: 2019 World Wrestling Championships Results. United World Wrestling. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20200412151211/https://unitedworldwrestling.org/sites/default/files/2019-09/nur-sultan_kz_final-book_1.pdf. 12 April 2020. 12 April 2020.
7. News: 25 September 2014. Wrestling: New stars of the mat emerge in Nanjing. Olympic News. 18 May 2020.
8. Web site: Wrestling Results Book . 2014 Summer Youth Olympics . https://web.archive.org/web/20200618230727/http://mat1.gtimg.com/nanjing2014/resultsbook/Results_Book_WR_V1.0.pdf . 18 June 2020.
9. Web site: Wrestling Results book. 2017 Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games. live. 26 February 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200417024641/http://ashgabat2017.com/atos/ashgabat17/resAG2017/pdf/AG2017/WR/AG2017_WR_AA1_WR0000000.pdf. 17 April 2020.
10. News: Kaur ends India's wait for women's gold at Asian Wrestling Championships. Pavitt. Michael. 2 March 2018. InsideTheGames.biz. 18 January 2020.
11. Web site: 2018 Asian Wrestling Championships – Results Book. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20190202212631/https://unitedworldwrestling.org/sites/default/files/2019-01/results_02_bishkek-updated.pdf. 2 February 2019. 8 August 2020. United World Wrestling.