Yudaris Sánchez Explained

Yudaris Sánchez
Full Name:Yudaris Sánchez Rodriguez
Birth Date:1997 11, df=yes
Height:167cm (66inches)
Country:Cuba
Sport:Amateur wrestling
Weight Class:68 kg
Event:Freestyle

Yudaris Sánchez Rodriguez (born 15 November 1997) is a Cuban freestyle wrestler. She won the gold medal in her event at the 2018 Pan American Wrestling Championships held in Lima, Peru.[1] [2] In March 2020, she qualified at the 2020 Pan American Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament held in Ottawa, Canada to represent Cuba at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.[3] [4]

Career

In 2016, Sánchez competed in the Pan American Olympic Qualification Tournament without successfully qualifying for the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.[5] She lost her first match against Dorothy Yeats of Canada which meant that she could no longer become one of the top two wrestlers in her event and qualify for the Olympics.[5]

Sánchez won the gold medal in the 68kg event at the 2018 Central American and Caribbean Games held in Barranquilla, Colombia.[6] Later that year, she competed at the 2018 World Wrestling Championships in the 68kg event without winning a medal.[7] A month later, she won the gold medal at the 2018 World U23 Wrestling Championship held in Bucharest, Romania. In 2019, she won the silver medal in the 68kg event at the Pan American Wrestling Championships in Buenos Aires, Argentina[8] and later that year she won one of the bronze medals in the 68kg event at the 2019 Pan American Games in Lima, Peru.[9]

In 2020, Sánchez repeated her win of the silver medal at the Pan American Wrestling Championships in Ottawa, Canada.[8] In 2021, she competed in the women's 68kg event at the 2020 Summer Olympics held in Tokyo, Japan where she was eliminated in her first match.[10]

Achievements

YearTournamentLocationResultEvent
2018Pan American Wrestling ChampionshipsLima, Peru1stFreestyle 68kg
Central American and Caribbean GamesBarranquilla, Colombia1stFreestyle 68kg
2019Pan American Wrestling ChampionshipsBuenos Aires, Argentina2ndFreestyle 68kg
Pan American GamesLima, Peru3rdFreestyle 68kg
2020Pan American Wrestling ChampionshipsOttawa, Canada2ndFreestyle 68kg

Notes and References

  1. News: Gray secures first Pan American Wrestling Championships title in Lima. Pavitt. Michael. May 5, 2018. InsideTheGames.biz. January 13, 2020.
  2. Web site: 2018 Pan American Wrestling Championships Results Book. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20211023201513/https://cdn.uww.org/s3fs-public/2018-05/final-book.pdf?VersionId=AeY94Ih3qX4BWrUiw8hL9P6wKL8d9kKX. 23 October 2021. 23 October 2021. United World Wrestling.
  3. News: Houston. Michael. Valencia Escoto becomes first female Mexican wrestler to secure Olympic qualification. 14 March 2020. InsideTheGames.biz. 16 March 2020.
  4. 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.
  5. Web site: 2016 Pan American Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20180115001521/https://unitedworldwrestling.org/sites/default/files/media/document/event/results/results_03_frisco_tq.pdf. 15 January 2018. 21 August 2020. United World Wrestling.
  6. Web site: 2018 Central American and Caribbean Games Wrestling Results Book. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20200321150203/https://unitedworldwrestling.org/sites/default/files/2018-08/results_07_barranquilla.pdf. 21 March 2020. 30 June 2020. United World Wrestling.
  7. 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.
  8. News: Etchells. Daniel. Arthur wins first Pan American Wrestling Championships title for Jamaica. 8 March 2020. InsideTheGames.biz. 14 March 2020.
  9. Web site: 2019 Pan American Games Wrestling Results. United World Wrestling. 17 March 2020.
  10. Web site: Wrestling Results Book. live. 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. 2020 Summer Olympics.