Yurieski Torreblanca | |
Birth Name: | Yurieski Torreblanca Queralta |
National Team: | Cuban |
Birth Date: | 14 March 1989 |
Country: | Cuba |
Sport: | Amateur wrestling |
Weight Class: | 86 kg |
Event: | Freestyle |
Yurieski Torreblanca Queralta (born March 14, 1989) is a Cuban freestyle wrestler who competes at 86 kilograms. A three-time Pan American Champion, Torreblanca won gold medals at the 2019 Pan American Games and the 2018 Central American and Caribbean Games.
At the 2017 Pan American Wrestling Championships in Lauro de Freitas, Brazil, he won the gold medal in the men's 86 kg event.[1]
In 2018, he won the silver medal in the men's 86 kg event at the Pan American Wrestling Championships in Lima, Peru. At the 2018 Central American and Caribbean Games held in Barranquilla, Colombia, he won the gold medal in the men's 86 kg event.[2] In 2019, he won the gold medal in the men's 86 kg event at the Pan American Games held in Lima, Peru.[3]
He competed in the 86kg event at the 2022 World Wrestling Championships held in Belgrade, Serbia.[4]
In 2024, he competed at the Pan American Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament held in Acapulco, Mexico hoping to qualify for the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France.[5] He was eliminated in his first match.[5]
Year | Tournament | Location | Result | Event |
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2018 | Central American and Caribbean Games | Barranquilla, Colombia | 1st | Freestyle 86kg |
2019 | Pan American Games | Lima, Peru | 1st | Freestyle 86kg |
2023 | Central American and Caribbean Games | San Salvador, El Salvador | 1st | Freestyle 86kg |
Pan American Games | Santiago, Chile | 1st | Freestyle 86kg[6] |