Luisa Valverde
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Full name | Luisa Elizabeth Valverde Melendres | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Babahoyo, Ecuador | 4 July 1991|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Country | Ecuador | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | Amateur wrestling | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event(s) | Freestyle | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Luisa Elizabeth Valverde Melendres (born 4 July 1991) is an Ecuadorian freestyle wrestler. In total, she won five medals at the Pan American Wrestling Championships: one gold medal, three silver medals and one bronze medal.[1][2] She also represented Ecuador at the 2011 Pan American Games, 2015 Pan American Games and 2019 Pan American Games.
Career[]
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.[3]
In March 2020, she competed at the 2020 Pan American Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament held in Ottawa, Canada hoping to qualify for the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.[4] 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.[5]
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.[6][7] 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.[8] She competed in the women's 53 kg event.[9] 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.[9]
Two months after the Olympics, she lost her bronze medal match in the women's 53 kg event at the 2021 World Wrestling Championships held in Oslo, Norway.[10][11]
Major results[]
Year | Tournament | Location | Result | Event |
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2013 | Bolivarian Games | Trujillo, Peru | 3rd | Freestyle 51 kg |
2017 | Pan American Wrestling Championships | Lauro de Freitas, Brazil | 3rd | Freestyle 53 kg |
2018 | Pan American Wrestling Championships | Lima, Peru | 2nd | Freestyle 53 kg |
South American Games | Cochabamba, Bolivia | 1st | Freestyle 53 kg | |
2019 | Pan American Wrestling Championships | Buenos Aires, Argentina | 2nd | Freestyle 53 kg |
2020 | Pan American Wrestling Championships | Ottawa, Canada | 1st | Freestyle 53 kg |
2021 | Pan American Wrestling Championships | Guatemala City, Guatemala | 2nd | Freestyle 53 kg |
References[]
- ^ Pavitt, Michael (May 5, 2018). "Gray secures first Pan American Wrestling Championships title in Lima". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved January 13, 2020.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ Etchells, Daniel (8 March 2020). "Arthur wins first Pan American Wrestling Championships title for Jamaica". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 14 March 2020.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "2017 Pan American Wrestling Championships Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived (PDF) from the original on August 22, 2021. Retrieved August 22, 2021.
- ^ "2020 Pan American Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived (PDF) from the original on 22 August 2020. Retrieved 22 August 2020.
- ^ "2021 World Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived (PDF) from the original on 9 May 2021. Retrieved 9 May 2021.
- ^ Pavitt, Michael (29 May 2021). "Gray among winners as women's competition concludes at Pan American Wrestling Championships". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 30 May 2021.
- ^ "2021 Pan American Wrestling Championships Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived (PDF) from the original on 31 May 2021. Retrieved 31 May 2021.
- ^ "Ecuador, Romania Earn Olympic Tickets as North Korea Withdraws from Tokyo 2020". United World Wrestling. 15 June 2021. Retrieved 25 June 2021.
- ^ a b "Wrestling Results Book" (PDF). 2020 Summer Olympics. Archived (PDF) from the original on 7 August 2021. Retrieved 8 August 2021.
- ^ Burke, Patrick (6 October 2021). "Adelaine Maria Gray wins sixth title at Wrestling World Championships". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 6 October 2021.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "2021 World Wrestling Championships Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived (PDF) from the original on 16 October 2021. Retrieved 16 October 2021.
External links[]
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Luisa Valverde. |
- Luisa Valverde at United World Wrestling
- Luisa Valverde at Olympedia
- Living people
- 1991 births
- People from Babahoyo
- Ecuadorian female sport wrestlers
- Pan American Games competitors for Ecuador
- Wrestlers at the 2011 Pan American Games
- Wrestlers at the 2015 Pan American Games
- Wrestlers at the 2019 Pan American Games
- South American Games medalists in wrestling
- Competitors at the 2018 South American Games
- South American Games gold medalists for Ecuador
- Pan American Wrestling Championships medalists
- Wrestlers at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- Olympic wrestlers of Ecuador
- 21st-century Ecuadorian women