Yonger Bastida
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Full name | Yonger Pauli Bastida Pomares | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Born | Trinidad, Cuba | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 97 kg (214 lb) 197 lb (89 kg) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Country | Cuba | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | Wrestling | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event(s) | Freestyle Folkstyle | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
College team | Iowa State Cyclones | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Coached by | Kevin Dresser | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Yonger Pauli Bastida Pomares (born August-September, 1999)[1] is a Cuban freestyle and folkstyle wrestler who competes internationally at 97 and 92 kilograms. In 2019, he became a U23 World Championship medalist (92 kg), the Junior World Championship runner-up (97 kg) and the Junior Pan American Champion (92 kg), also claiming a senior level Cerro Pelado International silver medal (97 kg, in 2019 and 2020). Despite no previous folkstyle experience, Bastida was recruited by the Iowa State Cyclones and currently competes collegiately.[2]
Freestyle career[]
Cuba[]
Born in Trinidad, Cuba, Bastida became one of the most promising prospects in his native country in 2019, when he broke into the international scene.[3] His first competition came on the senior level on February, at the '19 Cerro Pelado International, where he took runner-up honors to three-time World Championship medalist Reineris Salas, after defeating '17 US Open National champion and '15 NCAA champion Kyven Gadson.[4] Next, he dropped down to 92 kilograms and claimed a Junior Pan American title on June[5] before once again bumping up a weight class to compete at the Junior World Championships of September, where he claimed a silver medal.[1] A recently-turned 20 year old, Bastida once again dropped down to 92 kilos, competing at the '19 U23 World Championship, where he compiled a fall and two technical falls to reach the semifinals, falling to Russia's Batyrbek Tsakulov and claiming the bronze medal afterwards to close the year.[6] At the Senior level Cerro Pelado International of February of 2020, Bastida competed for the last time as a Cuban resident, scoring a notable victory over '15 US University National champion Hayden Zillmer before falling to two-time World Champion and '16 Olympic Bronze medalist J'den Cox.[7] Bastida was considered to be amongst the contenders for an '20 (21) Olympic spot before moving to the United States.[8]
Folkstyle career[]
On November of 2020, it was announced that Bastida had been recruited by the Iowa State University as an international student.[9]
2020-21[]
Bastida earned the varsity spot at first when he defeated two-time Iowa (IHSAA) state champion Cody Fisher, via major decision (9–1).[10] As a freshman at 197 pounds, he started off with an undefeated 3–0, but went on to compile and overall 4–4 record in his first folkstyle matches ever.[11] After starting in regular season, Bastida was not chosen for the post-season and Marcus Coleman was started instead.[12]
Freestyle record[]
NCAA record[]
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References[]
- ^ a b "Yonger Bastida: Estoy contento con mi resultado". Escambray (in Spanish). 2019-08-23. Retrieved 2020-12-03.
- ^ "Yonger Bastida - Wrestling". Iowa State University Athletics. Retrieved 2020-12-03.
- ^ "Gladiador trinitario Yonger Bastida en Gala Nacional de la Lucha cubana – Radio Trinidad Digital" (in Spanish). Retrieved 2020-12-03.
- ^ "Luchadores de Trinidad de Cuba, segundos en Gala de Campeones – Radio Trinidad Digital" (in Spanish). Retrieved 2020-12-03.
- ^ "Yonger Bastida en la cúspide del Panamericano Juvenil de Lucha – Radio Trinidad Digital" (in Spanish). Retrieved 2020-12-03.
- ^ "Trinitario Yonger Bastida se baña de bronce en mundial de lucha de Budapest – Radio Trinidad Digital" (in Spanish). Retrieved 2020-12-03.
- ^ sam.stuve@iowastatedaily.com, Sam Stuve. "Iowa State Wrestling adds Yonger Bastida to roster". Iowa State Daily. Retrieved 2020-12-03.
- ^ "Iowa State adds Cuban two-time age-group World medalist Yonger Bastida of Cuba". Team USA. November 30, 2020.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ Goodwin, Cody. "Wrestling: Iowa State signs Yonger Bastida, a Junior world medalist from Cuba". Des Moines Register. Retrieved 2020-12-03.
- ^ sam.stuve@iowastatedaily.com, Sam Stuve. "Iowa State wresting begins its 2020-21 season with wrestle-offs". Iowa State Daily. Retrieved 2021-01-07.
- ^ a b Wrestlestat.com. "Yonger Bastida". WrestleStat. Retrieved 2021-01-03.
- ^ ellie.bousson@iowastatedaily.com, Ellie Bousson. "Takeaways: Two Big 12 takedowns for Iowa State wrestling". Iowa State Daily. Retrieved 2021-03-25.
External links[]
- Cuban wrestlers
- Living people
- 1999 births
- Cuban male sport wrestlers
- Iowa State Cyclones wrestlers
- Iowa State University alumni