Yonger Bastida

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Yonger Bastida
Personal information
Full nameYonger Pauli Bastida Pomares
NationalityCuba Cuban
BornTrinidad, Cuba
Weight97 kg (214 lb)
197 lb (89 kg)
Sport
CountryCuba
SportWrestling
Event(s)Freestyle
Folkstyle
College teamIowa State Cyclones
Coached byKevin Dresser
Medal record
Men's freestyle wrestling
Representing  Cuba
U23 World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Budapest 92 kg
Junior World Championships
Silver medal – second place 2019 Tallin 97 kg
Junior Pan American Championships
Gold medal – first place 2019 Guatemala City 92 kg

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[]

Senior & U23 Freestyle Matches
Res. Record Opponent Score Date Event Location
2020 Cerro Pelado International 2nd place, silver medalist(s) at 97 kg
Loss 7–3 United States J'den Cox TF 1–11 February 14, 2020 2020 Granma y Cerro Pelado

Cuba Havana, Cuba

Win 7–2 United States Hayden Zillmer 7–4
Win 6–2 Dominican Republic Luis Sosa TF 11–0
2019 U23 World Championship 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) at 92 kg
Win 5–2 Georgia (country) Demur Megeneishvili 6–2 October 28 - November 3, 2019 2019 World U23 Wrestling Championship

Hungary Budapest, Hungary

Loss 4–2 Russia Batyrbek Tsakulov 1–6
Win 4–1 Hungary Bendegúz Tóth TF 13–2
Win 3–1 Armenia Sargis Hovsepyan TF 11–0
Win 2–1 Poland Michał Bielawski Fall
2019 Granma y Cerro Pelado 2nd place, silver medalist(s) at 97 kg
Loss 1–1 Cuba Reineris Salas TF 0–10 February 15–23, 2019 2019 Granma y Cerro Pelado

Cuba Havana, Cuba

Win 1–0 United States Kyven Gadson

NCAA record[]

NCAA Division I Record
Res. Record Opponent Score Date Event
Start of 2021-2022 Season (sophomore year)
End of 2020-2021 Season (freshman year)
Loss 4–4 Kordell Norfleet MD 7–17 February 14, 2021 Arizona State - Iowa State Dual
Loss 4–3 A.J. Ferrari 2–5 January 30, 2021 Oklahoma State - Iowa State Dual
Win 4–2 Jesus Gutierrez Fall Iowa Central Community College - Iowa State Dual
Loss 3–2 Jake Woodley MD 0–12 January 24, 2021 Oklahoma - Iowa State Dual
Loss 3–1 Rocky Elam 4–5 January 17, 2021 Missouri - Iowa State Dual
Win 3–0 Joe Reimers Fall January 10, 2021 Nebraska-Kearney - Iowa State Dual
Win 2–0 Brady Vogel MD 18–8 Loras - Iowa State Dual
Win 1–0 Kobe Woods 15–8 January 3, 2021 Wartburg - Iowa State Dual
Start of 2020-2021 Season (freshman year)

Stats[]

Season Year School Rank Weigh Class Record Win Bonus
2021 Freshman Iowa State University #27 197 4–4 50.00% 37.50%
Career 4–4 50.00% 37.50%

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References[]

  1. ^ a b "Yonger Bastida: Estoy contento con mi resultado". Escambray (in Spanish). 2019-08-23. Retrieved 2020-12-03.
  2. ^ "Yonger Bastida - Wrestling". Iowa State University Athletics. Retrieved 2020-12-03.
  3. ^ "Gladiador trinitario Yonger Bastida en Gala Nacional de la Lucha cubana – Radio Trinidad Digital" (in Spanish). Retrieved 2020-12-03.
  4. ^ "Luchadores de Trinidad de Cuba, segundos en Gala de Campeones – Radio Trinidad Digital" (in Spanish). Retrieved 2020-12-03.
  5. ^ "Yonger Bastida en la cúspide del Panamericano Juvenil de Lucha – Radio Trinidad Digital" (in Spanish). Retrieved 2020-12-03.
  6. ^ "Trinitario Yonger Bastida se baña de bronce en mundial de lucha de Budapest – Radio Trinidad Digital" (in Spanish). Retrieved 2020-12-03.
  7. ^ sam.stuve@iowastatedaily.com, Sam Stuve. "Iowa State Wrestling adds Yonger Bastida to roster". Iowa State Daily. Retrieved 2020-12-03.
  8. ^ "Iowa State adds Cuban two-time age-group World medalist Yonger Bastida of Cuba". Team USA. November 30, 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  9. ^ Goodwin, Cody. "Wrestling: Iowa State signs Yonger Bastida, a Junior world medalist from Cuba". Des Moines Register. Retrieved 2020-12-03.
  10. ^ sam.stuve@iowastatedaily.com, Sam Stuve. "Iowa State wresting begins its 2020-21 season with wrestle-offs". Iowa State Daily. Retrieved 2021-01-07.
  11. ^ a b Wrestlestat.com. "Yonger Bastida". WrestleStat. Retrieved 2021-01-03.
  12. ^ ellie.bousson@iowastatedaily.com, Ellie Bousson. "Takeaways: Two Big 12 takedowns for Iowa State wrestling". Iowa State Daily. Retrieved 2021-03-25.

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