Pedro Mejías
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Born | Venezuela | 18 December 1991||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 159 cm (5 ft 3 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Amateur wrestling | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight class | 57 kg | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event | Freestyle | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Pedro Mejías is a Venezuelan freestyle wrestler. He is a two-time gold medalist at the South American Games and a bronze medalist at the Pan American Games. He is also a two-time medalist at the Central American and Caribbean Games and a four-time medalist at the Pan American Wrestling Championships.
Career
In 2019, he competed in the 57 kg event at the Pan American Games held in Lima, Peru without winning a medal; he was eliminated in his first match by Reineri Andreu of Cuba.[1]
In March 2020, he won the silver medal in the 57 kg event at the 2020 Pan American Wrestling Championships held in Ottawa, Canada.[2] He also competed in the 2020 Pan American Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament, also held in Ottawa, Canada, without qualifying for the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.[3] He also failed to qualify for the Olympics at the World Olympic Qualification Tournament held in Sofia, Bulgaria.[4]
He won the silver medal in his event at the 2022 South American Games held in Asunción, Paraguay.[5]
Achievements
Year | Tournament | Location | Result | Event |
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2013 | Pan American Wrestling Championships | Panama City, Panama | 3rd | Freestyle 55 kg |
Bolivarian Games | Trujillo, Peru | 1st | Freestyle 55 kg | |
2014 | South American Games | Santiago, Chile | 1st | Freestyle 57 kg |
Central American and Caribbean Games | Veracruz, Mexico | 1st | Freestyle 57 kg | |
2015 | Pan American Games | Toronto, Canada | 3rd | Freestyle 57 kg |
2016 | Pan American Wrestling Championships | Frisco, United States | 3rd | Freestyle 61 kg |
2017 | Bolivarian Games | Santa Marta, Colombia | 3rd | Freestyle 57 kg |
2018 | South American Games | Cochabamba, Bolivia | 1st | Freestyle 57 kg |
Central American and Caribbean Games | Barranquilla, Colombia | 3rd | Freestyle 57 kg | |
2019 | Pan American Wrestling Championships | Buenos Aires, Argentina | 3rd | Freestyle 57 kg |
2020 | Pan American Wrestling Championships | Ottawa, Canada | 2nd | Freestyle 57 kg |
2022 | South American Games | Asunción, Paraguay | 2nd | Freestyle 57 kg |
References
- ^ "2019 Pan American Games Wrestling Results" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived (PDF) from the original on 25 May 2020. Retrieved 17 March 2020.
- ^ Palmer, Dan (9 March 2020). "Olympic champions help United States to six golds on last day of Pan American Wrestling Championships". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 16 March 2020.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "2022 South American Games Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 October 2022. Retrieved 17 October 2022.
External links
- Pedro Mejías at the International Wrestling Database
- Living people
- Venezuelan male sport wrestlers
- South American Games medalists in wrestling
- South American Games gold medalists for Venezuela
- South American Games silver medalists for Venezuela
- Competitors at the 2014 South American Games
- Competitors at the 2018 South American Games
- Competitors at the 2022 South American Games
- Pan American Wrestling Championships medalists
- Pan American Games bronze medalists for Venezuela
- Pan American Games competitors for Venezuela
- Pan American Games medalists in wrestling
- Medalists at the 2015 Pan American Games
- Wrestlers at the 2015 Pan American Games
- Wrestlers at the 2019 Pan American Games
- Central American and Caribbean Games bronze medalists for Venezuela
- Central American and Caribbean Games medalists in wrestling
- Competitors at the 2014 Central American and Caribbean Games
- Competitors at the 2018 Central American and Caribbean Games
- 21st-century Venezuelan people
- 1991 births