Reineri Andreu
Personal information | |
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Birth name | Reineri Andreu Ortega |
Nationality | Cuba |
Born | Sancti Spíritus, Cuba | 1 April 1998
Height | 1.61 m (5 ft 3 in) |
Weight | 62 kg (137 lb) |
Sport | |
Country | Cuba |
Sport | Amateur wrestling |
Weight class | 57 kg |
Event | Freestyle |
Medal record |
Reineri Andreu Ortega (born 1 April 1998) is a Cuban freestyle wrestler. He is a two-time U23 World Champion, two-time Pan American gold medalist and Central American and Caribbean Games gold medalist.[1]
Career
In 2017, at the Pan American Wrestling Championships held in Lauro de Freitas, Brazil, he won one of the bronze medals in the 57 kg event.[2] At the 2017 World U23 Wrestling Championship held in Bydgoszcz, Poland, he won the gold medal in the 57 kg event.[3]
In 2018, he won the gold medal in the 57 kg event at the Pan American Wrestling Championships held in Lima, Peru. At the 2018 Central American and Caribbean Games held in Barranquilla, Colombia, he won the gold medal in the men's 57 kg event.[4]
In March 2020, he won the gold medal in the 57 kg event at the 2020 Pan American Wrestling Championships held in Ottawa, Canada.[5] 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.[6] He lost his first match against Thomas Gilman of the United States which meant that he could no longer become one of the top two wrestlers in his event and qualify for the Olympics.
He lost his bronze medal match in the 57 kg event at the 2022 World Wrestling Championships held in Belgrade, Serbia.[7]
In 2023, Andreu Ortega, moved to Ames, Iowa, U.S.A. to join Cyclone RTC as a resident athlete. [8]
Achievements
Year | Tournament | Location | Result | Event |
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2017 | Pan American Wrestling Championships | Lauro de Freitas, Brazil | 3rd | Freestyle 57 kg |
2018 | Pan American Wrestling Championships | Lima, Peru | 1st | Freestyle 57 kg |
Central American and Caribbean Games | Barranquilla, Colombia | 1st | Freestyle 57 kg | |
2019 | Pan American Wrestling Championships | Buenos Aires, Argentina | 3rd | Freestyle 57 kg |
Pan American Games | Lima, Peru | 3rd | Freestyle 57 kg | |
2020 | Pan American Wrestling Championships | Ottawa, Canada | 1st | Freestyle 57 kg |
Freestyle record
References
- ^ "2019 Pan American Games Wrestling Results" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived (PDF) from the original on 25 May 2020. Retrieved 17 March 2020.
- ^ "2017 Pan American Wrestling Championships Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived (PDF) from the original on 24 October 2021. Retrieved 24 October 2021.
- ^ Etchells, Daniel (25 November 2017). "Georgia's Petriashvili strikes gold at Under-23 World Wrestling Championships". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 12 April 2020.
- ^ "Juegos Centroamericanos y del Caribe Barranquilla 2018" (pdf). United World Wrestling. 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.
- ^ "2022 World Wrestling Championships Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 September 2022. Retrieved 18 September 2022.
- ^ [1]
External links
- Reineri Andreu at the International Wrestling Database
- Living people
- 1998 births
- Sportspeople from Sancti Spíritus
- Cuban male sport wrestlers
- Wrestlers at the 2019 Pan American Games
- Medalists at the 2019 Pan American Games
- Pan American Games medalists in wrestling
- Pan American Games bronze medalists for Cuba
- Central American and Caribbean Games gold medalists for Cuba
- Competitors at the 2018 Central American and Caribbean Games
- Central American and Caribbean Games medalists in wrestling
- Pan American Wrestling Championships medalists
- 21st-century Cuban people