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Maider Unda
Maider Unda in 2016
Personal information
Birth nameMaider Unda Gonzalez de Audikana
NationalitySpanish
Born (1977-07-02) 2 July 1977 (age 47)
Vitoria, Basque Country
Height1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight72 kg (159 lb)
Sport
SportWrestling
EventFreestyle
Retired2016
Medal record
Representing Spain Spain
Women's wrestling
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 2012 London 72 kg
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2009 Herning 72 kg
European Games
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Baku 75 kg
European Championships
Silver medal – second place 2013 Tbilisi 72 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2010 Baku 72 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2012 Belgrade 72 kg
In this Basque name, the first surname is Unda and the second is Gonzalez de Audikana.

Maider Unda Gonzalez de Audikana[1] (born 2 July 1977 in Vitoria, Spain) is a Basque Spanish retired female freestyle wrestler.

She participated in Women's freestyle wrestling 72 kg at the 2008 Summer Olympics. In the 1/8 final she beat Oksana Vashchuk (Ukraine). In the quarter-final she lost to Stanka Zlateva (Bulgaria). In the repechage round, after beating Canadian Ohenewa Akuffo she lost to Agnieszka Wieszczek in the bronze medal match.

At the 2012 Summer Olympics, Unda won the bronze medal in Women's freestyle wrestling 72 kg. In the 1/8 final she beat Ana Betancur from Colombia, and Ochirbatyn Burmaa from Mongolia in the quarter-final. She lost in the semi-final against Stanka Zlateva but beat Vasilisa Marzaliuk (Belarus) for the bronze medal.

On 9 November 2016, Unda announced her retirement from wrestling after failing to qualify for the 2016 Summer Olympics.[2]

Unda runs a sheep farm in the village of Olaeta in Aramaio producing Idiazabal cheese,[1] which she combined with her career in sports.

References

  1. ^ a b (in Spanish) Maider Unda's cheesemaker webpage
  2. ^ Maider Unda se despide de la lucha entre lágrimas. Marca, 09-11-2016


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