Cynthia Vescan
 Cynthia Vescan at the 2021 World Wrestling Championships in Oslo, Norway | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Cynthia Vanessa Vescan (born 7 February 1992) is a French freestyle wrestler of Romanian origin.[1]
Background and wrestling career
[edit]Vescan was born in Strasbourg, France.[2][3] At the 2012 Summer Olympics held in London, United Kingdom, she competed in the women's freestyle 72 kg event where she lost her first bout in the round of 16 against Moldova's Svetlana Saenko.[4]
In 2021, she won one of the bronze medals in the 76 kg event at the Grand Prix de France Henri Deglane 2021 held in Nice, France.[5]
Mixed martial arts career
[edit]In March 2021, news surfaced that Vescan had signed a contract with Professional Fighters League with intentions to compete in mixed martial arts in the future.[6]
Vescan was scheduled to make her debut in mixed martial arts against Amanda Leve on August 19, 2021, at PFL 8.[7] However, Vescan has to pull out of the bout.[8]
References
[edit]- ^ Fabien Rouschop (29 July 2016). "Cynthia Vescan, la dame de fer". L'Alsace (in French). Retrieved 10 August 2016.
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Cynthia Vescan". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 11 August 2017.
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Cynthia Vanessa Vescan". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 11 August 2017. Retrieved 25 August 2012.
- ^ "Women's 72kg Freestyle". The London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games Limited. Archived from the original on 25 August 2012. Retrieved 25 August 2012.
- ^ "Grand Prix de France Henri Deglane 2021 Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived (PDF) from the original on 23 October 2021. Retrieved 23 October 2021.
- ^ Jay Pettry (18 March 2021). "PFL Signs Two-Time French Olympic Wrestler Cynthia Vescan". Sherdog.
- ^ Newswire, MMA Fighting (3 August 2021). "PFL announces full card for second playoff event headlined by Kayla Harrison vs. Genah Fabian on Aug. 19". MMA Fighting. Retrieved 3 August 2021.
- ^ "#PFLPlayoffs update (this Thursday)". Twitter. Archived from the original on 16 August 2021. Retrieved 16 August 2021.
External links
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- Cynthia Vescan at the International Wrestling Database
- Cynthia Vescan at Olympics.com
- Cynthia Vescan at Olympedia
- Cynthia Vescan at the French Olympic and Sports Committee (archived) (in French)
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