Yurieski Torreblanca
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Birth name | Yurieski Torreblanca Queralta | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
National team | Cuban | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | March 14, 1989 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Country | Cuba | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | Amateur wrestling | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight class | 86 kg | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event | Freestyle | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Yurieski Torreblanca Queralta (born March 14, 1989) is a Cuban freestyle wrestler who competes at 86 kilograms. A three-time Pan American Champion, Torreblanca won gold medals at the 2019 Pan American Games and the 2018 Central American and Caribbean Games.
Career
[edit]At the 2017 Pan American Wrestling Championships in Lauro de Freitas, Brazil, he won the gold medal in the men's 86 kg event.[1]
In 2018, he won the silver medal in the men's 86 kg event at the Pan American Wrestling Championships in Lima, Peru. At the 2018 Central American and Caribbean Games held in Barranquilla, Colombia, he won the gold medal in the men's 86 kg event.[2] In 2019, he won the gold medal in the men's 86 kg event at the Pan American Games held in Lima, Peru.[3]
He competed in the 86 kg event at the 2022 World Wrestling Championships held in Belgrade, Serbia.[4]
In 2024, he competed at the Pan American Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament held in Acapulco, Mexico hoping to qualify for the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France.[5] He was eliminated in his first match.[5]
Achievements
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Year | Tournament | Location | Result | Event |
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2018 | Central American and Caribbean Games | Barranquilla, Colombia | 1st | Freestyle 86 kg |
2019 | Pan American Games | Lima, Peru | 1st | Freestyle 86 kg |
2023 | Central American and Caribbean Games | San Salvador, El Salvador | 1st | Freestyle 86 kg |
Pan American Games | Santiago, Chile | 1st | Freestyle 86 kg[6] |
References
[edit]- ^ Winters, Max (7 May 2017). "Hungarian makes up for Rio 2016 disappointment with 85kg Greco Roman gold at European Championships". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 31 January 2020.
- ^ "2018 Central American and Caribbean Games Wrestling Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived (PDF) from the original on 21 March 2020. Retrieved 30 June 2020.
- ^ "Men's 86 kg Results" (PDF). 2019 Pan American Games. Archived (PDF) from the original on 20 August 2020. Retrieved 31 January 2020.
- ^ "2022 World Wrestling Championships Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 September 2022. Retrieved 18 September 2022.
- ^ a b "2024 Pan American Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2024. Retrieved 4 March 2024.
- ^ https://olympics.com/en/news/pan-american-games-2023-wrestling-kyle-snyder-paris-2024-focus-usa-medal-haul [bare URL]
External links
[edit]- Yurieski Torreblanca at the International Wrestling Database
- Yurieski Torreblanca at United World Wrestling
- Living people
- Cuban male sport wrestlers
- Wrestlers at the 2019 Pan American Games
- Wrestlers at the 2023 Pan American Games
- Medalists at the 2019 Pan American Games
- Medalists at the 2023 Pan American Games
- Pan American Games medalists in wrestling
- Pan American Games gold 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
- 1989 births
- Pan American Wrestling Championships medalists
- 21st-century Cuban people