Yusneylys Guzmán

Yusneylys Guzmán (born 8 August 1996)[1] is a Cuban freestyle wrestler. In March 2020, she qualified to represent Cuba at the 2020 Summer Olympics at the 2020 Pan American Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament held in Ottawa, Canada.[2][3]

Yusneylys Guzmán
Personal information
Born (1996-08-08) 8 August 1996
Sport
CountryCuba
SportAmateur wrestling
Event(s)Freestyle
Medal record
Women's freestyle wrestling
Representing  Cuba
Pan American Games
2019 Lima 50 kg
Pan American Wrestling Championships
2019 Buenos Aires 50 kg
Central American and Caribbean Games
2014 Veracruz 48 kg
2018 Barranquilla 50 kg

Career

She competed at the Central American and Caribbean Games both in 2014 and in 2018: she won the silver medal in the women's 48 kg event in 2014 and she won one of the bronze medals in the 50 kg event in 2018.

In 2015, she represented Cuba at the 2015 Pan American Games held in Toronto, Canada in the 48 kg event without winning a medal. She lost her bronze medal match against Alyssa Lampe of the United States. The following year, she competed in the 2016 Pan American Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament without qualifying for the 2016 Summer Olympics.[4] In this competition she also lost her bronze medal match against Alyssa Lampe.[4]

In 2019, she won the silver medal in the 50 kg event at the 2019 Pan American Games held in Lima, Peru.[5] In 2019, she also won the gold medal in the 50 kg event at the 2019 Pan American Wrestling Championships held in Buenos Aires, Argentina.[6] In that same year, she also competed in the 50 kg event at the 2019 World Wrestling Championships where she was eliminated in her first match.[7]

Major results
Year Tournament Location Result Event
2014 Central American and Caribbean Games Veracruz, Mexico 2nd Freestyle 48 kg
2018 Central American and Caribbean Games Barranquilla, Colombia 3rd Freestyle 50 kg
2019 Pan American Wrestling Championships Buenos Aires, Argentina 1st Freestyle 50 kg
Pan American Games Lima, Peru 2nd Freestyle 50 kg

References
  1. "Yusneylys Guzmán". 2019 Pan American Games. Archived from the original on 22 October 2020. Retrieved 3 January 2021.
  2. Houston, Michael (14 March 2020). "Valencia Escoto becomes first female Mexican wrestler to secure Olympic qualification". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 16 March 2020.
  3. "2020 Pan American Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived (PDF) from the original on 22 August 2020. Retrieved 22 August 2020.
  4. "2016 Pan American Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived (PDF) from the original on 15 January 2018. Retrieved 21 August 2020.
  5. "2019 Pan American Games Wrestling Results" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Retrieved 17 March 2020.
  6. "Yusneylys Guzmán reina en Panamericano de Luchas". JIT (in Spanish). 20 April 2019. Retrieved 16 March 2020.
  7. "2019 World Wrestling Championships Results" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived (PDF) from the original on 12 April 2020. Retrieved 12 April 2020.
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