Alexandria Town

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Alex Town
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Personal information
Full nameAlexandria Rebekkah Town
Born (1995-07-06) July 6, 1995 (age 29)
Scarborough, Ontario, Canada
Alma mater York University (in Kinesiology) [1]
Height5 ft 6 in (168 cm)
Weight57 kg (126 lb)
Website Official Instagram Profile
Sport
CountryCanada
Sport Wrestling
Event Freestyle
College team York Lions
Medal record
Event1st2nd3rd
Pan Ams Championships 112
FISU World University Championships [2] 1
U23 World Championships 1
World U23 Wrestling Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2018 Bucharest 57 kg

Alexandria Town (born July 6, 1995) is a Canadian freestyle wrestler, competing in the 57kg weight class. In November 2018, Alex became the first ever Canadian to win a gold medal at the U23 World Championships. [3] She has also secured Canada a place at the 2019 Pan Am Games by winning the bronze medal at 2018 Pan American Wrestling Championships.

In March 2020 she won the women's 59 kg title at the 2020 Pan American Wrestling Championships in Ottawa, Canada, [4] followed by a silver medal in the 57 kg division at the 2021 Pan American Wrestling Championships in Guatemala City, Guatemala.

In October 2021, she was eliminated in her first match in the women's 57 kg event at the 2021 World Wrestling Championships in Oslo, Norway. [5]

She won a bronze medal in her event at the 2022 Pan American Wrestling Championships held in Acapulco, Mexico, [6] [7] making her a 4x Pan American medalist.

She won the gold medal in her event at the 2023 Ibrahim Moustafa Tournament held in Alexandria, Egypt. [8]

International matches

Res.OpponentScoreDateEventLocation
Win Flag of Japan.svg Akie Hanai7-4 [9] Nov 16, 2018 2018 U23 World Championships [10] Flag of Romania.svg Bucharest
Win Flag of Mongolia.svg Tserenchimed Sukhee15-3
Win Flag of Azerbaijan.svg Alyona Kolesnik 10-0
Win Flag of Hungary.svg Tamara DollakTech Fall (10-0)

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References

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