Braxton Stone-Papadopoulos

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Braxton Stone-Papadopoulos
Braxton Stone-Papadopoulos at 2015 Pan Am Games.jpg
Stone-Papadopoulos at 2015 Pan Am Games showing her gold medal
Personal information
Nationality Canadian
Born (1995-06-23) 23 June 1995 (age 28) [1]
Scarborough, Ontario
Weight63 kg (139 lb)
Sport
Sport Freestyle wrestling
ClubTeam Impact Wrestling Club
Achievements and titles
Highest world ranking2
Medal record
Women's freestyle wrestling
Representing Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Pan American Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2015 Toronto 63 kg
World U23 Championships
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2017 Bydgoszcz 58 kg
Commonwealth Games
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2014 Glasgow 58 kg
World Junior Wrestling Championships
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2013 Bulgaria 58 kg
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2015 Brazil 63 kg

Braxton Stone-Papadopoulos (born June 23, 1995) is a Canadian wrestler. She won a bronze medal at the 2014 Commonwealth Games. She has been in competition with fellow world champion teammate Justine Bouchard. She has been ranked number 2 in the world. [2]

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Early life

She initially earned a black belt in taekwondo by age 10. [3] She started wrestling at age 10 and was coached initially by her uncle Stan Tzogas who had coached at the Olympic level. [4]

Career

She won the bronze medal at the 2014 Commonwealth Games. [5] Following the games, she made the decision to move up a weight class to 63-kg after she experienced difficulty reaching the 58-kg weight limit. [6]

At the 2015 Pan American Games she won the gold medal in 63 kg category, defeating Katerina Vidiaux of Cuba 7–3. [7] [8]

In September 2015 Stone-Papadopoulos qualified a quota for Canada for the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro after placing fifth in the 63 kg category at the senior world championships. [9] Ultimately, she was not selected to compete for the country at the 2016 Games.

In 2017, she won a silver medal at the 2017 World U23 Wrestling Championship in the 63 kg category. She defeated Petra Olli, Germany's Luzie Manzke and Moa Nygren of Sweden en route to the gold medal match, where she lost due to a last-moment throw by the winner, Ayana Gempei of Japan. [10]

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