Igor Queiroz

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Igor Queiroz
2018-10-12 Wrestling Boys Greco-Roman 92kg at 2018 Summer Youth Olympics - Classification 5th6th Place ASA-BRA (Martin Rulsch) 02.jpg
Queiroz at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics
Personal information
Full nameIgor Fernando Alvez de Queiroz
Born (2001-10-24) 24 October 2001 (age 22)
Cuiabá, Mato Grosso, Brazil
Height186 cm (6.10 ft; 73 in)
Weight95 kg (209 lb)
Sport
CountryBrazil
Sport Amateur wrestling
Event Greco-Roman
Medal record
Men's Greco-Roman wrestling
Representing Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil
Pan American Games
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2023 Santiago 97 kg
Pan American Championships
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2021 Guatemala 97 kg
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2023 Buenos Aires 97 kg
South American Games
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2022 Asunción 97 kg
Junior Pan American Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2021 Cali 97 kg

Igor Fernando Alvez de Queiroz (born 24 October 2001) is a Brazilian Greco-Roman wrestler. [1] [2]

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Career

Queiroz was at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics held in Buenos Aires, Argentina, finishing in 5th place in the Boys' Greco-Roman 92 kg category. [3]

At the 2021 Pan American Wrestling Championships held in Guatemala City, he won a bronze medal in the 97 kg category. [4]

A month after winning bronze in the adult Pan American Wrestling Championships, Queiroz was champion of the 2021 Junior Pan American Games. [5] [6] [7] As a result, he directly qualified to compete in the 97 kg event at the 2023 Pan American Games in Santiago, Chile. [8]

Queiroz made his World Championship debut at the 2022 World Wrestling Championships, facing Turkish Metehan Basar. He started ahead, but suffered a 1–1 draw in the first round. The Turk scored again and Igor continued in search of the point that would give him a draw and victory. But Basar prevented the Brazilian's attempts and won 2–1. In the next round, Basar was beaten 3-1 by the Armenian Artur Aleksanian and prevented Igor from returning to the repechage. [9]

At the 2022 South American Games, he won a silver medal in the 97 kg category. [10]

At the 2022 U23 World Wrestling Championships, Queiroz reached the semifinals, but was defeated twice in a row, and finished fifth in the Greco-Roman style up to 97 kg category, achieving Brazil's best result in this style considering all the World Championships. [11]

At the 2023 Pan American Wrestling Championships held in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Queiroz won a bronze medal in the 97 kg category. The Brazilian, who had won the bronze medal in 2021, won the second senior class medal of his career. [12] [13]

At the 2023 World Wrestling Championships, Queiroz, number 30 in the world ranking, debuted against world runner-up Rustam Assakalov and ended up being eliminated in the first round. [14]

At the 2023 Pan American Games, he won a bronze medal in the Men's Greco-Roman 97 kg category. [15]

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References

  1. Profile at OlimpiadaTodoDia
  2. Profile at UWW
  3. Igor termina em 5º e Heloísa luta neste sábado nos Jogos Olímpicos da Juventude
  4. Garipov, Calebe, Igor e Isaque conquistam bronze para o Brasil no 1º dia do Pan 2021
  5. Igor Queiroz é bronze, e Brasil bate recorde de medalhas no wrestling em uma edição do Pan
  6. Wrestling brasileiro conquista 12 medalhas no Pan-americano Cadete e Júnior
  7. Igor Queiroz é ouro nos Jogos Pan Júnior e Brasil garante primeira vaga nos Jogos de Santiago
  8. "Wrestling Qualification 2023 Pan American Games" (PDF). 2023 Pan American Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 March 2024. Retrieved 14 March 2024.
  9. Joilson fica perto da disputa de medalha, Kenedy e Igor não avançam no 2º dia do Mundial
  10. Wrestling conquista 4 medalhas em 6 possíveis no 1º dia dos Jogos Sul-Americanos 2022
  11. Igor Queiroz fica em 5º no Mundial sub-23
  12. Cuiabano Igor Queiroz conquista bronze no Pan Americano Senior
  13. Brasil conquista três medalhas no 1º dia do Pan-Americano Sênior de Wrestling 2023
  14. Igor não passa da 1ª no Mundial e Eduard fica na repescagem
  15. Igor Queiroz é bronze, e Brasil bate recorde de medalhas no wrestling em uma edição do Pan