Yaynelis Sanz

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Yaynelis Sanz Verdecia
Sport
CountryCuba
Sport Amateur wrestling
Weight class57 kg
Event
 Freestyle
Medal record
Women's freestyle wrestling
Representing Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba
Pan American Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2022 Acapulco 57 kg
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2025 Monterrey 57 kg
U23 World Championships
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2025 Novi Sad 57kg
Junior Pan American Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2021 Cali-Valle 57 kg
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2025 Asunción 57 kg

Yaynelis Sanz Verdecia is a Cuban freestyle wrestler. She is a two-time gold medalist at the Pan American Wrestling Championships (2022 and 2025). [1] [2]

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Career

In 2021, she won the gold medal in the women's 57 kg event at the Junior Pan American Games held in Cali and Valle, Colombia. [1] [3] She competed in the 55 kg event at the 2022 World Wrestling Championships held in Belgrade, Serbia where she was eliminated in her first match. [4]

Sanz competed at the 2024 World Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament in Istanbul, Turkey without qualifying for the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France. [5] She was eliminated in her third match. [5]

Achievements

YearTournamentLocationResultEvent
2022 Pan American Wrestling Championships Acapulco, Mexico1stFreestyle 57 kg
2025 Pan American Wrestling Championships Monterrey, Mexico1stFreestyle 57 kg
2025 U23 World Wrestling Championships Monterrey, Mexico3rdFreestyle 57 kg

References

  1. 1 2 "Two More Titles for Cuba in Pan American Wrestling Championship". Cuba Si. 12 May 2025. Archived from the original on 12 May 2025. Retrieved 20 May 2025.
  2. ↑ "2025 Pan American Wrestling Championships Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 May 2025. Retrieved 20 May 2025.
  3. ↑ "Wrestling Medalists". 2021 Junior Pan American Games. Archived from the original on 14 October 2022. Retrieved 14 October 2022.
  4. ↑ "2022 World Wrestling Championships Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 September 2022. Retrieved 18 September 2022.
  5. 1 2 "2024 World Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 May 2024. Retrieved 14 May 2024.


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