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| Full name | Daniel Grégorich Hechavarria | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 7 May 1996[1] Arroyo Naranjo, Cuba | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Cuba | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Amateur wrestling | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight class | 87 kg | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event | Greco-Roman | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Daniel Grégorich Hechavarria[a] (born 7 May 1996) is a Cuban Greco-Roman wrestler.[1] He won the gold medal in the 87 kg event at the 2023 Pan American Games held in Santiago, Chile.[2] He has also won gold medals at the Pan American Wrestling Championships and the Central American and Caribbean Games.
Career
Grégorich won the gold medal in the 87 kg event at the 2018 Central American and Caribbean Games held in Barranquilla, Colombia.[3]
At the 2019 Pan American Games held in Lima, Peru, Grégorich won one of the bronze medals in the men's 87 kg event.[4] He defeated Joe Rau of the United States in his bronze medal match.
In the same year, he competed in the 87 kg event at the 2019 World Wrestling Championships held in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan without winning a medal.[5] He was eliminated in his fourth match by Rustam Assakalov of Uzbekistan.[5]
Grégorich competed in the men's 87 kg event at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.[1]
Grégorich won the gold medal in his event at the 2024 Pan American Wrestling Championships held in Acapulco, Mexico.[6] He defeated Luis Avendaño of Venezuela in his gold medal match.[6] A few days later, he competed at the 2024 Pan American Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament held in Acapulco, Mexico hoping to qualify for the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France.[7] He was eliminated in his second match.[7]
Achievements
| Year | Tournament | Location | Result | Event |
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| 2018 | Central American and Caribbean Games | Barranquilla, Colombia | 1st | Greco-Roman 87 kg |
| 2019 | Pan American Games | Lima, Peru | 3rd | Greco-Roman 87 kg |
| 2022 | Pan American Wrestling Championships | Acapulco, Mexico | 1st | Greco-Roman 87 kg |
| 2023 | Pan American Wrestling Championships | Buenos Aires, Argentina | 1st | Greco-Roman 87 kg |
| Central American and Caribbean Games | San Salvador, El Salvador | 1st | Greco-Roman 87 kg | |
| Pan American Games | Santiago, Chile | 1st | Greco-Roman 87 kg | |
| 2024 | Pan American Wrestling Championships | Acapulco, Mexico | 1st | Greco-Roman 87 kg |
Notes
- ^ In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Grégorich and the second or maternal family name is Hechavarria.
References
- ^ a b c "Wrestling - GREGORICH HECHAVARRIA Daniel". Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 4 August 2021. Retrieved 29 August 2021.
- ^ "2023 Pan American Games Wrestling Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 November 2023. Retrieved 13 November 2023.
- ^ "2018 Central American and Caribbean Games Wrestling Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived (PDF) from the original on 21 March 2020. Retrieved 30 June 2020.
- ^ "2019 Pan American Games Wrestling Results" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived (PDF) from the original on 12 August 2019. Retrieved 17 March 2020.
- ^ a b "2019 World Wrestling Championships Results" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived (PDF) from the original on 12 April 2020. Retrieved 12 April 2020.
- ^ a b "2024 Pan American Wrestling Championships Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 February 2024. Retrieved 5 March 2024.
- ^ a b "2024 Pan American Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2024. Retrieved 4 March 2024.
External links
- Daniel Grégorich at United World Wrestling
- Daniel Grégorich at the International Wrestling Database
- Daniel Grégorich at Olympics.com
- Daniel Grégorich at Olympedia
This page was last edited on 17 March 2024, at 17:45