Justina Di Stasio (born November 22, 1992) is a Canadian wrestler[1] of Italian and Cree descent.[2]
 Justina Di Stasio holds her silver medal she won at the 2015 Pan American Games in Toronto. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Nationality | Canadian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 22 November 1992 Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 171 cm (5 ft 7 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 75 kg (165 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Freestyle wrestling | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Burnaby Mountain wrestling club | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Career
editIn 2015, Di Stasio won a gold medal in the 75 kg weight class at the annual Pan American Wrestling Championships. She also won the 2015 Dave Schultz Memorial.[3] Later in 2015, on home soil, Di Stasio won silver at the 2015 Pan American Games in Toronto.[4]
In 2018 at the World Wrestling Championships in Budapest, Di Stasio won gold in the 72 kg event.[5] She spoke about pride in her Indigenous roots, thanking her Cree mother, from the Norway House Cree Nation in Manitoba, for working to give her opportunities leading to her success.[2]
Di Stasio won one of the bronze medals in her event at the 2022 Pan American Wrestling Championships held in Acapulco, Mexico.[6][7] She won the gold medal in the women's 76 kg event at the 2022 Commonwealth Games held in Birmingham, England.[8][9] She lost her bronze medal match in the 76 kg event at the 2022 World Wrestling Championships held in Belgrade, Serbia.[10][11]
Di Stasio won the silver medal in the women's 76 kg event at the Grand Prix de France Henri Deglane 2023 held in Nice, France.[12] She won one of the bronze medals in the women's 76 kg event at the 2023 Grand Prix Zagreb Open held in Zagreb, Croatia.
She won one of the bronze medals in her event at the 2023 Pan American Wrestling Championships held in Buenos Aires, Argentina.[13] In 2024, at the Pan American Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament held in Acapulco, Mexico, she earned a quota place for Canada for the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France.[14][15] She defeated Saidy Chávez of Honduras and she then secured the quota place by defeating Linda Machuca of Argentina.[15] She competed in the women's 76 kg event at the Olympics.[16]
References
edit- ^ "Justina Di Stasio". Team Canada. Canadian Olympic Team Official Website. 2015. Retrieved 23 June 2015.
- ^ a b Larsen, Karin (October 25, 2018). "Coquitlam wrestler says eating vegetables and wrestling boys key to her world title". CBC News. Retrieved October 26, 2018.
- ^ "Justina Di Stasio". Wrestling Canada Lutte.
- ^ McGran, Kevin (17 July 2015). "Canada wins two more Pan Am gold medals in women's wrestling". Toronto Star. Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Retrieved 26 October 2018.
- ^ "Canada's Justina Di Stasio wins gold at world wrestling championships". Canadian Press. Toronto, Ontario, Canada. 24 October 2018. Retrieved 26 October 2018.
- ^ Burke, Patrick (7 May 2022). "Hildebrandt earns seventh Pan American Championships wrestling title". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 8 May 2022.
- ^ "2022 Pan American Wrestling Championships Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 May 2022. Retrieved 9 May 2022.
- ^ Berkeley, Geoff (6 August 2022). "Phogat completes Commonwealth Games hat-trick with another wrestling gold". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 6 August 2022.
- ^ "Wrestling Competition Summary" (PDF). 2022 Commonwealth Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 August 2022. Retrieved 6 August 2022.
- ^ Burke, Patrick (14 September 2022). "Susaki and Morikawa earn Japanese double at World Wrestling Championships". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 15 September 2022.
- ^ "2022 World Wrestling Championships Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 September 2022. Retrieved 18 September 2022.
- ^ "Grand Prix de France Henri Deglane 2023 Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 January 2023. Retrieved 4 February 2023.
- ^ "2023 Pan American Wrestling Championships Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 February 2024. Retrieved 26 February 2024.
- ^ "Qualified NOCs at 2024 Pan American Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2024. Retrieved 4 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.
- ^ "Wrestling Results Book" (PDF). 2024 Summer Olympics. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 August 2024. Retrieved 12 August 2024.
External links
edit- Justina Renay di Stasio at the International Wrestling Database
- Justina Renay DI STASIO at United World Wrestling
- Justina di STASIO at the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games
- Justina Di Stasio at Team Canada
- Justina Di Stasio at Wrestling Canada Lutte
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