Mariana Drăguțan (born 29 October 1999) is a Moldovan freestyle wrestler.[1][2] She is a bronze medallist at the World Wrestling Championships and a two-time medallist at the European Wrestling Championships.

Mariana Drăguțan
Drăguțan in 2024
Personal information
Born (1999-10-29) 29 October 1999 (age 25)
Strășeni, Moldova
Height155 cm (5.09 ft; 61 in)
Weight55 kg (121 lb; 8.7 st)
Sport
CountryMoldova
SportAmateur wrestling
Weight class
  • 53 kg
  • 55 kg
EventFreestyle
Medal record
Women's freestyle wrestling
Representing  Moldova
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2023 Belgrade 55 kg
European Championships
Silver medal – second place 2024 Bucharest 55 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Budapest 55 kg
Grand Prix
Silver medal – second place 2022 Rome 55 kg
Silver medal – second place 2023 Zagreb 55 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2024 Zagreb 55 kg
World U23 Championships
Silver medal – second place 2023 Tirana 53 kg
European U23 Championship
Gold medal – first place 2022 Plovdiv 53 kg
Silver medal – second place 2023 Bucharest 53 kg
European Cadets Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Subotica 43 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2017 Sarajevo 52 kg

Career

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Drăguțan won the gold medal in the freestyle 53 kg at the 2022 European U23 Wrestling Championships in Plovdiv, Bulgaria.[3]

She won a bronze medal in the third-place match in the women's freestyle 55 kg category at the 2022 European Wrestling Championships in Budapest, Hungary by beating her German Anastasia Blayvas 2–1 in the third-place match.[4]

Drăguțan won the silver medal in the women's 55 kg event at the 2024 European Wrestling Championships held in Bucharest, Romania.[5] She competed at the 2024 European Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament in Baku, Azerbaijan hoping to qualify for the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France.[6] Drăguțan was eliminated in her second match and she did not qualify for the Olympics.[6] Drăguțan also competed at the 2024 World Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament held in Istanbul, Turkey and she earned a quota place for Moldova for the 2024 Summer Olympics.[7] She competed in the women's 53 kg event at the Olympics.[8] She was eliminated in her first match by Andreea Ana of Romania.[8]

References

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  1. ^ "DRAGUTAN Mariana profile page". uww.org. Retrieved 2024-01-21.
  2. ^ "International Wrestling Database". whatsmat.uww.org. Retrieved 2024-01-21.
  3. ^ "European Championships". United World Wrestling.
  4. ^ "55kg Bracket". United World Wrestling. Retrieved 18 September 2023.
  5. ^ "2024 European Wrestling Championships Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 February 2024. Retrieved 19 February 2024.
  6. ^ a b "2024 European Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 April 2024. Retrieved 8 April 2024.
  7. ^ "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.
  8. ^ a b "Wrestling Results Book" (PDF). 2024 Summer Olympics. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 August 2024. Retrieved 12 August 2024.
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