Milaimys de la Caridad Marín Potrille (born 16 March 2001) is a Cuban freestyle wrestler. She won one of the bronze medals in the women's 76 kg event at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France. She won the gold medal in the women's 76 kg event at the 2023 Pan American Games held in Santiago, Chile.[2] She won the gold medal in the girls' freestyle 73 kg event at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics held in Buenos Aires, Argentina.[3]
_at_2018_Summer_Youth_Olympics_by_Sandro_Halank%E2%80%93041.jpg) Marín at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | 16 March 2001[1] Havana, Cuba |
| Sport | |
| Country | Cuba |
| Sport | Amateur wrestling |
| Weight class | 76 kg |
| Event | Freestyle |
Medal record | |
Marín also won the gold medal in the women's 76 kg event at the 2021 Junior Pan American Games held in Cali, Colombia.[4]
Career
editIn 2019, Marín was eliminated in her first match in the women's freestyle 76 kg event at the World Wrestling Championships held in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan.[5] At the 2019 World U23 Wrestling Championship held in Budapest, Hungary, she won the gold medal in the 72 kg event.[6][7] She defeated Wang Xiaoqian of China in her gold medal match.[7]
In 2020, Marín competed at the Pan American Olympic Qualification Tournament without qualifying for the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.[8] She also failed to qualify for the Olympics at the 2021 World Olympic Qualification Tournament held in Sofia, Bulgaria.[9]
Marín won the gold medal in the women's 76 kg event at the 2021 Junior Pan American Games held in Cali, Colombia.[4] As a result, she directly qualified to compete in the women's 76 kg event at the 2023 Pan American Games in Santiago, Chile.[10]
She competed in the women's 76 kg event at the 2022 World Wrestling Championships held in Belgrade, Serbia.[11] She won her first match and she was then eliminated by Anastasiia Shustova of Ukraine.[11]
Marín won one of the bronze medals in women's 76 kg event at the 2023 Central American and Caribbean Games held in San Salvador, El Salvador.[12] In September 2023, she lost her bronze medal match in the women's 76 kg event at the 2023 World Wrestling Championships held in Belgrade, Serbia.[13] Marín won a separate match against Cătălina Axente of Romania and she earned a quota place for Cuba for the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France.[13][14]
In November 2023, Marín won the gold medal in the women's 76 kg event at the Pan American Games held in Santiago, Chile.[2] She defeated Tatiana Rentería of Colombia in her gold medal match.[2]
Marín won one of the bronze medals in the women's 76 kg event at the 2024 Summer Olympics.[15][16] She defeated Aiperi Medet Kyzy of Kyrgyzstan in her bronze medal match.[16]
Achievements
edit| Year | Tournament | Location | Result | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Pan American Wrestling Championships | Buenos Aires, Argentina | 1st | Freestyle 76 kg |
| Central American and Caribbean Games | San Salvador, El Salvador | 3rd | Freestyle 76 kg | |
| Pan American Games | Santiago, Chile | 1st | Freestyle 76 kg | |
| 2024 | Olympic Games | Paris, France | 3rd | Freestyle 76 kg |
References
edit- ^ https://olympics.com/en/paris-2024/athlete/milaimy-de-la-caridad-marin-potrille_1571936 [bare URL]
- ^ a b c "2023 Pan American Games Wrestling Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 November 2023. Retrieved 13 November 2023.
- ^ "Women's Freestyle 73 kg Results" (PDF). 2018 Summer Youth Olympics. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 October 2018. Retrieved 11 August 2024.
- ^ a b "Women's 76 kg Event". 2021 Junior Pan American Games. Archived from the original on 6 December 2021. Retrieved 6 December 2021.
- ^ "2019 World Wrestling Championships Results" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived (PDF) from the original on 12 April 2020. Retrieved 12 April 2020.
- ^ Etchells, Daniel (1 November 2019). "Cuban strikes gold as women's action concludes at UWW Under-23 World Championships". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 4 April 2020.
- ^ a b "2019 World U23 Wrestling Championship" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived (PDF) from the original on 28 December 2019. Retrieved 8 August 2020.
- ^ "2020 Pan American Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived (PDF) from the original on 22 August 2020. Retrieved 22 August 2020.
- ^ "2021 World Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived (PDF) from the original on 9 May 2021. Retrieved 9 May 2021.
- ^ "Wrestling Qualification 2023 Pan American Games" (PDF). 2023 Pan American Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 March 2024. Retrieved 14 March 2024.
- ^ a b "2022 World Wrestling Championships Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 September 2022. Retrieved 18 September 2022.
- ^ "Women's 76 kg Medalists" (PDF). 2023 Central American and Caribbean Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 July 2023. Retrieved 2 July 2023.
- ^ a b "2023 World Wrestling Championships Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 November 2023. Retrieved 4 November 2023.
- ^ "Qualification System – Games of the XXXIII Olympiad – Paris 2024 – Wrestling" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 January 2024. Retrieved 11 April 2024.
- ^ Khalatyan, Rafael (11 August 2024). "Wrestling: Two golds for Japan, one for Tazhudinov". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 12 August 2024.
- ^ a b "Wrestling Results Book" (PDF). 2024 Summer Olympics. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 August 2024. Retrieved 12 August 2024.
External links
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- Milaimys Marín at the International Wrestling Database
- Milaimys Marín at the International Wrestling Database
- Milaimys Marín at Olympedia
