Andreea Ana

Andreea Ana
Ana in 2019
Personal information
Full nameAndreea Beatrice Ana
Born (2000-11-14) 14 November 2000 (age 24)
Mangalia, Romania
Sport
CountryRomania
SportAmateur wrestling
Weight class55 kg
EventFreestyle
Medal record
Women's freestyle wrestling
Representing  Romania
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2022 Budapest 55 kg
Gold medal – first place 2023 Zagreb 55 kg
Gold medal – first place 2024 Bucharest 55 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Bucharest 55 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2021 Warsaw 55 kg
Yasar Dogu Tournament
Bronze medal – third place 2020 Istanbul 53 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2021 Istanbul 53 kg
Dan Kolov - Nikola Petrov Tournament
Gold medal – first place 2022 Veliko Tarnovo 55 kg
Grand Prix
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Rome 53 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2023 Alexandria 53 kg
World U23 Championships
Gold medal – first place 2021 Belgrade 55 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Bucharest 53 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Budapest 55 kg
European U23 Championship
Gold medal – first place 2022 Plovdiv 55 kg
Silver medal – second place 2023 Bucharest 55 kg

Andreea Beatrice Ana (born 14 November 2000) is a Romanian freestyle wrestler. She is a five-time medalist, including three gold medals, at the European Wrestling Championships. She is the first female wrestler representing Romania to win a gold medal at the European Wrestling Championships.[1] In 2021, Ana became under-23 world champion in the 55 kg event at the U23 World Wrestling Championships held in Belgrade, Serbia. She represented Romania at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan and the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France.[2]

Career

Ana won a bronze medal at the 2018 World U23 Wrestling Championship held in Bucharest, Romania in the 53 kg event. At the 2019 European Wrestling Championships, also held in Bucharest, Romania, she won a bronze medal in the 55 kg event.[3] In that same year, at the 2019 World U23 Wrestling Championship held in Budapest, Hungary, she also won one of the bronze medals in the 55 kg event.[4][5]

In 2020, Ana competed in the women's 55 kg event at the European Wrestling Championships held in Rome, Italy without winning a medal.[6] She was eliminated in her second match by Sofia Mattsson of Sweden.[6] In March 2021, she competed at the European Qualification Tournament in Budapest, Hungary hoping to qualify for the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.[7] A month later, she won one of the bronze medals in the 55 kg event at the 2021 European Wrestling Championships held in Warsaw, Poland.[8][9] In May 2021, she qualified at the World Olympic Qualification Tournament to compete at the 2020 Summer Olympics.[2][10] She competed in the women's 53 kg event where she was eliminated in her first match by eventual bronze medalist Vanesa Kaladzinskaya of Belarus.[11]

At the 2021 U23 World Wrestling Championships held in Belgrade, Serbia, she won the gold medal in the 55 kg event.[12][13]

In February 2022, Ana won the gold medal in the 55 kg event at the Dan Kolov & Nikola Petrov Tournament held in Veliko Tarnovo, Bulgaria.[14] A month later, she also won the gold medal in her event at the 2022 European U23 Wrestling Championship held in Plovdiv, Bulgaria.[15] In March 2022, she also won the gold medal in the 55 kg event at the European Wrestling Championships held in Budapest, Hungary.[16][17] This is the first gold medal for Romania in women's freestyle at the European Wrestling Championships.[1] In the final, she defeated Oleksandra Khomenets of Ukraine.[1]

In June 2022, Ana won the bronze medal in her event at the Matteo Pellicone Ranking Series 2022 held in Rome, Italy.[18] She competed in the 55 kg event at the 2022 World Wrestling Championships held in Belgrade, Serbia where she was eliminated in her second match by eventual bronze medalist Karla Godinez of Canada.[19] Ana also competed in the 55 kg event at the 2022 U23 World Wrestling Championships held in Pontevedra, Spain where she was eliminated in her first match.[20]

Ana won one of the bronze medals in the women's 53 kg event at the 2023 Ibrahim Moustafa Tournament held in Alexandria, Egypt.[21] She won the silver medal in the women's 55 kg event at the 2023 European U23 Wrestling Championships held in Bucharest, Romania.[22] A month later, Ana won the gold medal in the women's 55 kg event at the 2023 European Wrestling Championships held in Zagreb, Croatia.[23][24] She defeated Erika Bognár of Hungary in her gold medal match.

Ana won the gold medal in the women's 55 kg event at the 2024 European Wrestling Championships held in Bucharest, Romania.[25] In the final, she defeated Mariana Drăguțan of Moldova.[25] She competed at the 2024 European Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament in Baku, Azerbaijan and she earned a quota place for Romania for the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France.[26][27] Ana competed in the women's 53 kg event at the Olympics.[28] She lost her second match against Lucía Yépez of Ecuador and she was eliminated in the repechage by Choe Hyo-gyong of North Korea.[28]

Achievements

Year Tournament Location Result Event
2019 European Championships Bucharest, Romania 3rd Freestyle 55 kg
2021 European Championships Warsaw, Poland 3rd Freestyle 55 kg
2022 European Championships Budapest, Hungary 1st Freestyle 55 kg
2023 European Championships Zagreb, Croatia 1st Freestyle 55 kg
2024 European Championships Bucharest, Romania 1st Freestyle 55 kg

References

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  2. ^ a b Shefferd, Neil (7 May 2021). "Chumikova secures emotional win at UWW World Olympic Games qualifier". InsideTheGames.biz. Inside the Games. Retrieved 7 May 2021.
  3. ^ "2019 European Wrestling Championships Results" (PDF). unitedworldwrestling.org. United World Wrestling. Archived (PDF) from the original on 12 April 2020. Retrieved 12 April 2020.
  4. ^ Morgan, Liam (31 October 2019). "Japan win three gold medals in women's freestyle at UWW Under-23 World Championships". InsideTheGames.biz. Inside the Games. Retrieved 11 April 2020.
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  8. ^ Berkeley, Geoff (22 April 2021). "Stadnik wins eighth European Wrestling Championships gold with success in Warsaw". InsideTheGames.biz. Inside the Games. Retrieved 23 April 2021.
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  10. ^ Shefferd, Neil (8 May 2021). "Armenia and Romania book multiple Tokyo 2020 places at UWW World Olympic Games qualifier". InsideTheGames.biz. Inside the Games. Retrieved 8 May 2021.
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  18. ^ "Matteo Pellicone Ranking Series 2022 Results Book" (PDF). UWW.org. United World Wrestling. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 June 2022. Retrieved 25 June 2022.
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  21. ^ "2023 Ibrahim Moustafa Tournament Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 February 2023. Retrieved 26 February 2023.
  22. ^ "2023 European U23 Wrestling Championships Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. 20 March 2023. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 March 2023. Retrieved 20 March 2023.
  23. ^ Lloyd, Owen (20 April 2023). "Ukraine subjected to defeat in three finals at European Wrestling Championships". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 21 April 2023.
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  25. ^ a b "2024 European Wrestling Championships Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 February 2024. Retrieved 19 February 2024.
  26. ^ Khalatyan, Rafael (8 April 2024). "Azerbaijan secures full freestyle wrestling team for Paris 2024". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 17 April 2024.
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