French freestyle wrestler
Cynthia Vescan
Born (1992-02-07 ) 7 February 1992 (age 32)
Cynthia Vanessa Vescan (born 7 February 1992) is a French freestyle wrestler of Romanian origin.[ 1]
Background and wrestling career
Vescan was born in Strasbourg , France.[ 2] [ 3] At the 2012 Summer Olympics held in London , United Kingdom, she competed in the women's freestyle 72 kg event where she lost her first bout in the round of 16 against Moldova's Svetlana Saenko .[ 4]
In 2021, she won one of the bronze medals in the 76 kg event at the Grand Prix de France Henri Deglane 2021 held in Nice, France.[ 5]
Mixed martial arts career
In March 2021, news surfaced that Vescan had signed a contract with Professional Fighters League with intentions to compete in mixed martial arts in the future.[ 6]
Vescan was scheduled to make her debut in mixed martial arts against Amanda Leve on August 19, 2021, at PFL 8 .[ 7] However, Vescan has to pull out of the bout.[ 8]
References
^ Fabien Rouschop (29 July 2016). "Cynthia Vescan, la dame de fer" . L'Alsace (in French). Retrieved 10 August 2016 .
^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill ; et al. "Cynthia Vescan" . Olympics at Sports-Reference.com . Sports Reference LLC . Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 11 August 2017 .
^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill ; et al. "Cynthia Vanessa Vescan" . Olympics at Sports-Reference.com . Sports Reference LLC . Archived from the original on 11 August 2017. Retrieved 25 August 2012 .
^ "Women's 72kg Freestyle" . The London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games Limited. Archived from the original on 25 August 2012. Retrieved 25 August 2012 .
^ "Grand Prix de France Henri Deglane 2021 Results Book" (PDF) . United World Wrestling . Archived (PDF) from the original on 23 October 2021. Retrieved 23 October 2021 .
^ Jay Pettry (18 March 2021). "PFL Signs Two-Time French Olympic Wrestler Cynthia Vescan" . Sherdog .
^ Newswire, MMA Fighting (3 August 2021). "PFL announces full card for second playoff event headlined by Kayla Harrison vs. Genah Fabian on Aug. 19" . MMA Fighting . Retrieved 3 August 2021 .
^ "#PFLPlayoffs update (this Thursday)" . Twitter . Archived from the original on 16 August 2021. Retrieved 16 August 2021 .
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