Luisa Elizabeth Valverde Melendres was born on 4 July 1991 and is an Ecuadorian freestyle wrestler.
19 Facts About Luisa Valverde
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Luisa Valverde is a two-time gold medalist at the South American Games and a bronze medalist at the 2023 Pan American Games held in Santiago, Chile.
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Luisa Valverde won medals at the Pan American Wrestling Championships.
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Luisa Valverde won the gold medal in the 55kg event at the 2014 Pan American Wrestling Championships held in Mexico City, Mexico.
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In March 2020, Luisa Valverde competed at the Pan American Olympic Qualification Tournament held in Ottawa, Canada hoping to qualify for the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.
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Luisa Valverde did not qualify at this tournament and she failed to qualify for the Olympics at the 2021 World Olympic Qualification Tournament held in Sofia, Bulgaria.
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Luisa Valverde won her first match against Maria Prevolaraki of Greece and she was then eliminated in her next match by Bat-Ochiryn Bolortuyaa of Mongolia.
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Two months after the Olympics, Luisa Valverde lost her bronze medal match in the women's 53kg event at the 2021 World Wrestling Championships held in Oslo, Norway.
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Luisa Valverde won the silver medal in her event at the 2022 Pan American Wrestling Championships held in Acapulco, Mexico.
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Luisa Valverde won the gold medal in her event at the 2022 Bolivarian Games held in Valledupar, Colombia.
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Luisa Valverde was eliminated in her first match in the 55kg event at the 2022 World Wrestling Championships held in Belgrade, Serbia.
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Luisa Valverde won the gold medal in her event at the 2022 South American Games held in Asuncion, Paraguay.
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Luisa Valverde won the silver medal in the women's 55kg event at the Grand Prix de France Henri Deglane 2023 held in Nice, France.
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Luisa Valverde won one of the bronze medals in the women's 57kg event at the 2023 Ibrahim Moustafa Tournament held in Alexandria, Egypt.
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Luisa Valverde won one of the bronze medals in the women's 57kg event at the 2023 Pan American Games held in Santiago, Chile.
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Luisa Valverde defeated Betzabeth Sarco of Venezuela in her bronze medal match.
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Luisa Valverde won a bronze medal in the women's 57kg event at the 2024 Pan American Wrestling Championships held in Acapulco, Mexico.
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Luisa Valverde competed in the women's 57kg event at the Olympics.
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Luisa Valverde lost her second match against Tsugumi Sakurai of Japan and she was eliminated in the repechage by Hannah Taylor of Canada.