Anastasia Nichita (born 19 February 1999) is a Moldovan freestyle wrestler. She won the silver medal in the women's 57 kg event at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France. She won the gold medal in the 59 kg event at the 2022 World Wrestling Championships held in Belgrade, Serbia.[2][3] She is a three-time gold medalist in the 59 kg event at the European Wrestling Championships.

Anastasia Nichita
Nichita in 2019
Personal information
Born (1999-02-19) 19 February 1999 (age 25)
Tătărești, Moldova[1]
Height165 cm (5.41 ft; 65 in)
Sport
CountryMoldova
SportAmateur wrestling
Weight class
  • 57 kg
  • 59 kg
EventFreestyle
Medal record
Women's freestyle wrestling
Representing  Moldova
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 2024 Paris 57 kg
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2022 Belgrade 59 kg
Silver medal – second place 2023 Belgrade 57 kg
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2020 Rome 59 kg
Gold medal – first place 2022 Budapest 59 kg
Gold medal – first place 2023 Zagreb 59 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Bucharest 57 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2021 Warsaw 59 kg
Individual World Cup
Gold medal – first place 2020 Belgrade 57 kg
European Games
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Minsk 57 kg
Yasar Dogu Tournament
Gold medal – first place 2022 Istanbul 59 kg
World U23 Championships
Silver medal – second place 2019 Budapest 59 kg
European U23 Championship
Gold medal – first place 2019 Novi Sad 59 kg
Gold medal – first place 2021 Skopje 59 kg
Gold medal – first place 2022 Plovdiv 59 kg
Silver medal – second place 2017 Szombathely 60 kg
Silver medal – second place 2018 Istanbul 59 kg
Junior World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2018 Trnava 59 kg
Silver medal – second place 2017 Tampere 59 kg
Silver medal – second place 2019 Tallin 59 kg

Nichita also represented Moldova at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.[4]

Career

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At the 2018 European U23 Wrestling Championship in Istanbul, Turkey, Nichita won the silver medal in the women's 59 kg event.[5][6] At the 2019 World U23 Wrestling Championship in Budapest, Hungary, she also won the silver medal in the women's 59 kg event.[7][8] In the final, she lost against Yumeka Tanabe of Japan.[7]

In 2019, at the European Wrestling Championships held in Bucharest, Romania, Nichita won one of the bronze medals in the women's 57 kg event.[9][10] In that same year, she also won a bronze medal in the women's 57 kg event at the 2019 European Games held in Minsk, Belarus.[11][12] In her bronze medal match she defeated Grace Bullen of Norway.[11] In 2020, Nichita won the gold medal in the women's 59 kg event at the European Wrestling Championships held in Rome, Italy.[13][14] She defeated Bilyana Dudova of Bulgaria in the final. Nichita also won the gold medal in the women's 57 kg event at the Individual Wrestling World Cup held in Belgrade, Serbia.[15][16]

In 2021, Nichita won one of the bronze medals in the 59 kg event at the European Wrestling Championships held in Warsaw, Poland.[17][18] She won the gold medal in her event at the 2021 European U23 Wrestling Championship held in Skopje, North Macedonia.[19]

Nichita represented Moldova at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.[4] She competed in the women's 57 kg event where she won her first match against Odunayo Adekuoroye of Nigeria and she was then eliminated in her next match by eventual bronze medalist Evelina Nikolova of Bulgaria.[4][20] At the 2021 U23 World Wrestling Championships held in Belgrade, Serbia, she competed in the women's 59 kg event.[21]

In February 2022, Nichita won the gold medal in the women's 59 kg event at the Yasar Dogu Tournament held in Istanbul, Turkey.[22] In March 2022, she won the gold medal in the women's 59 kg event at the European U23 Wrestling Championship held in Plovdiv, Bulgaria.[23] In that same month, Nichita also won the gold medal in the 59 kg event at the European Wrestling Championships held in Budapest, Hungary.[24][25] In the final, she defeated Jowita Wrzesień of Poland.[24]

Nichita won the gold medal in the 59 kg event at the 2022 World Wrestling Championships held in Belgrade, Serbia.[2][3] She defeated Grace Bullen of Norway in her gold medal match.[2][3]

Nichita won the gold medal in the women's 59 kg event at the 2023 Grand Prix Zagreb Open held in Zagreb, Croatia. She won the silver medal in her event at the 2023 Ibrahim Moustafa Tournament held in Alexandria, Egypt.[26] Nichita won the gold medal in the women's 59 kg event at the 2023 European Wrestling Championships held in Zagreb, Croatia.[27] She defeated Yuliya Tkach of Ukraine in her gold medal match by walkover.[28]

Nichita won the silver medal in the 57 kg event at the 2023 World Wrestling Championships held in Belgrade, Serbia.[29] As a result, she earned a quota place for Moldova for the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France.[30] In February 2024, she competed in the women's 59 kg event at the European Wrestling Championships held in Bucharest, Romania.[31] In August 2024, Nichita won the silver medal in the women's 57 kg event at the Olympics.[32] In the final, she lost against Tsugumi Sakurai of Japan.[32]

Achievements

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Year Tournament Location Result Event
2019 European Championships Bucharest, Romania 3rd Freestyle 57 kg
European Games Minsk, Belarus 3rd Freestyle 57 kg
2020 European Championships Rome, Italy 1st Freestyle 59 kg
2021 European Championships Warsaw, Poland 3rd Freestyle 59 kg
2022 European Championships Budapest, Hungary 1st Freestyle 59 kg
World Championships Belgrade, Serbia 1st Freestyle 59 kg
2023 European Championships Zagreb, Croatia 1st Freestyle 59 kg
World Championships Belgrade, Serbia 2nd Freestyle 57 kg
2024 Summer Olympics Paris, France 2nd Freestyle 57 kg

References

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