Cătălina Axente is a Romanian freestyle wrestler. She won one of the bronze medals in the 72 kg event at the 2020 European Wrestling Championships held in Rome, Italy.[1][2] She also won one of the bronze medals in the 76 kg event at the 2023 European Wrestling Championships held in Zagreb, Croatia.
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| Born | 31 October 1995 Galați, Romania | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Romania | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Amateur wrestling | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Event | Freestyle | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Career
editIn 2018, Axente won a bronze medal in the 76 kg event at the European U23 Wrestling Championship held in Istanbul, Turkey.[3][4] She defeated Francy Rädelt of Germany in her bronze medal match.[4]
Axente represented Romania at the 2019 European Games held in Minsk, Belarus in the 76 kg where she lost her only match against Ayşegül Özbeğe.[5] In 2020, she was eliminated in her first match in the women's 76 kg event at the Individual Wrestling World Cup held in Belgrade, Serbia.[6]
In March 2021, Axente competed at the European Qualification Tournament in Budapest, Hungary hoping to qualify for the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.[7] In April 2021, she was eliminated in her first match in the 72 kg event at the European Wrestling Championships in Warsaw, Poland.[8] In May 2021, Axente failed to qualify for the Olympics at the World Olympic Qualification Tournament held in Sofia, Bulgaria.[9]
In 2022, Axente competed in the 76 kg event at the Yasar Dogu Tournament held in Istanbul, Turkey.[10] She lost her bronze medal match in the 76 kg event at the 2022 European Wrestling Championships held in Budapest, Hungary.[11] A few months later, Axente also lost her bronze medal match in her event at the Matteo Pellicone Ranking Series 2022 held in Rome, Italy.[12] She competed in the 76 kg event at the 2022 World Wrestling Championships held in Belgrade, Serbia where she was eliminated in her second match.[13]
Axente won one of the bronze medals in the 76 kg event at the 2023 European Wrestling Championships held in Zagreb, Croatia.[14][15] She won the gold medal in her event at the 2023 Jeux de la Francophonie held in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo. In September 2023, Axente lost her bronze medal match in the women's 76 kg event at the World Wrestling Championships held in Belgrade, Serbia.[16] She also lost a separate Olympic qualification match against Milaimys Marín of Cuba and she did not qualify for the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France.[16][17]
In 2024, she competed in the 76 kg event at the European Wrestling Championships held in Bucharest, Romania where she was eliminated in her first match.[18] Two months later, Axente competed at the 2024 European Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament in Baku, Azerbaijan hoping to qualify for the 2024 Summer Olympics.[19] She was eliminated in her first match and she did not qualify for the Olympics at this event.[19] A month later, Axente earned a quota place for Romania for the Olympics at the 2024 World Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament held in Istanbul, Turkey.[20] She was injured in her first match in the women's 76 kg event at the Olympics, leaving her unable to continue in the competition.[21]
Achievements
edit| Year | Tournament | Location | Result | Event |
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| 2017 | Jeux de la Francophonie | Abidjan, Ivory Coast | 3rd | Freestyle 75 kg |
| 2020 | European Championships | Rome, Italy | 3rd | Freestyle 72 kg |
| 2023 | European Championships | Zagreb, Croatia | 3rd | Freestyle 76 kg |
| 2023 | Jeux de la Francophonie | Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo | 1st | Freestyle 76 kg |
References
edit- ^ "2020 European Wrestling Championships Results" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived (PDF) from the original on 12 April 2020. Retrieved 12 April 2020.
- ^ Etchells, Daniel (14 February 2020). "Hristova beats last year's gold medallist Manolova at European Wrestling Championships". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 14 February 2020.
- ^ Pavitt, Michael (7 June 2018). "Tosun delivers home gold at UWW Under-23 European Championships". InsideTheGames.biz. Archived from the original on 13 January 2020. Retrieved 11 April 2020.
- ^ a b "2018 European U23 Wrestling Championship" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived (PDF) from the original on 12 June 2018. Retrieved 9 August 2020.
- ^ "2019 European Games Wrestling Results" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived (PDF) from the original on 11 February 2020. Retrieved 4 April 2020.
- ^ "2020 Individual Wrestling World Cup Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived (PDF) from the original on 18 December 2020. Retrieved 18 December 2020.
- ^ "2021 European Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived (PDF) from the original on 24 March 2021. Retrieved 24 March 2021.
- ^ "2021 European Wrestling Championships Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived (PDF) from the original on 25 April 2021. Retrieved 25 April 2021.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "2022 Yasar Dogu, Vehbi Emre & Hamit Kaplan Tournament Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2 March 2022. Retrieved 2 March 2022.
- ^ "2022 European Wrestling Championships Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 April 2022. Retrieved 3 April 2022.
- ^ "Matteo Pellicone Ranking Series 2022 Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 June 2022. Retrieved 25 June 2022.
- ^ "2022 World Wrestling Championships Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 September 2022. Retrieved 18 September 2022.
- ^ Lloyd, Owen (20 April 2023). "Ukraine subjected to defeat in three finals at European Wrestling Championships". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 21 April 2023.
- ^ "2023 European Wrestling Championships Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 April 2023. Retrieved 23 April 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.
- ^ "2024 European Wrestling Championships Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 February 2024. Retrieved 19 February 2024.
- ^ a b "2024 European Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 April 2024. Retrieved 8 April 2024.
- ^ "2024 World Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 May 2024. Retrieved 14 May 2024.
- ^ "Wrestling Results Book" (PDF). 2024 Summer Olympics. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 August 2024. Retrieved 12 August 2024.
External links
edit- Cătălina Axente at the International Wrestling Database
