Alexandra Anghel

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Alexandra Nicoleta Anghel (born 28 June 1997) is a Romanian freestyle wrestler. She won one of the bronze medals in the 72{{nbsp}}kg event at the 2022 World Wrestling Championships held in Belgrade, Serbia.{{Cite news |last=Brennan |first=Eliott |date=15 September 2022 |title=Olympic champion Stock-Mensah resumes title success at World Wrestling Championships |work=InsideTheGames.biz |url=https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1128098/stock-mensah-success-wrestling |access-date=17 September 2022}}{{Cite web |title=2022 World Wrestling Championships Results Book |url=https://cdn.uww.org/s3fs-public/2022-09/final-book-2022-senior-world-championships_compressed.pdf?VersionId=zoTz_Ra8zK5EkVhfrZuDG5THXf4.3ik. |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220918183512/https://cdn.uww.org/s3fs-public/2022-09/final-book-2022-senior-world-championships_compressed.pdf?VersionId=zoTz_Ra8zK5EkVhfrZuDG5THXf4.3ik. |archive-date=18 September 2022 |access-date=18 September 2022 |website=United World Wrestling}} She is a four-time medalist, including gold, in her event at the European Wrestling Championships.

Career

Anghel won one of the bronze medals in the 72{{nbsp}}kg event at the 2018 European Wrestling Championships held in Kaspiysk, Russia.{{Cite web|url=https://unitedworldwrestling.org/sites/default/files/2018-05/results_04_kaspiisk.pdf|title=2018 European Wrestling Championships Results|website=United World Wrestling|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200412211223/https://unitedworldwrestling.org/sites/default/files/2018-05/results_04_kaspiisk.pdf|archive-date=12 April 2020|access-date=12 April 2020}}{{Cite news|last=Rowbottom|first=Mike|url=https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1064707/bulgaria-take-two-gold-medals-in-concluding-womens-finals-at-european-wrestling-chamionships-in-russia|title=Bulgaria take two gold medals in concluding women's finals at European Wrestling {{sic|nolink=y|reason=error in source|Chamionships}} in Russia|date=4 May 2018|work=InsideTheGames.biz|access-date=13 April 2020}} In 2019, she lost the bronze medal match in the 72{{nbsp}}kg event at the European Wrestling Championships held in Bucharest, Romania.{{Cite news|last=Pavitt|first=Michael|url=https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1077889/orshush-and-yusein-defend-titles-at-european-wrestling-championships|title=Orshush and Yusein defend titles at European Wrestling Championships|date=12 April 2019|work=InsideTheGames.biz|access-date=12 April 2020}} In the same year, Anghel also competed in the 72{{nbsp}}kg event at the 2019 World Wrestling Championships where she lost her first match against Natalia Vorobieva. In the repechage she was eliminated from the competition by Masako Furuichi of Japan.{{Cite web|url=https://unitedworldwrestling.org/sites/default/files/2019-09/nur-sultan_kz_final-book_1.pdf|title=2019 World Wrestling Championships Results|website=United World Wrestling|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200412151211/https://unitedworldwrestling.org/sites/default/files/2019-09/nur-sultan_kz_final-book_1.pdf|archive-date=12 April 2020|access-date=12 April 2020}}

In February 2022, Anghel won one of the bronze medals in the 72{{nbsp}}kg event at the Yasar Dogu Tournament held in Istanbul, Turkey.{{Cite web |title=2022 Yasar Dogu, Vehbi Emre & Hamit Kaplan Tournament Results Book |url=https://cdn.uww.org/s3fs-public/2022-03/final-book-ranking-series-istambul-2022-light.pdf?VersionId=BMipbXFVxzXXeonWOfeVdKVeNlWlxYzt |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220302085143/https://cdn.uww.org/s3fs-public/2022-03/final-book-ranking-series-istambul-2022-light.pdf?VersionId=BMipbXFVxzXXeonWOfeVdKVeNlWlxYzt |archive-date=2 March 2022 |access-date=2 March 2022 |website=United World Wrestling}} In April 2022, she lost her bronze medal match in the 72{{nbsp}}kg event at the European Wrestling Championships held in Budapest, Hungary.{{Cite web |title=2022 European Wrestling Championships Results Book |url=https://cdn.uww.org/s3fs-public/2022-04/2022_senior_european_championships_official_results.pdf?VersionId=KEoKJnjfNdVsB13voNEJO9gMUHnyIlq0 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220403191311/https://cdn.uww.org/s3fs-public/2022-04/2022_senior_european_championships_official_results.pdf?VersionId=KEoKJnjfNdVsB13voNEJO9gMUHnyIlq0 |archive-date=3 April 2022 |access-date=3 April 2022 |website=United World Wrestling}} A few months later, she won the bronze medal in her event at the Matteo Pellicone Ranking Series 2022 held in Rome, Italy.{{Cite web |title=Matteo Pellicone Ranking Series 2022 Results Book |url=https://cdn.uww.org/s3fs-public/2022-06/final-book-matteo_pellicone.pdf?VersionId=qzK3za9J0rNgcVjK8V3USdzHshFpyOIW |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220625194934/https://cdn.uww.org/s3fs-public/2022-06/final-book-matteo_pellicone.pdf?VersionId=qzK3za9J0rNgcVjK8V3USdzHshFpyOIW |archive-date=25 June 2022 |access-date=25 June 2022 |website=United World Wrestling}} Anghel won one of the bronze medals in the 72{{nbsp}}kg event at the 2022 World Wrestling Championships held in Belgrade, Serbia, behind American gold medal winner Amit Elor and Kazakh silver medal winner Zhamila Bakbergenova.

Anghel won the gold medal in the 72{{nbsp}}kg event at the 2023 European Wrestling Championships held in Zagreb, Croatia.{{Cite web |title=2023 European Wrestling Championships Results Book |url=https://cdn.uww.org/s3fs-public/2023-04/final-book-senior-european-championships_.pdf?VersionId=C4X59O2RAfRiJyBB28sm1SXcoyTBDXpq |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230423200920/https://cdn.uww.org/s3fs-public/2023-04/final-book-senior-european-championships_.pdf?VersionId=C4X59O2RAfRiJyBB28sm1SXcoyTBDXpq |archive-date=23 April 2023 |access-date=23 April 2023 |website=United World Wrestling}} She defeated Buse Tosun of Turkey in her gold medal match. Anghel also competed in the 68{{nbsp}}kg event at the 2023 World Wrestling Championships held in Belgrade, Serbia where she was eliminated in her first match.{{Cite web |title=2023 World Wrestling Championships Results Book |url=https://d3u2kdyvfaxwhl.cloudfront.net/s3fs-public/2023-09/final-book-2023-senior_world_championships_and_og_qualif.pdf?VersionId=Vw6R1se4WK.11kPw_YnsfzZdbwCSiIiI |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231104205225/https://d3u2kdyvfaxwhl.cloudfront.net/s3fs-public/2023-09/final-book-2023-senior_world_championships_and_og_qualif.pdf?VersionId=Vw6R1se4WK.11kPw_YnsfzZdbwCSiIiI |archive-date=4 November 2023 |access-date=4 November 2023 |website=United World Wrestling}}

Anghel won the silver medal in the 72{{nbsp}}kg event at the 2024 European Wrestling Championships held in Bucharest, Romania.{{Cite news |last=Khalatyan |first=Rafael |date=17 February 2024 |title=Bucharest 2024 Day 5: Ukraine wins team title in women's wrestling |url=https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1143810/ukraine-wins-team-title-in-womens-europe |access-date=22 February 2024 |work=InsideTheGames.biz}}{{Cite web |title=2024 European Wrestling Championships Results Book |url=https://d3u2kdyvfaxwhl.cloudfront.net/s3fs-public/2024-02/results_02_bucharest.pdf?VersionId=XkE2ZnjNmXYzWNF1si8_Od9HuEOhuMrM |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240219213412/https://d3u2kdyvfaxwhl.cloudfront.net/s3fs-public/2024-02/results_02_bucharest.pdf?VersionId=XkE2ZnjNmXYzWNF1si8_Od9HuEOhuMrM |archive-date=19 February 2024 |access-date=19 February 2024 |website=United World Wrestling}} In the final, she lost against Nesrin Baş of Turkey. Anghel competed at the 2024 European Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament in Baku, Azerbaijan hoping to qualify for the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France.{{Cite web |title=2024 European Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament Results Book |url=https://cdn.uww.org/2024-04/final-book-seniors_european_og_qualifier.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240408164811/https://cdn.uww.org/2024-04/final-book-seniors_european_og_qualifier.pdf |archive-date=8 April 2024 |access-date=8 April 2024 |website=United World Wrestling}} She was eliminated in her second match and she did not qualify for the Olympics. Anghel also competed at the 2024 World Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament held in Istanbul, Turkey without qualifying for the Olympics.{{Cite web |title=2024 World Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament Results Book |url=https://cdn.uww.org/2024-05/results_05_istanbul_qt.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240514204605/https://cdn.uww.org/2024-05/results_05_istanbul_qt.pdf |archive-date=14 May 2024 |access-date=14 May 2024 |website=United World Wrestling}} She lost her Olympic wrestle-off match against Linda Morais of Canada.