Alina Vuc

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| name = Alina Vuc

| image = Alina Vuc (cropped).jpg

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| caption = Vuc with award in 2017

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| full_name = Emilia Alina Vuc

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1993|10|4|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Reșița, Romania

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| coach = Mihai Stroia

| show-medals = yes

| medaltemplates = {{MedalSport | Women's wrestling}}

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{{MedalCompetition |Yasar Dogu Tournament|Yasar Dogu Tournament]]}}

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Emilia Alina Vuc (born 4 October 1993) is a Romanian freestyle wrestler. She is a two-time silver medalist at the World Wrestling Championships and a four-time medalist at the European Wrestling Championships. She competed in the women's freestyle 48{{nbsp}}kg event at the 2016 Summer Olympics, in which she was eliminated in the round of 16 by Vinesh Phogat.{{cite web |title=Emilia Alina Vuc |url=https://www.rio2016.com/en/athlete/emilia-alina-vuc |website=Rio2016.com |publisher=Organizing Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games Rio 2016 |accessdate=October 6, 2016 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160826111541/https://www.rio2016.com/en/athlete/emilia-alina-vuc |archivedate=August 26, 2016 |url-status=dead }}{{cite web|title=Women's Freestyle 48 kg - Standings |url=https://www.rio2016.com/en/wrestling-standings-wr-womens-freestyle-48-kg |website=Rio2016.com |publisher=Organizing Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games Rio 2016 |accessdate=October 6, 2016 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160922182746/https://www.rio2016.com/en/wrestling-standings-wr-womens-freestyle-48-kg |archivedate=September 22, 2016 |url-status=dead }} She also represented Romania in the women's 50{{nbsp}}kg event at the 2020 Summer Olympics held in Tokyo, Japan.{{Cite web|url=https://www.digisport.ro/alte-sporturi/alina-vuc-a-pierdut-finala-la-cm-de-lupte-insa-va-concura-anul-viitor-la-jo-de-la-tokyo-725431|title=Alina Vuc a pierdut finala la CM de lupte, însă va concura anul viitor, la JO de la Tokyo|website=www.digisport.ro|language=ro|access-date=2020-03-01}}{{Cite web|title=Wrestling Results Book|url=https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/resOG2020-/pdf/OG2020-/WRE/OG2020-_WRE_B99_WRE-------------------------------.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210807164330/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/resOG2020-/pdf/OG2020-/WRE/OG2020-_WRE_B99_WRE-------------------------------.pdf|archive-date=7 August 2021|access-date=8 August 2021|work=Tokyo 2020 Olympics|publisher=Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games}}

Career

In 2018, she won one of the bronze medals in the women's 50{{nbsp}}kg event at the Klippan Lady Open in Klippan, Sweden.{{Cite web|title=Results Book|url=https://unitedworldwrestling.org/sites/default/files/2018-02/final-book.pdf|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180812021447/https://unitedworldwrestling.org/sites/default/files/2018-02/final-book.pdf|archive-date=12 August 2018|access-date=20 December 2020|website=2018 Klippan Lady Open}} In 2021, she won the bronze medal in the 50 kg event at the Matteo Pellicone Ranking Series 2021 held in Rome, Italy.{{Cite web|title=Matteo Pellicone Ranking Series 2021|url=https://uww.org/sites/default/files/2021-03/final-book_matteo_pellicone_2021.pdf|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210321221706/https://uww.org/sites/default/files/2021-03/final-book_matteo_pellicone_2021.pdf|archive-date=21 March 2021|access-date=21 March 2021|website=United World Wrestling}} In October 2021, she lost her bronze medal match in the women's 50{{nbsp}}kg event at the World Wrestling Championships in Oslo, Norway.{{Cite news|last=Burke|first=Patrick|date=6 October 2021|title=Adelaine Maria Gray wins sixth title at Wrestling World Championships|work=InsideTheGames.biz|url=https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1113900/uww-world-championships-day-five|access-date=6 October 2021}}{{Cite web|title=2021 World Wrestling Championships Results Book|url=https://uww.org/sites/default/files/2021-10/results_10_oslo.pdf|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211016114828/https://uww.org/sites/default/files/2021-10/results_10_oslo.pdf|archive-date=16 October 2021|access-date=16 October 2021|website=United World Wrestling}}

In 2022, she won the gold medal in the 50{{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 March 2022, she won one of the bronze medals in the 50{{nbsp}}kg event at the European Wrestling Championships held in Budapest, Hungary.{{Cite news |last=Lloyd |first=Owen |date=31 March 2022 |title=Two golds apiece for Moldova and Turkey at European Wrestling Championships |work=InsideTheGames.biz |url=https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1121307/european-wrestling-championships-hungary |access-date=31 March 2022}}{{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}} She lost her bronze medal match in the women's 50{{nbsp}}kg event at the 2022 World Wrestling Championships held in Belgrade, Serbia.{{Cite news |last=Burke |first=Patrick |date=14 September 2022 |title=Susaki and Morikawa earn Japanese double at World Wrestling Championships |work=InsideTheGames.biz |url=https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1128068/world-wrestling-champs-2022-day-5 |access-date=15 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}}