Andreea Ana

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Andreea Beatrice Ana (born 14 November 2000) is a Romanian freestyle wrestler. She is a six-time medalist, including three gold medals, at the European Wrestling Championships. She is the first female wrestler representing Romania to win a gold medal at the European Wrestling Championships.{{Cite news |date=31 March 2022 |title=Ana ends Romania's WW title drought at European Championships |website=UWW.org |publisher=United World Wrestling |url=https://uww.org/article/wrestlebudapest-ana-ends-romanias-ww-title-drought-european-championships |access-date=1 April 2022}} In 2021, Ana became under-23 world champion in the 55{{nbsp}}kg event at the U23 World Wrestling Championships held in Belgrade, Serbia. She represented Romania at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan and the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France.{{Cite news |last=Shefferd |first=Neil |date=7 May 2021 |title=Chumikova secures emotional win at UWW World Olympic Games qualifier |website=InsideTheGames.biz |publisher=Inside the Games |url=https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1107522/chumikova-secures-late-win-by-fall |access-date=7 May 2021}}

Career

Ana won a bronze medal at the 2018 World U23 Wrestling Championship held in Bucharest, Romania in the 53 kg event. At the 2019 European Wrestling Championships, also held in Bucharest, Romania, she won a bronze medal in the 55{{nbsp}}kg event.{{Cite web |url=https://unitedworldwrestling.org/sites/default/files/2019-04/opt-final-book_european_bucharest_2019.pdf |title=2019 European Wrestling Championships Results |website=unitedworldwrestling.org |publisher=United World Wrestling |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200412162932/https://unitedworldwrestling.org/sites/default/files/2019-04/opt-final-book_european_bucharest_2019.pdf |archive-date=12 April 2020 |access-date=12 April 2020}} In that same year, at the 2019 World U23 Wrestling Championship held in Budapest, Hungary, she also won one of the bronze medals in the 55 kg event.{{Cite news |last=Morgan |first=Liam |url=https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1086526/japan-win-three-gold-medals-u23-worlds |title=Japan win three gold medals in women's freestyle at UWW Under-23 World Championships |date=31 October 2019 |website=InsideTheGames.biz |publisher=Inside the Games |access-date=11 April 2020}}{{Cite web |title=2019 World U23 Wrestling Championship |url=https://unitedworldwrestling.org/sites/default/files/2019-11/u23_senior_world_championships_final-book.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191228051956/https://unitedworldwrestling.org/sites/default/files/2019-11/u23_senior_world_championships_final-book.pdf |archive-date=28 December 2019 |access-date=8 August 2020 |website=unitedworldwrestling.org |publisher=United World Wrestling}}

In 2020, Ana competed in the women's 55{{nbsp}}kg event at the European Wrestling Championships held in Rome, Italy without winning a medal.{{Cite web |url=https://unitedworldwrestling.org/sites/default/files/2020-02/eucs-rome-final-book_1.pdf |title=2020 European Wrestling Championships Results |website=unitedworldwrestling.org |publisher=United World Wrestling |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200412124934/https://unitedworldwrestling.org/sites/default/files/2020-02/eucs-rome-final-book_1.pdf |archive-date=12 April 2020 |access-date=12 April 2020}} She was eliminated in her second match by Sofia Mattsson of Sweden. In March 2021, she competed at the European Qualification Tournament in Budapest, Hungary hoping to qualify for the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.{{Cite web |title=2021 European Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament Results Book |url=https://uww.org/sites/default/files/2021-03/final-book.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210324185322/https://uww.org/sites/default/files/2021-03/final-book.pdf |archive-date=24 March 2021 |access-date=24 March 2021 |website=UWW.org |publisher=United World Wrestling}} A month later, she won one of the bronze medals in the 55{{nbsp}}kg event at the 2021 European Wrestling Championships held in Warsaw, Poland.{{Cite news |last=Berkeley |first=Geoff |date=22 April 2021 |title=Stadnik wins eighth European Wrestling Championships gold with success in Warsaw |website=InsideTheGames.biz |publisher=Inside the Games |url=https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1106989/stadnik-eighth-european-wrestling-gold |access-date=23 April 2021}}{{Cite web |title=2021 European Wrestling Championships Results Book |url=https://uww.org/sites/default/files/2021-04/2021_senior_european_championships.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210425200427/https://uww.org/sites/default/files/2021-04/2021_senior_european_championships.pdf |archive-date=25 April 2021 |access-date=25 April 2021 |website=UWW.org |publisher=United World Wrestling}} In May 2021, she qualified at the World Olympic Qualification Tournament to compete at the 2020 Summer Olympics.{{Cite news |last=Shefferd |first=Neil |date=8 May 2021 |title=Armenia and Romania book multiple Tokyo 2020 places at UWW World Olympic Games qualifier |website=InsideTheGames.biz |publisher=Inside the Games |url=https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1107558/uww-greco-roman-qualifying |access-date=8 May 2021}} She competed in the women's 53{{nbsp}}kg event where she was eliminated in her first match by eventual bronze medalist Vanesa Kaladzinskaya of Belarus.{{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=live |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}}

At the 2021 U23 World Wrestling Championships held in Belgrade, Serbia, she won the gold medal in the 55{{nbsp}}kg event.{{Cite news |last=Dowdeswell |first=Andrew |date=4 November 2021 |title=Shilson among victors on day four of UWW Under-23 World Championships with sensational headlock |website=InsideTheGames.biz |publisher=Inside the Games |url=https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1115033/shilson-uww-u23-world-champs-wrestling |access-date=4 November 2021}}{{Cite web |title=2021 U23 World Wrestling Championships Results Book |url=https://cdn.uww.org/s3fs-public/2021-11/results_11_belgrade.pdf?VersionId=q9PpC48NYmp7wndhAvjEjk6GB7FF03OG |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211110104150/https://cdn.uww.org/s3fs-public/2021-11/results_11_belgrade.pdf?VersionId=q9PpC48NYmp7wndhAvjEjk6GB7FF03OG |archive-date=10 November 2021 |access-date=10 November 2021 |website=UWW.org |publisher=United World Wrestling}}

In February 2022, Ana won the gold medal in the 55{{nbsp}}kg event at the Dan Kolov & Nikola Petrov Tournament held in Veliko Tarnovo, Bulgaria.{{Cite web |title=2022 Dan Kolov & Nikola Petrov Tournament Results Book |url=https://cdn.uww.org/s3fs-public/2022-02/results_02_veliko_tarnovo.pdf?VersionId=RLQJ3tFveNdhoBRrAa_YmxBjhap46i5S |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220313052955/https://cdn.uww.org/s3fs-public/2022-02/results_02_veliko_tarnovo.pdf?VersionId=RLQJ3tFveNdhoBRrAa_YmxBjhap46i5S |archive-date=13 March 2022 |access-date=15 March 2022 |website=UWW.org |publisher=United World Wrestling}} A month later, she also won the gold medal in her event at the 2022 European U23 Wrestling Championship held in Plovdiv, Bulgaria.{{Cite web |title=2022 European U23 Wrestling Championship Results Book |url=https://cdn.uww.org/s3fs-public/2022-03/final_book_for_2022_senior_u23_european_championship.pdf?VersionId=voRL2ShsCpsBN6qx8goiGqQsH0wDR_a5 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220315144534/https://cdn.uww.org/s3fs-public/2022-03/final_book_for_2022_senior_u23_european_championship.pdf?VersionId=voRL2ShsCpsBN6qx8goiGqQsH0wDR_a5 |archive-date=15 March 2022 |access-date=15 March 2022 |website=UWW.org |publisher=United World Wrestling}} In March 2022, she also won the gold medal in the 55{{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 |website=InsideTheGames.biz |publisher=Inside the Games |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=UWW.org |publisher=United World Wrestling}} This is the first gold medal for Romania in women's freestyle at the European Wrestling Championships. In the final, she defeated Oleksandra Khomenets of Ukraine.

In June 2022, Ana 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=UWW.org |publisher=United World Wrestling}} She competed in the 55{{nbsp}}kg event at the 2022 World Wrestling Championships held in Belgrade, Serbia where she was eliminated in her second match by eventual bronze medalist Karla Godinez of Canada.{{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}} Ana also competed in the 55{{nbsp}}kg event at the 2022 U23 World Wrestling Championships held in Pontevedra, Spain where she was eliminated in her first match.{{Cite web |title=2022 U23 World Wrestling Championships Results Book |url=https://cdn.uww.org/s3fs-public/2022-10/final-book-2022-u23_world_championships_0.pdf?VersionId=ULvdQi1j2falTsouZCHLVjHUfEvhszPO |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221025174035/https://cdn.uww.org/s3fs-public/2022-10/final-book-2022-u23_world_championships_0.pdf?VersionId=ULvdQi1j2falTsouZCHLVjHUfEvhszPO |archive-date=25 October 2022 |access-date=25 October 2022 |website=United World Wrestling}}

Ana won one of the bronze medals in the women's 53{{nbsp}}kg event at the 2023 Ibrahim Moustafa Tournament held in Alexandria, Egypt.{{Cite web |title=2023 Ibrahim Moustafa Tournament Results Book |url=https://cdn.uww.org/s3fs-public/2023-02/final-book-rs2-ibrahim-moustafa.pdf?VersionId=Gq8nHiMgxB60VBNUTWq8BLKqDmHLqvcK |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230226201011/https://cdn.uww.org/s3fs-public/2023-02/final-book-rs2-ibrahim-moustafa.pdf?VersionId=Gq8nHiMgxB60VBNUTWq8BLKqDmHLqvcK |archive-date=26 February 2023 |access-date=26 February 2023 |website=United World Wrestling}} She won the silver medal in the women's 55{{nbsp}}kg event at the 2023 European U23 Wrestling Championships held in Bucharest, Romania.{{Cite news |date=20 March 2023 |title=2023 European U23 Wrestling Championships Results Book |work=United World Wrestling |url=https://cdn.uww.org/s3fs-public/2023-03/final-book-uww-u23-european.pdf?VersionId=96QRu.lwdHmNAYu3iHBLNtS8qI_fpETU |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230320182026/https://cdn.uww.org/s3fs-public/2023-03/final-book-uww-u23-european.pdf?VersionId=96QRu.lwdHmNAYu3iHBLNtS8qI_fpETU |access-date=20 March 2023|archive-date=20 March 2023 }} A month later, Ana won the gold medal in the women's 55{{nbsp}}kg event at the 2023 European Wrestling Championships held in Zagreb, Croatia.{{Cite news |last=Lloyd |first=Owen |date=20 April 2023 |title=Ukraine subjected to defeat in three finals at European Wrestling Championships |work=InsideTheGames.biz |url=https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1136166/european-wrestling-championships |access-date=21 April 2023}}{{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 Erika Bognár of Hungary in her gold medal match.

Ana won the gold medal in the women's 55{{nbsp}}kg event at the 2024 European Wrestling Championships held in Bucharest, Romania.{{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 defeated Mariana Drăguțan of Moldova. She competed at the 2024 European Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament in Baku, Azerbaijan and she earned a quota place for Romania for the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France.{{Cite news |last=Khalatyan |first=Rafael |date=8 April 2024 |title=Azerbaijan secures full freestyle wrestling team for Paris 2024 |url=https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1144598/azerbaijan-with-full-freestyle-squad |access-date=17 April 2024 |work=InsideTheGames.biz}}{{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}} Ana competed in the women's 53{{nbsp}}kg event at the Olympics.{{Cite web |title=Wrestling Results Book |url=https://olympics.com/OG2024/pdf/OG2024/WRE/OG2024_WRE_B99_WRE-------------------------------.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240811181048/https://olympics.com/OG2024/pdf/OG2024/WRE/OG2024_WRE_B99_WRE-------------------------------.pdf |archive-date=11 August 2024 |access-date=12 August 2024 |website=2024 Summer Olympics}} She lost her second match against Lucía Yépez of Ecuador and she was eliminated in the repechage by Choe Hyo-gyong of North Korea.

In 2025, Ana won the silver medal in the 53{{nbsp}}kg event at the European Wrestling Championships held in Bratislava, Slovakia.{{Cite news |last=Khalatyan |first=Rafael |date=15 April 2025 |title=Ukraine's dominance, Greece's historic gold |url=https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1152858/womens-wrestling-european-championships |access-date=21 April 2025 |work=InsideTheGames.biz}}{{Cite web |title=2025 European Wrestling Championships Results Book |url=https://cdn.uww.org/2025-04/final-book-senior_european_championships.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250414180503/https://cdn.uww.org/2025-04/final-book-senior_european_championships.pdf |archive-date=14 April 2025 |access-date=14 April 2025 |website=United World Wrestling}}

Achievements

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2019

|European Championships

|Bucharest, Romania

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|Freestyle 55{{nbsp}}kg

2021

|European Championships

|Warsaw, Poland

|align="center" bgcolor="cc9966" | 3rd

|Freestyle 55{{nbsp}}kg

2022

|European Championships

|Budapest, Hungary

|align="center" bgcolor="gold" | 1st

|Freestyle 55{{nbsp}}kg

2023

|European Championships

|Zagreb, Croatia

|align="center" bgcolor="gold" | 1st

|Freestyle 55{{nbsp}}kg

2024

|European Championships

|Bucharest, Romania

|align="center" bgcolor="gold" | 1st

|Freestyle 55{{nbsp}}kg

2025

|European Championships

|Bratislava, Slovakia

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|Freestyle 53{{nbsp}}kg

References

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[https://olympics.com/en/paris-2024/athlete/andreea-beatrice-ana_1540273 Andreea Beatrice Ana] at the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics
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Category:2000 births

Category:Living people

Category:Romanian female sport wrestlers

Category:Olympic wrestlers for Romania

Category:Wrestlers at the 2020 Summer Olympics

Category:Wrestlers at the 2024 Summer Olympics

Category:European Wrestling Champions

Category:European Wrestling Championships medalists

Category:21st-century Romanian sportswomen

Category:People from Mangalia

Category:Sportspeople from Constanța County