Linda Morais

{{Short description|Canadian wrestler (born 1993)}}

{{Infobox sportsperson

|name = Linda Morais

|image = Linda Morais.JPG

|caption = Linda Morais at the 2021 World Wrestling Championships in Oslo, Norway

|sport = Wrestling

|event = Freestyle

|birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=y|1993|07|31}}

|birth_place = Tecumseh, Ontario, Canada

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|height = 167 cm

|weight = 68 kg

|club = Montreal YMHA

|coach = David Zilberman

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{{MedalSport|Women's freestyle wrestling}}

{{MedalCountry| {{CAN}} }}

{{MedalCompetition | World Championships }}

{{MedalGold|2019 Nur-Sultan|59 kg}}

{{MedalBronze|2016 Budapest|60 kg}}

{{MedalBronze| 2022 Belgrade|68 kg}}

{{MedalCompetition|Commonwealth Games}}

{{MedalSilver| 2022 Birmingham | 68 kg}}

{{MedalCompetition|Commonwealth Wrestling Championship}}

{{MedalGold|2016 Singapore|60 kg}}

{{MedalCompetition|Francophone Games}}

{{MedalSilver| 2017 Abidjan| 63 kg}}

{{MedalSilver| 2013 Nice| 63 kg}}

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Linda Morais (born 31 July 1993) is a wrestler competing for Canada.

She won a gold medal in the 59 kg freestyle at the 2019 World Wrestling Championships and a bronze medal in the 60 kg freestyle at the 2016 World Wrestling Championships.{{Cite web|url=https://wrestling.ca/linda-morais/|title=Linda Morais|website=Wrestling Canada Lutte}}{{Cite web|title=2016 World Wrestling Championships Results Book|url=https://unitedworldwrestling.org/sites/default/files/media/document/event/results/results_12_budapest.pdf|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201118174823/https://unitedworldwrestling.org/sites/default/files/media/document/event/results/results_12_budapest.pdf|archive-date=18 November 2020|access-date=21 November 2020|website=United World Wrestling}} She won one of the bronze medals in the 68{{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 also a two-time (2018 & 2016) World University Championship gold medallist.{{Cite web|url=https://49northwrestling.com/|title=| The #1 Source For Canadian Amateur Wrestling News & Video!}}

Morais placed first in the 57 kg freestyle at the 2019 Canadian Wrestling Trials held in Niagara, Canada, earning a spot for the Canadian Olympic team at the Olympic qualifiers.{{Cite web |date=2019-12-08 |title=Canadian wrestlers one step closer to Tokyo 2020 |url=https://wrestling.ca/canadian-wrestlers-one-step-closer-to-tokyo-2020/ |access-date=2022-04-02 |website=Wrestling Canada Lutte}} However, she was unable to secure a spot in the top 2 in her weight-class at both the 2020 Pan-American Olympic Qualification Tournament and the 2021 World Olympic Qualification Tournament, failing to qualify for the 2020 Summer Olympics as a result.{{Cite web |title=Morais puts disappointment behind to begin quest for 2024 Olympic wrestling spot |url=https://windsorstar.com/sports/morais-puts-disappointment-behind-to-begin-quest-for-2024-olympic-wrestling-spot |access-date=2022-04-02 |website=windsorstar |language=en-CA}}

Morais competed at the 2024 Pan American Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament held in Acapulco, Mexico hoping to qualify for the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France.{{Cite web |title=2024 Pan American Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament Results Book |url=https://d3u2kdyvfaxwhl.cloudfront.net/s3fs-public/2024-03/results_02_acapulco_tq.pdf?VersionId=JF17JQRQNzYOgzYC1imqNPlT1Awo0vIQ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240304172342/https://d3u2kdyvfaxwhl.cloudfront.net/s3fs-public/2024-03/results_02_acapulco_tq.pdf?VersionId=JF17JQRQNzYOgzYC1imqNPlT1Awo0vIQ |archive-date=4 March 2024 |access-date=4 March 2024 |website=United World Wrestling}} She was eliminated in her first match by Soleymi Caraballo of Venezuela. In May 2024, Morais qualified by earning the last quota spot available at the 2024 World Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament in Istanbul, Turkey.{{cite web|last=Charlebois|first=Michael|title=Wrestling: Linda Morais qualifies for Paris 2024|url=https://olympic.ca/2024/05/11/wrestling-linda-morais-qualifies-for-paris-2024/|publisher=Canadian Olympic Committee|date=11 May 2024|access-date=11 May 2024}}{{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 defeated Alexandra Anghel of Romania in her Olympic wrestle-off match. She competed in the women's 68{{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}}