Moisés Sánchez

{{Short description|Spanish wrestler (born 1980)}}

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| name = Moisés Sánchez

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| fullname = Moisés Sánchez Parra

| nationality = {{ESP}}

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1980|9|21|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Palma de Mallorca, Spain

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| height = {{height|m=1.71|abbr=on}}

| weight = {{convert|66|kg|lb|0|abbr=on}}

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| style = Greco-Roman

| club = Budokan Wrestling Club

| coach = Eusebio Capel

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{{MedalSport | Men's Greco-Roman wrestling}}

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{{MedalCompetition|Mediterranean Games}}

{{MedalSilver|2005 Almería|66 kg}}

{{MedalCompetition|European Championships}}

{{MedalBronze|2005 Varna|66 kg}}

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Moisés Sánchez Parra{{family name footnote|Sánchez|Parra|lang=Spanish}} (born September 21, 1980 in Palma de Mallorca) is a retired amateur Spanish Greco-Roman wrestler, who competed in the men's welterweight category.{{cite Sports-Reference|title=Moises Sánchez|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/sa/moises-sanchez-1.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418085641/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/sa/moises-sanchez-1.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=18 April 2020|accessdate=9 July 2014}} He represented his nation Spain at the 2004 Summer Olympics and later capped his sporting career in 2005 with a silver and bronze at the Mediterranean Games and European Championships. Before his retirement from wrestling in 2010, Sanchez trained full-time for Budokan Wrestling Club in Palma de Mallorca under his coach Eusebio Capel.{{cite news|last=Pastor|first=Guillem|title=El olímpico Moisés Sánchez anuncia su retirada de la alta competición|trans-title=Olympian Moisés Sánchez announces his retirement from the competition|language=Spanish|url=http://www.diariodemallorca.es/deportes/2010/02/20/olimpico-moises-sanchez-anuncia-retirada-alta-competicion/547106.html|publisher=Diario de Mallorca|date=20 February 2010|accessdate=9 July 2014}}

Sanchez qualified for the Spanish squad in the men's 66 kg class at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. Earlier in the process, he finished second at the Olympic Qualification Tournament in Tashkent, Uzbekistan to guarantee his spot on the returning Spanish wrestling team after a 12-year hiatus.{{cite news|last=Abbott|first=Gary|title=Olympic Games preview at 66 kg/145.5 lbs. in men's Greco-Roman|url=http://www.themat.com/section.php?section_id=3&page=showarticle&ArticleID=10307|work=USA Wrestling|publisher=The Mat|date=16 July 2004|accessdate=29 September 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140607002416/http://www.themat.com/section.php?section_id=3&page=showarticle&ArticleID=10307|archive-date=7 June 2014|url-status=dead}}{{cite news|last=Filipelli|first=Vera|title=American women top France in soccer|url=http://www.sptimes.com/2004/03/15/news_pf/Sports/American_women_top_Fr.shtml|publisher=Tampa Bay Times|date=15 March 2004|accessdate=9 July 2014}} He lost two straight matches each to Kyrgyzstan's Kanatbek Begaliev (1–9) and Iran's Parviz Zeidvand (1–3) that left him on the bottom of the prelim pool, placing eighteenth in the final standings. As two wrestlers were both disqualified by a forfeit in the fifth-place match, Sanchez's position was upgraded to sixteenth.{{cite web|title=Wrestling: Men's Greco-Roman 66kg|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/olympics_2004/wrestling/results/3532774.stm|work=Athens 2004|publisher=BBC Sport|date=15 August 2004|accessdate=30 September 2013}}{{cite news|title=Moisés Sánchez pierde su segundo combate y se despide de la competición|trans-title=Moisés Sánchez lost his second bout and bid farewell in the competition|language=Spanish|url=http://www.elmundo.es/jjoo/2004/2004/08/24/espana/1093364180.html|publisher=El Mundo (Spain)|date=24 August 2004|accessdate=9 July 2014}}

In 2005, Sanchez overcame his Olympic setback to pick up a bronze medal in the 66-kg division at the European Championships in Varna, Bulgaria. When Spain hosted the Mediterranean Games in Almería a few months later, Sanchez lost his final match to Turkey's Selçuk Çebi, and received a silver medal to the delight of the home crowd.{{cite news|title=Segundo oro para Rafael Martínez en gimnasia|trans-title=Second gold for Rafael Martínez in gymnastics|language=Spanish|url=http://www.elmundo.es/elmundodeporte/2005/06/26/masdeporte/1119818780.html|publisher=El Mundo (Spain)|date=26 June 2005|accessdate=9 July 2014}} He also sought his second bid for the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, but failed to earn a spot from two Olympic Qualification Tournaments.