Yudaris Sánchez

{{short description|Cuban freestyle wrestler}}

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{{Medal|Sport| Women's freestyle wrestling }}

{{Medal|Country| {{CUB}} }}

{{Medal|Competition| Pan American Championships }}

{{Medal|Gold| 2018 Lima | 68 kg }}

{{Medal|Silver| 2019 Buenos Aires | 68 kg }}

{{Medal|Silver| 2020 Ottawa | 68 kg }}

{{Medal|Competition| Pan American Games }}

{{Medal|Bronze| 2019 Lima | 68 kg }}

{{Medal|Competition| Central American and Caribbean Games }}

{{Medal|Gold| 2018 Barranquilla | 68 kg }}

{{Medal|Competition| Golden Grand Prix Ivan Yarygin }}

{{Medal|Bronze| 2018 Krasnoyarsk | 68 kg }}

{{Medal|Competition| World U23 Championships }}

{{Medal|Bronze| 2017 Bydgoszcz | 69 kg }}

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Yudaris Sánchez Rodriguez (born 15 November 1997) is a Cuban freestyle wrestler. She won the gold medal in her event at the 2018 Pan American Wrestling Championships held in Lima, Peru.{{Cite news|url=https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1064746/gray-secures-first-pan-american-wrestling-championships-title-in-lima|title=Gray secures first Pan American Wrestling Championships title in Lima|last=Pavitt|first=Michael|date=May 5, 2018|work=InsideTheGames.biz|access-date=January 13, 2020}}{{Cite web|title=2018 Pan American Wrestling Championships Results Book|url=https://cdn.uww.org/s3fs-public/2018-05/final-book.pdf?VersionId=AeY94Ih3qX4BWrUiw8hL9P6wKL8d9kKX|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211023201513/https://cdn.uww.org/s3fs-public/2018-05/final-book.pdf?VersionId=AeY94Ih3qX4BWrUiw8hL9P6wKL8d9kKX|archive-date=23 October 2021|access-date=23 October 2021|website=United World Wrestling}} In March 2020, she qualified at the 2020 Pan American Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament held in Ottawa, Canada to represent Cuba at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.{{Cite news|last=Houston|first=Michael|url=https://www.insidethegames.biz/index.php/articles/1091947/valencia-escoto-mexico-wrestling|title=Valencia Escoto becomes first female Mexican wrestler to secure Olympic qualification|date=14 March 2020|work=InsideTheGames.biz|access-date=16 March 2020}}{{Cite web|title=2020 Pan American Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament|url=https://unitedworldwrestling.org/sites/default/files/2020-03/senior_pan-american_og_qualifier.pdf|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200822112639/https://unitedworldwrestling.org/sites/default/files/2020-03/senior_pan-american_og_qualifier.pdf|archive-date=22 August 2020|access-date=22 August 2020|website=United World Wrestling}}

Career

In 2016, Sánchez competed in the Pan American Olympic Qualification Tournament without successfully qualifying for the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.{{Cite web|title=2016 Pan American Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament|url=https://unitedworldwrestling.org/sites/default/files/media/document/event/results/results_03_frisco_tq.pdf|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180115001521/https://unitedworldwrestling.org/sites/default/files/media/document/event/results/results_03_frisco_tq.pdf|archive-date=15 January 2018|access-date=21 August 2020|website=United World Wrestling}} She lost her first match against Dorothy Yeats of Canada which meant that she could no longer become one of the top two wrestlers in her event and qualify for the Olympics.

Sánchez won the gold medal in the 68{{nbsp}}kg event at the 2018 Central American and Caribbean Games held in Barranquilla, Colombia.{{Cite web|title=2018 Central American and Caribbean Games Wrestling Results Book|url=https://unitedworldwrestling.org/sites/default/files/2018-08/results_07_barranquilla.pdf|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200321150203/https://unitedworldwrestling.org/sites/default/files/2018-08/results_07_barranquilla.pdf|archive-date=21 March 2020|access-date=30 June 2020|website=United World Wrestling}} Later that year, she competed at the 2018 World Wrestling Championships in the 68{{nbsp}}kg event without winning a medal.{{Cite web|url=https://unitedworldwrestling.org/sites/default/files/2018-11/2018-world-championships_final-book.pdf|title=2018 World Wrestling Championships Results|website=United World Wrestling|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200414123246/https://unitedworldwrestling.org/sites/default/files/2018-11/2018-world-championships_final-book.pdf|archive-date=14 April 2020|access-date=14 April 2020}} A month later, she won the gold medal at the 2018 World U23 Wrestling Championship held in Bucharest, Romania. In 2019, she won the silver medal in the 68{{nbsp}}kg event at the Pan American Wrestling Championships in Buenos Aires, Argentina{{Cite news|last=Etchells|first=Daniel|url=https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1091672/arthur-win-pan-american-wrestling-champs|title=Arthur wins first Pan American Wrestling Championships title for Jamaica|date=8 March 2020|work=InsideTheGames.biz|access-date=14 March 2020}} and later that year she won one of the bronze medals in the 68{{nbsp}}kg event at the 2019 Pan American Games in Lima, Peru.{{Cite web|url=https://unitedworldwrestling.org/sites/default/files/2019-08/results_08_lima.pdf|title=2019 Pan American Games Wrestling Results|website=United World Wrestling|access-date=17 March 2020}}

In 2020, Sánchez repeated her win of the silver medal at the Pan American Wrestling Championships in Ottawa, Canada. In 2021, she competed in the women's 68{{nbsp}}kg event at the 2020 Summer Olympics held in Tokyo, Japan where she was eliminated in her first match.{{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|website=2020 Summer Olympics}}

Achievements

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rowspan=2 | 2018

|Pan American Wrestling Championships

|Lima, Peru

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|Freestyle 68{{nbsp}}kg

Central American and Caribbean Games

|Barranquilla, Colombia

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

|Freestyle 68{{nbsp}}kg

rowspan=2 | 2019

|Pan American Wrestling Championships

|Buenos Aires, Argentina

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|Freestyle 68{{nbsp}}kg

Pan American Games

|Lima, Peru

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|Freestyle 68{{nbsp}}kg

2020

|Pan American Wrestling Championships

|Ottawa, Canada

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|Freestyle 68{{nbsp}}kg

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