Yusneylys Guzmán

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Yusneylys Guzmán Lopez{{family name footnote|lang=Spanish|Guzmán|Lopez}} (born 8 August 1996){{Cite web|title=Yusneylys Guzmán|url=https://wrsd.lima2019.pe/panam/en/results/wrestling/athlete-profile-n1129250-guzman-yusneylis.htm|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201022202140/https://wrsd.lima2019.pe/panam/en/results/wrestling/athlete-profile-n1129250-guzman-yusneylis.htm|archive-date=22 October 2020|access-date=3 January 2021|website=2019 Pan American Games}} is a Cuban freestyle wrestler.{{Cite web|title=Wrestling – GUZMAN LOPEZ Yusneylis|url=https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/en/results/wrestling/athlete-profile-n1311251-guzman-lopez-yusneylis.htm|url-status=dead|access-date=2021-08-29|work=Tokyo 2020 Olympics|publisher=Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games|language=en-us|archive-date=2021-08-29|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210829213729/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/en/results/wrestling/athlete-profile-n1311251-guzman-lopez-yusneylis.htm}} She is a gold medalist at the Pan American Games and the Pan American Wrestling Championships. She is also a three-time medalist, including gold, at the Central American and Caribbean Games. Guzmán competed in the women's 50{{nbsp}}kg event at the 2020 Summer Olympics held in Tokyo, Japan.{{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|work=Tokyo 2020 Olympics|publisher=Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games|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}} Guzmán lost to Vinesh Phogat in semifinal but still qualified to the final round of women's 50{{nbsp}}kg event at the 2024 Summer Olympics held in Paris, France as Vinesh Phogat, the original opponent of Sarah Hildebrandt was disqualified before the final game for being overweight by 100 grams. She lost to Hildebrandt, but would win the silver medal.

Career

Guzmán competed at the Central American and Caribbean Games both in 2014 and in 2018: she won the silver medal in the women's 48 kg event in 2014 and she won one of the bronze medals in the 50 kg event in 2018.

In 2015, Guzmán represented Cuba at the Pan American Games held in Toronto, Canada in the 48{{nbsp}}kg event without winning a medal. She lost her bronze medal match against Alyssa Lampe of the United States. The following year, she competed in the 2016 Pan American Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament without 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}} In this competition, she also lost her bronze medal match against Alyssa Lampe.

In 2019, Guzmán won the gold medal in the 50 kg event at the Pan American Wrestling Championships held in Buenos Aires, Argentina.{{Cite news|url=http://www.jit.cu/NewsDetails.aspx?idnoticia=113587|title=Yusneylys Guzmán reina en Panamericano de Luchas|date=20 April 2019|work=JIT|access-date=16 March 2020|language=es}} She won the silver medal in the 50{{nbsp}}kg event at the 2019 Pan American Games held 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 that same year, Guzmán also competed in the 50{{nbsp}}kg event at the 2019 World Wrestling Championships where she was eliminated in her first match.{{Cite web|url=https://unitedworldwrestling.org/sites/default/files/2019-09/nur-sultan_kz_final-book_1.pdf|title=2019 World Wrestling Championships Results|website=United World Wrestling|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200412151211/https://unitedworldwrestling.org/sites/default/files/2019-09/nur-sultan_kz_final-book_1.pdf|archive-date=12 April 2020|access-date=12 April 2020}}

In March 2020, Guzmán qualified at the Pan American Olympic Qualification Tournament held in Ottawa, Canada to represent Cuba at the 2020 Summer Olympics.{{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}} She competed in the women's 50{{nbsp}}kg event at the 2020 Summer Olympics held in Tokyo, Japan. She lost her first match against eventual silver medalist Sun Yanan of China and she was then eliminated in the repechage by Oksana Livach of Ukraine.

Guzmán won one of the bronze medals in her event at the 2023 Pan American Wrestling Championships held in Buenos Aires, Argentina.{{Cite news |last=Lloyd |first=Owen |date=5 May 2023 |title=Burroughs and Hildebrandt extend remarkable Pan-American Wrestling Championships records |work=InsideTheGames.biz |url=https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1136695/panam-wrestling-championships |access-date=6 May 2023}}{{Cite web |title=2023 Pan American Wrestling Championships Results Book |url=https://d3u2kdyvfaxwhl.cloudfront.net/s3fs-public/2023-05/final-book-senior-panam-champ-buenos-aires-2023.pdf?VersionId=yecp8rLNiqq7ACmM2ZKBSs__yD7nb2yA |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240226203320/https://d3u2kdyvfaxwhl.cloudfront.net/s3fs-public/2023-05/final-book-senior-panam-champ-buenos-aires-2023.pdf?VersionId=yecp8rLNiqq7ACmM2ZKBSs__yD7nb2yA |archive-date=26 February 2024 |access-date=26 February 2024 |website=United World Wrestling}} A few months later, she won the gold medal in the women's 50{{nbsp}}kg event at the 2023 Pan American Games held in Santiago, Chile.{{Cite web |title=2023 Pan American Games Wrestling Results Book |url=https://d3u2kdyvfaxwhl.cloudfront.net/s3fs-public/2023-11/results_11_santiago.pdf?VersionId=ocfKr13Qrtwtq9qEta1i5GULm0pZKAYL |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231113175541/https://d3u2kdyvfaxwhl.cloudfront.net/s3fs-public/2023-11/results_11_santiago.pdf?VersionId=ocfKr13Qrtwtq9qEta1i5GULm0pZKAYL |archive-date=13 November 2023 |access-date=13 November 2023 |website=United World Wrestling}} She defeated Jacqueline Mollocana of Ecuador in her gold medal match.

In 2024, at the Pan American Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament held in Acapulco, Mexico, she earned a quota place for Cuba for the 2024 Summer Olympics held in Paris, France.{{Cite web |title=Qualified NOCs at 2024 Pan American Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament |url=https://d3u2kdyvfaxwhl.cloudfront.net/s3fs-public/2024-03/2nd_phase_acapulco_qualified_nocs.pdf?VersionId=7daWt.sjVf3DcCmRgpMQwttDuVARZ8Sx |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240304175337/https://d3u2kdyvfaxwhl.cloudfront.net/s3fs-public/2024-03/2nd_phase_acapulco_qualified_nocs.pdf?VersionId=7daWt.sjVf3DcCmRgpMQwttDuVARZ8Sx |archive-date=4 March 2024 |access-date=4 March 2024 |website=United World Wrestling}}{{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}} At the 2024 Olympics, Guzmàn lost in semifinal to Indian wrestler Vinesh Phogat by 5-0 but still qualified for the final match as finalist Phogat was disqualified for being overweight by 100 grams. In the final, she settled for the silver medal after losing to American wrestler Sarah Hildebrandt.{{cite web|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/olympics/2024/08/07/sarah-hildebrandt-wrestling-gold-medal/74708468007/|title=Sarah Hildebrandt gives Team USA second wrestling gold medal in as many nights|first=Tom|last=Schad|publisher=USA Today|date=7 August 2024|accessdate=7 August 2024}}{{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}}

Achievements

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!Tournament

!Location

!Result

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2014

|Central American and Caribbean Games

|Veracruz, Mexico

|align="center" bgcolor="silver" | 2nd

|Freestyle 48{{nbsp}}kg

2018

|Central American and Caribbean Games

|Barranquilla, Colombia

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

|Freestyle 50{{nbsp}}kg

rowspan=2 | 2019

|Pan American Wrestling Championships

|Buenos Aires, Argentina

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

|Freestyle 50{{nbsp}}kg

Pan American Games

|Lima, Peru

|align="center" bgcolor="silver" | 2nd

|Freestyle 50{{nbsp}}kg

rowspan=3 | 2023

|Pan American Wrestling Championships

|Buenos Aires, Argentina

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

|Freestyle 50{{nbsp}}kg

Central American and Caribbean Games

|San Salvador, El Salvador

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

|Freestyle 50{{nbsp}}kg

Pan American Games

|Santiago, Chile

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

|Freestyle 50{{nbsp}}kg

2024

|Olympic Games

|Paris, France

|align="center" bgcolor="silver" | 2nd

|Freestyle 50{{nbsp}}kg

Notes

References

External links

{{UWW|guzman-lopez-yusneylys|Yusneylis Guzman Lopez}}
{{IWD|name=Yusneylis Guzman Lopez}}
{{Olympics.com|yusneylis-guzman-lopez|Yusneylis Guzman Lopez}}
{{Olympedia|name=Yusneylis Guzmán}}
{{2019 Pan American Games profile|wrestling/athlete-profile-n1129250-guzman-yusneylis|Yusneylis Guzmán}}

Category:Living people

Category:1996 births

Category:Sport wrestlers from Havana

Category:Cuban female sport wrestlers

Category:Pan American Games medalists in wrestling

Category:Pan American Games gold medalists for Cuba

Category:Pan American Games silver medalists for Cuba

Category:Medalists at the 2019 Pan American Games

Category:Medalists at the 2023 Pan American Games

Category:Wrestlers at the 2015 Pan American Games

Category:Wrestlers at the 2019 Pan American Games

Category:Wrestlers at the 2023 Pan American Games