Ana Maria Pavăl
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 Romania | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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10 July 1983 Oneşti, Romania | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.59 m (5 ft 2 1⁄2 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 53 kg (117 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Wrestling | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event(s) | Freestyle | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | CSA Steaua Bucuresti | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coached by | Simon Constantin | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Ana Maria Pavăl (born July 10, 1983 in Oneşti) is an amateur Romanian wrestler, who is playing for the women's 53 kilograms category.[1] Since 2005, Pavăl had won a total of five bronze medals at the European Wrestling Championships.[2][3] She is a member of CSA Steaua București, and is coached and trained by Simon Constantin and Vasile Vişan.
Paval represented Romania at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, where she competed for the women's 55 kg class. She lost the first preliminary match to China's Xu Li.[4] Because her opponent advanced further into the final match, Pavăl offered another shot for the bronze medal by defeating Kazakhstan's Olga Smirnova in the repechage bout. She progressed to the bronze medal match, but narrowly lost by a fall to Colombia's Jackeline Rentería, finishing only in fifth place.[5][6]
References
- ↑ "Ana Maria Pavăl". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 25 December 2012.
- ↑ "Wrestling: Romanians grab silver and bronze in Baku EC". Nine O'Clock Romania. 19 April 2010. Retrieved 25 December 2012.
- ↑ Popescu, Irina (29 March 2011). "Romanian Ana Maria Paval wins bronze at European Wrestling Championship in Belgrade". Romanian Insider. Retrieved 25 December 2012.
- ↑ "Women's Freestyle 55kg (121 lbs) Round of 16 Final". NBC Olympics. Retrieved 25 December 2012.
- ↑ "Colombian wrestler hopes her medal to help her family". Xinhua. 18 August 2008. Retrieved 25 December 2012.
- ↑ "Women's Freestyle 55kg (121 lbs) Bronze Medal". NBC Olympics. Retrieved 25 December 2012.